Provision Quotes

238 quotes by 195 authors

Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods - that is, goods or conditions we need that… — Anna Lindh
Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions. — Bias of Priene
White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools, and blank checks. — Peggy McIntosh
It's disingenuous and wrong to say that the attorney general's expanded powers in the Patriot Act come with adequate oversight by the courts, ... In… — Anthony Romero
Give me the provisions and whole apparatus of a kitchen, and I would starve. — Michel de Montaigne
Freedom is messy. In free societies, people will fall through the cracks - drink too much, eat too much, buy unaffordable homes, fail to make… — Mark Steyn
The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our time we must… — Herbert Hoover
In nature, no organic substance is synthesized unless there is provision for its degradation; recycling is enforced. — Barry Commoner
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in… — Thomas More
LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system - an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly… — Ambrose Bierce
Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance. — John Maynard Keynes
So the effect of this Republican provision to allow doctors to be gagged from even discussing abortion with their patients is outrageous. — Frank Lautenberg
There are five main purposes of central bank cooperation"..."the provision of international credits and joint efforts to influence asset prices (especially gold and foreign exchange)… — William Smith White
Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution. — John Ashcroft
Hinduism ... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up… — Sri Aurobindo
There could be some compromise, but I think we have to stick to the provisions of the treaty, and the provisions of the treaty are… — Jacques Santer
If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned. — George Sutherland
Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local… — David Holmgren
This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways… — David Platt

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