Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
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)
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "D" » dissuading
«Religion closes off the central questions of existence by attempting to dissuade us from further enquiry by asserting that we cannot ever hope to comprehend. We are, religion asserts, simply too puny.»
Author: Peter William Atkins
| Keywords:
asserting, asserts, attempting, central, closes, comprehend, dissuade, dissuaded, dissuading, enquiry, puny, The central
«Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as individualistic those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.»
Author: Thomas Sowell
(Economist, Writer)
| Keywords:
ball field, catching, collisions, concrete, cue, cues, decried, decry, disapproval, dissuade, dissuaded, dissuading, ground ball, individualistic, inducement, inducements, narrowing, preoccupied, preoccupies, preoccupy, pursues, romanticize, run into, special effects, strip, The Warning, wider
«The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains»
«SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady of splendid promise, dissembled purpose and disappointing performance.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
disappointing, dissemble, dissembled, dissembling, dissuade, dissuaded, dissuading, figuratively, Odysseus, prodigies, prodigy, siren, Sirens
«MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
dissuade, dissuaded, dissuading, mace, office staff, signifying
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
