Proposition Quotes

273 quotes by 242 authors

In fact I thought life was pretty much a losing proposition, and I didn't mind saying so. — Richard Hell
Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn't understand either men or percentages. — Florynce Kennedy
I am not prepared to deny or assert any proposition which concerns myself; but certainly this solitary struggle with platitudinous atoms, called men and women… — Henry Adams
It's possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic.… — Karl Marx
Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it… — Andrew Sarris
The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa. — Robert A. Heinlein
I have often noticed that when people come to understand a mathematical proposition in some other way than that of the ordinary demonstration, they promptly… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Every single American - gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and… — Barack Obama
That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not. — James Kern Feibleman
Why is there such insistence that AGW has occurred and needs drastic solutions? This is a puzzle, but my short answer is that the IPCC… — Don Aitkin
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select… — Herodotus
I used to think a wedding was a simple affair. Boy and girl meet, they fall in love, he buys a ring, she buys a… — Steve Martin
We stand todaybefore the awful proposition: either the triumph of imperialism and the destruction of all culture, and, as in ancient Rome, depopulation, desolation, degeneration,… — Rosa Luxemburg
The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probableâ€”namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections… — Charles Darwin
I have written on numerous occasions thatÂ there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While Americans prefer to… — Robert Spencer
There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to… — Rudolf Bultmann
There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory — Kenneth R. Miller
Life's an offensive proposition from beginning to end. Maybe those who can't tolerate offense ought to just go ahead and end it all, and maybe… — Tom Robbins
It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true, and… — John Maynard Keynes
The evidence of history speaks with a single voice. I do not know any exception to the proposition that if you compare like with like,… — Milton Friedman

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