P Quotes
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“Prophets (must) humbly accept the truth that they see through a glass darkly, that they know only in part. In other words, they make mistakes. Mature prophets urge everyone to who they prophesy to judge, test and compare with scripture everything they say. They are not offended when people are careful.”
“Prophets often foretold destruction and sometimes the destruction did not come, yet this did not disprove their divine mission, as in the case of Jonah. For God is gracious, and ready to turn away his wrath from those who turn away from their sins. But the prophet who prophesied peace and prosperity absolutely and unconditionally without adding the necessary proviso, that they do not by willful sin put a bar in their own door and stop the coming of God's favors, will be proved a true prophet only by the accomplishment of his prediction.”
“Prophets, mystics, poets, scientific discoverers are men whose lives are dominated by a vision; they are essentially solitary men . . . whose thoughts and emotions are not subject to the dominion of the herd.”
Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
“Propio es del mal espíritu morder, tristar y poner impedimentos, inquietando con falsas razones para que no pase adelante; y propio del bueno dar ánimo y fuerzas, consolaciones, lágrimas, inspiraciones y quietud, facilitando y quitando todos impedimentos, para que en el bien obrar proceda adelante.”
Source: The Spiritual Exercises
“Propio fin del arte dramático, cuyo objeto, tanto en su origen como en los tiempos que ocurren, ha sido y es presentar, por decirlo así, un espejo a la humanidad.”
Source: Hamlet
“Proponents of efficiency standards argue that they save consumers and businesses money, reduce energy use, and reduce emissions. But families and businesses already understand how energy costs impact their lives and make decisions accordingly.”
“Proponents of established norms often push rules like 'Write what you know' on new writers. In truth, everything we write is about us, whether we realise it or not. The texts and subtexts we create are layered with our worldview, imagination, passions, sense of humour, blind spots, biases, and fears. In my novel 'The Vorbing,' the opening vampire attack was something I only understood years later as my way of dealing with PTSD from a real violent incident, proving how our personal experiences shape our writing in ways we might not even notice.”
“Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that some of the very complex nanomachines that we have inside ourselves could have come about solely on the basis of natural selection.”
“Proponents of same-sex marriage regularly label opponents 'radical' and 'extremist.' However, given that no society in thousands of years has allowed same-sex marriage, it is, by definition, the proponents of same-sex marriage whose position is radical and extreme.”
“Proponents of so-called pluralism feel compelled to ban religious considerations from public discourse because they know, instinctively if not intellectually, that their faith is in direct conflict with the God of the Bible, and that in the end the two positions are irreconcilable.”
Source: Faith & Freedom: The Christian Roots of American Liberty
“Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor.”
“propongo un nombre propio para el Cosmos: el Universo Antrópico. Porque (...) los seres humanos sí vivimos, después de todo, en el centro del Universo.”
“Proponha-se suas próprias interrogações e vá você mesmo atrás do que possa respondê-las! Diante da vida, é preciso adotar uma postura filosófica e científica. Sempre.”
Source: Em memória
“Proportion ... You can't help thinking about it in these London streets, where it doesn't exist ... It's like listening to a symphony of cats to walk along them. Senseless discords and a horrible disorder all the way ... We need no barbarians from outside; they're on the premises, all the time.”
“Proportion is all; and, in sports at school, I lost it by surrendering to the awful significance of my self-consciousness. Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.”
Source: Broken Vessels: Essays
“Proportion is almost impossible to human beings. There is no one who does not exaggerate.”
Source: The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871
“Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.”
Source: The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt
“Proportion is the heart of beauty.”
Source: THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH
“Proportion is the rule in all things. If a joke goes to malicious bounds, or if, for example, admiration turns to jealousy, nobody can stomach them. These things are like rice-cake, which is delicious toasted but horrible if it's burned black. Country people don't have the ability to make this kind of distinction and have no idea where to draw the line.”
Source: Botchan
“Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the poor be the trumpet of thy gift, lest in seeking applause, thou lose thy reward. Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand and a closed mouth.”
“Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.”
“Propose a new concept, most people especially acquaintances will outrightly reject it on knowing that it's from an ordinary person; but when the same becomes the popular subject, none will ever reflect to accept that they once used to object to the very same idea's beneficial effect.”
“PROPOSE DAY POEM:
Austerity..
If.. I were to define..
it’s you.. yoo hoo!
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Happiness is what..
that makes me feel divine..
smiling you.. yoo hoo!!
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What rose is in flowers..
What moon is in stars..
That you are to me..
You and I will be we..
You’re my life.. I.. I..
You’re my life.. I.. I..
I love you.. yoo hoo
I love you.. yoo hoo
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O girl, O girl, O.. O.. girl..
you be mine..
I love you..
I love you..
I love you.. yoo hoo..
You be my..
Valentine.
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Just be mine..
I love you..
O O Valentine!!!”
Source: Guru with Guitar
“Propose not oppose. Input not dispute. Your leadership vocabulary on makes a difference.”
“Propose not to a woman when she hath gotten a new frock, nor when she is puffed up with victories; when she reigneth and rejoiceth in her hour of triumph, come not nigh unto her; but when she be ill or weary, when she is cast down in spirit and needeth a comforter, then be thou ready, and make thy suit.”
“Propose theories which can be criticized. Think about possible decisive falsifying experiments-crucial experiments. But do not give up your theories too easily-not, at any rate, before you have critically examined your criticism.”
Source: The Philosophy of Karl Popper
“Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it. If you speak to him of a machine for peeling a potato, he will pronounce it impossible: if you peel a potato with it before his eyes, he will declare it useless, because it will not slice a pineapple.”
Source: Scientific and Miscellaneous Papers
“Proposing a woman who is beyond your class & league is a dying art.”
“Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago.”
“Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples.”
“Proposition IX. Radiant light consists in Undulations of the Luminiferous Ether.”
“Proposition one: time is a man, space is a woman.”
Source: The Passion of New Eve
“Proposition VIII. When two Undulations, from different Origins, coincide either perfectly or very nearly in Direction, their joint effect is a Combination of the Motions belonging to each.”
Source: Miscellaneous Works: Scientific memoirs
“Propositions on which all men are in agreement are true: if they are not true we have no truth at all.”
“Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing.”
Source: Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
“Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.”
“Propping the mirror against the wall near the door, he waved a hand at it and clipped, "Drustan: Cian MacKeltar. Cian: Drustan MacKeltar." "Dageus," Drustan's voice was soft as velvet, never a good sign, "why are you introducing me to a mirror?”
Source: The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle
“Propria mea minte este biserica mea.”
Source: Epoca rațiunii
“Propria noastră existență impune reguli care determină din ce loc și din ce moment avem posibilitatea să observăm universul. Altfel spus, existența noastră restricționează caracteristicile acelui tip de mediu în care ne aflăm.”
Source: The Grand Design
“Proprietary software tends to have malicious features. The point is with a proprietary program, when the users dont have the source code, we can never tell. So you must consider every proprietary program as potential malware.”
“Propriety and single interest divides the people of a land and the whole world into parties and is the cause of all wars and bloodshed and contention everywhere”
Source: Gerrard Winstanley: selections from his works
“Propriety is that perfection of style which comes when a work is authoritatively constructed on approved principles. It arises from prescription, from usage, or from nature.”
“Propriety is the conductor of harmony in the orchestra of our interactions, ensuring that every note we play resonates with respect and consideration.”
“Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.”
“Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.”
“Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together. Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style. Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas; and the same wish to dazzle, at any cost, which produces affectation in the manner of a writer, is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings.”
Source: Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political
“Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.”
Source: Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, The
“Propriety's never been Adrian's strong suit.”
Source: The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel
“Proprio come assumere alcol o droghe oppure fumare, spendere soldi che non si hanno per un qualcosa che ci darà solo un giorno di evasione non ha un senso logico. Eppure spesso è l'unico mezzo di fuga, per quanto temporanea, dall'aggressione violenta e incessante del mondo. Tali azioni (spendere soldi che non si hanno, bere o fare uso di droghe, fumare) sono forme di pulsione di morte, ovvero di un desiderio inconscio di distruggere tutto per poter ricominciare daccapo. Azioni simili, con i rischi che comportano, fungono solo da fuga momentanea dalla condizione di morti viventi in cui ci si trova a causa della melanconia.”
Source: The Melancholia of Class: A Manifesto for the Working Class
“proprio il fattore che ha decretato il successo del fumetto presso le classi povere della società statunitense, la semplificazione, è alla base del preconcetto europeo di genere deteriore, infantile, risultato di una sottocultura. I prodotti per bambini sono, per definizione, semplificati. - pag. 45”
Source: Superman & Co. Codici del cinema e del fumetto.