Provision Quotes

238 quotes by 195 authors

Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it… — Robert Bork
My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision… — James Buchan
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that… — Sharron Angle
Every time we sign a treaty with another country, the treaty (should) include prisoner transfer provisions.... Under these provisions, the country in which the crimes… — Kathleen Brown
Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times. Princes and potentates, political or industrial, equally with men… — George Ellery Hale
We have consistently supported a legalization program which is both generous to the alien and fair to the countless thousands of people throughout the world… — Ronald Reagan
It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus, and ignorance, still… — R. H. Tawney
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Samuel Johnson
How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible tugs, until his… — Arthur Conan Doyle
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This… — Maria Montessori
I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight. — Mark Twain
I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results… — Thomas Jefferson
Worship is a believer's response to God's revelation of Himself. It is expressing wonder, awe, and gratitude for the worthiness, the greatness, and the goodness… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
When I do things my way, I exhaust pleasure very quickly. It is not that Christianity has failed to teach me how to delight in… — Ravi Zacharias
If we do not halt this steady process of building commissions and regulatory bodies and the special legislation like huge inverted pyramids over every one… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
...God has made provision for our holiness. Through Christ He has delivered us from sin's reign so that we now can resist sin. But the… — Jerry Bridges
If at any time all labour should cease, and all existing provisions be equally divided among the people, at the end of a single year… — Abraham Lincoln
When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor… — Abraham Lincoln

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