Explore Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings
Welcome to the biggest collection of quotations, proverbs and sayings! If you are looking for a specific quotation, proverb or saying, check our universal database. We have collected over 150,000 inspirational quotations, funny quotations, movie quotations, famous proverbs and cute sayings that we would like to share with you. Find quotations, proverbs and sayings for any occasion and view them all for free.
Browse quotations by author, topic or keyword.
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "P" » presuming
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
«Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil rights in this country.»
Author: Alan Keyes
| Keywords:
affirmative action, on their own, patronize, patronized, patronizes, patronizing, preferential, presuming
«The universe ought to be presumed too vast to have any character»
Author: Charles Sanders Peirce
(Astronomer, Inventor, Logician, Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist, Writer)
| Keywords:
presumed, presumes, presume to, presuming
«The trouble with Senator Long is that he is suffering from halitosis of the intellect. That's presuming Senator Long has an intellect.»
Author: Harold L. Ickes
(Activist, Journalist, Lawyer, Politician, Writer)
| Keywords:
halitosis, presuming, senator
«Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.»
Author: Stephen Leacock
| About:
Electricity
| Keywords:
cheaper, durable, electricity, get into, moths, presume, presumed, presumes, presume to, presuming
«Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man»
«Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor»
«In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
administer, administering, administers, city, eloquent, handsomer, handsomest, ill, physician, politics, presume, presumed, presumes, presume to, presuming, state, votes, vote in
«True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.»
Author: Tom Robbins
(Novelist)
| Keywords:
balanced, disorder, disrupt, disrupted, disrupting, expects, presumed, presumes, presume to, presuming, stability, stable, transformed, unexpected, waits
«The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
miracle, Order of, outrageous, presume, presumed, presumes, presume to, presuming, violate, violating
«He that knows least commonly presumes most»
Author: Thomas Fuller
(Clergyman, Writer)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
commonly, presumed, presumes, presume to, presuming
Get access to over 800,000 college papers on the most popular topics for only $14.95/month.
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
