Proposition Quotes

273 quotes by 242 authors

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise. — David Hume
To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness. — Edmund Husserl
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. — Aldous Huxley
As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is...… — Naveen Jain
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that… — Abraham Lincoln
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. — John Locke
Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! — John Lydon
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of… — Russell Means
When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school… — Wentworth Miller
Romney has adopted almost every position conservatives want their candidate to espouse: He's pro-life, he wants to repeal ObamaCare, he wants to cut taxes and… — John Podhoretz
Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around… — Mitt Romney
History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness,… — Phyllis Schlafly
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot. — Dean Smith
Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and… — George Soros
Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it. — Gertrude Stein
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we… — Adlai E. Stevenson
No matter what your political persuasion, you can find a guide that makes it quick, easy and painless to exercise your right to vote. Wanna… — Steven Weber

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