Scheme Quotes

346 quotes by 314 authors

Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating… — Barbara Ehrenreich
It is not therefore the business of philosophy, in our present situation in the universe, to attempt to take in at once, in one view,… — Colin Maclaurin
Despite the courts efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. Innocent people are being… — Moses Harrison
To be ethical is to endeavor to find one's proper place in the larger scheme of things rather than to seek to assert human superiority… — Gary Steiner
You have introduced a topic on which our natures are at variance - a topic we should never discuss: the very name of love is… — Charlotte Bronte
The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going to… — Joe Heck
I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes… — Mary Landrieu
That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become extinct. Let any… — B. C. Forbes
I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford… — Andrew Motion
Life can be confusing. Good God, and how. Sometimes it seems like the older I get, the more confused I become. That seems ass-backwards. I… — Jim Butcher
We are in a waking dream... We see worlds where others scheme... — Hamza Yusuf
We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what weâ€™re… — Thomas S. Monson
No, Father, I've a very different idea of love. And until my dying day I shall refuse to love a scheme of things in which… — Albert Camus
Hillary does nothing without careful calculation. She knows that politicians - provided they have real power - who bash entire industries tend to raise huge… — Donald Luskin
I strongly reject any conceptual scheme that places our options on a line, and holds that the only alternative to a pair of extreme positions… — Stephen Jay Gould
Yes, authority, coercion, and dependence rest on the mass, but never freedom or the free unfoldment of the individual, never the birth of a free… — Emma Goldman
A practical scheme, says Oscar Wilde, is either one already in existence, or a scheme that could be carried out under the existing conditions; but… — Emma Goldman
The rulers of the earth plan, and scheme, and make laws, and change laws, and war, and pull down one, and raise up another. But… — J C Ryle
The welfare state may be well-intentioned, but it is a Ponzi scheme — Dennis Prager
Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big… — Tony Abbott

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