#prop

Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#because #being #blood #blood pressure #children

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17. ↗

— Carly Simon

#i #properly #really #speak #stammer

The proper study of mankind is the science of design. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#mankind #proper #proper study #science #study

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. ↗

— Paul Simon

#prophets #silence #sounds #subway #tenements

You know, if you have a zoo you don't want the other creatures to see you. You want them to hang out and act properly and, you know, when the monkeys will come and ask for the bananas, they won't act like monkeys. If you want them to act on what their true nature is, you've got to leave them alone. ↗

— Tarsem Singh

#alone #ask #bananas #come #creatures

If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

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The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. ↗

— Adam Smith

#another #barter #common #exchange #found

I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the burdens of society and government should have their equal rights in it. They do not receive their rights in full proportion. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#burdens #carrying #declaration #equal #equal rights

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#american #been #blake #books #favorite

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights. ↗

— Potter Stewart

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