(20 quotes found)
“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty”
David Hume
“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.”
Fisher Ames
“Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labelled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions!”
W.J. Reichmann
“What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.”
Hitopadesa
“The propensity to vote goes straight up with age, although if you care about an issue you tend to vote on it.”
Dan Walters
“Throughout his tenure at Hartmann, Ken Hinman has shown a propensity and a passion for design and innovation as well as a complete understanding of the Hartmann consumer. Product development is the lifeblood of any company and it only makes sense to place such a talented person in such a key role. I look forward to seeing what Ken will do in his new position and am very confident that he will lead the effort to bring Hartmann into the future.”
David Herman
“Numerous factors affect the size of state bureaucracies, including demographics, crime levels and the propensity of states to contract or privatize services such as prisons or solid waste collection.”
Chris Edwards
“Such is the effect of the grace of God in the heart of a pilgrim; while on one hand he sees the propensity of his evil nature to every sin which has been committed by others, and is humbled; he also confesses, that, by no power of his own, is he preserved, but ever gives the glory to the God of all grace, by whose power alone he is kept from falling.”
John Bunyan
“Customers who score high propensity are typically approximately two-and-a-half times more likely to buy a product than the average customer.”
Tim Barnes
“Coincidence? Probably not, considering the Bush administration's propensity to formally side with industry in pre-emption litigation,”
Tom Dresslar
