Quotes of: Incline Keyword

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature.

Joseph Butler

the dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.

Virgil

...God and your heart both whisper - incline your ear - don't just learn from your head...

A Familiar Rain

And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him.

Arthur Hugh Clough

I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

Marilyn Monroe

When Socrates was about 30, and his father was long dead, he was still pursuing the art of sculpture, but from necessity, and without much inclination.

Moses Mendelssohn

Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.

Advice for a Young Investigator

A woman is a deep Ditch, said he, her House inclines to Death and her Paths unto the Devil

Hawksmoor

..English teachers often take a right-wrong stance. I'd rather my students take a thinking stance.

Mechanically Inclined

In times like these, who had either the leisure or the inclination to indulge in a touch of elegance?

The Past and the Punishments

No one is as brave, as adventurous or as skillful as D'Artagnan, without at the same time being inclined to be a dreamer.

Vicomte de Bragelonne

They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another.

Zorro

We were created with the ability and the inclination to admire beauty. We should, however, do our best not to fall in love with it.

Ron Brackin

I'm not a fan - this is a personal preference - I'm not a fan of tour-de-force writing. I admire it, but it's not where my inclination is. I want to hide.

Tracy Letts

Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.

Timothy Noah

There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you.

Simon Callow

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject.

Charles Babbage

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

Thomas Hobbes

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

Samuel Richardson

Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth.

Robert Fortune