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I ascribe to Mark Twain’s theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House. – Bill Hicks	added by JokerGem 9 months ago
He comes from here, we have direct access to him, and he has access to people to help us tell our story. Our story is that the lifeblood of the Central Valley, of California, is Ag, which requires water and requires space. I don’t ascribe to the belief that you have to be like me to think like me, to do something great for us in Kern County or for our nation. I think you have to have clear eyes and a strong mind and work hard. – Catherine Fanucchi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think that we tend to hear about people who die by suicide when it's in a surprising group, we look at young female college athletes and we think,' wow, they have everything.' But we don't take a closer look at what's going on with them... Often we ascribe to them that they're doing great and we don't ask them,' how are you doing ?'. – Jill Harkavy-Friedman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I might have said a racial slur once or twice other times in my life. But that's not something that I believe, that's not something that I ascribe to. And it was said to kind of get a rise out of him and get him mad at me almost to see if he would even criticize me in any way. – Brendan Hunt	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I saw a tremendous amount of unconscious bias against Eric because he didn't look the part, he didn't sound the part, we put so much stock in how people communicate. We ascribe their eloquence to be their intelligence. – David Knight	Found on CNN 3 years ago
On President Trump’s on actually hurting Mexico with tariffs, “That might be his play, if we can ascribe any sophistication to it. That’s a big if, because he may just be insane.” – Flavio Volpe	added by anonymous 4 years ago
If this company sees fit to hire individuals who basically either ascribe to, belong to or [are] sympathetic with terrorist organizations, we’re going to have to take some action on a city level. – Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I would like to draw three main conclusions, number one, the Earth is warmer in 1988 than at any time in the history of instrumental measurements. Number two, the global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect. And number three, our computer climate simulations indicate that the greenhouse effect is already large enough to begin to affect the probability of extreme events such as summer heat waves. – James Hansen	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I know there's a tendency to ascribe political motives to all she does. But what you saw yesterday was simply a woman who isn't going to stand by and watch other women be bullied, insulted and demeaned, and more broadly, as you heard her say in her speech, when it comes to standing up for core American values, she's going to speak out. – Nick Merrill	Found on CNN 7 years ago
We see this confluence of motive, where what looks like some recycled criminal malware has been upgraded in a sophisticated way, a lot of people suspect that that's Russia’s attempt to force us as analysts to ascribe to a criminal organization what is in fact the actions of a nation state – Russia. – Keith Smith	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
A common response to that anxiety is denial, which leads the individuals experiencing symptoms, as well as their loved ones, to dismiss the symptoms as normal. . . or ascribe them to something else( e.g. fatigue from recent exercise). – Kathleen Dracup	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
People tend to ascribe to Adventism any weird thing they have heard about religion because they don't really know, adventism believes the entirety of the Bible. – Ben Carson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
99% of people that come across the border ... are coming to provide for their families. The ones that are criminals, we ought to be kick them out. There's no disagreement about that, to ascribe bad motives people who are trying to provide for their families, I'm not going to change my views on that. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Ideologically, I don't share much of a philosophy with him. I don't ascribe bad motives. I think his heart is in the right place. I just think his policies are wrong. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence. – Napoleon (Hanlon’s Razor)	added by anonymous 9 years ago
The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man. – Bernard Mandeville	added by anonymous 9 years ago
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor. – Eric Hoffer	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. – John M. Barrie	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision. – Howard Schultz	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God. – W. Somerset Maugham	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. – Thomas Jefferson	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I ascribe to Mark Twain’s theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.

– Bill Hicks

added by JokerGem
9 months ago

He comes from here, we have direct access to him, and he has access to people to help us tell our story. Our story is that the lifeblood of the Central Valley, of California, is Ag, which requires water and requires space. I don’t ascribe to the belief that you have to be like me to think like me, to do something great for us in Kern County or for our nation. I think you have to have clear eyes and a strong mind and work hard.

– Catherine Fanucchi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think that we tend to hear about people who die by suicide when it's in a surprising group, we look at young female college athletes and we think,' wow, they have everything.' But we don't take a closer look at what's going on with them... Often we ascribe to them that they're doing great and we don't ask them,' how are you doing ?'.

– Jill Harkavy-Friedman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I might have said a racial slur once or twice other times in my life. But that's not something that I believe, that's not something that I ascribe to. And it was said to kind of get a rise out of him and get him mad at me almost to see if he would even criticize me in any way.

– Brendan Hunt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I saw a tremendous amount of unconscious bias against Eric because he didn't look the part, he didn't sound the part, we put so much stock in how people communicate. We ascribe their eloquence to be their intelligence.

– David Knight

Found on CNN
3 years ago

On President Trump’s on actually hurting Mexico with tariffs, “That might be his play, if we can ascribe any sophistication to it. That’s a big if, because he may just be insane.”

– Flavio Volpe

added by anonymous
4 years ago

If this company sees fit to hire individuals who basically either ascribe to, belong to or [are] sympathetic with terrorist organizations, we’re going to have to take some action on a city level.

– Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I would like to draw three main conclusions, number one, the Earth is warmer in 1988 than at any time in the history of instrumental measurements. Number two, the global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect. And number three, our computer climate simulations indicate that the greenhouse effect is already large enough to begin to affect the probability of extreme events such as summer heat waves.

– James Hansen

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I know there's a tendency to ascribe political motives to all she does. But what you saw yesterday was simply a woman who isn't going to stand by and watch other women be bullied, insulted and demeaned, and more broadly, as you heard her say in her speech, when it comes to standing up for core American values, she's going to speak out.

– Nick Merrill

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We see this confluence of motive, where what looks like some recycled criminal malware has been upgraded in a sophisticated way, a lot of people suspect that that's Russia’s attempt to force us as analysts to ascribe to a criminal organization what is in fact the actions of a nation state – Russia.

– Keith Smith

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

A common response to that anxiety is denial, which leads the individuals experiencing symptoms, as well as their loved ones, to dismiss the symptoms as normal. . . or ascribe them to something else( e.g. fatigue from recent exercise).

– Kathleen Dracup

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

People tend to ascribe to Adventism any weird thing they have heard about religion because they don't really know, adventism believes the entirety of the Bible.

– Ben Carson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

99% of people that come across the border ... are coming to provide for their families. The ones that are criminals, we ought to be kick them out. There's no disagreement about that, to ascribe bad motives people who are trying to provide for their families, I'm not going to change my views on that.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Ideologically, I don't share much of a philosophy with him. I don't ascribe bad motives. I think his heart is in the right place. I just think his policies are wrong.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence.

– Napoleon (Hanlon’s Razor)

added by anonymous
9 years ago

The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.

– Bernard Mandeville

added by anonymous
9 years ago

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

– Eric Hoffer

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

– John M. Barrie

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

– Howard Schultz

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.

– W. Somerset Maugham

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.

– Thomas Jefferson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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