Proposition Quotes

273 quotes by 242 authors

I will be glad to discuss this proposition with my attorney, and that after I talk with one, we could either discuss it with him… — Lee Harvey Oswald
Bigotry is an incapacity to conceive seriously the alternative to a proposition. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. We wouldn't touch rock if we were perfectly self-controlled. And he who… — Royal Robbins
My campaign is based upon the proposition that the answers to the problems which currently plague our cities, our towns, and our homes, are not… — Jerry Springer
The heterosexuality or homosexuality of many individuals is not an all-or-none proposition. — Alfred Kinsey
It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. — Alfred North Whitehead
The law of chastity is not a negative proposition, but a positive one because in its observance there are spiritual values that far outweigh the… — Antoine R. Ivins
I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher… — Bill W.
Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law. — Erwin Griswold
When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is surely safe. But… — Edward Kasner
Courage is freedom, and freedom is joy. Be fully who you are, letting the world get used to you - it will! Find a loving… — Doris "Granny D" Haddock
Mathematics is a logical method. . . . Mathematical propositions express no thoughts. In life it is never a mathematical proposition which we need, but… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. "This man is a good mathematician," someone will say. But I… — Blaise Pascal
I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my situation in Springfield,… — Abraham Lincoln
Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage licence. Indeed, the evidence shows… — Vaughn Walker
As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a… — Michel de Certeau
The human being is an unequal creature. That is a fact. And we start off with the proposition. All the great religions, all the great… — Lee Kuan Yew
A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place… — Jonathan Rauch
I wanted to get to that aesthetic proposition that comes out of learning the human elements of a world, so that those notes and rhythms… — Stanley Crouch
One can't say how one behaved or why, really. Such situations, they are far more complex than any either/or proposition. It is simplistic to produce… — Jesse Ball

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