Proscribe Vs Prescribe Quotes & Sayings

From across the room, Mama watched them, — Lois Lowry

I'm a long-flight pilot. Pushing a little bubble of air-filled metal across an ocean of nothing is what I was born to do. — James S.A. Corey

I said, I know why you're afraid to fight with me."
"And why is that?" If he flexed again, I'd have to implement emergency measures. Maybe I could kick some sand at him or something. Hard to look hot brushing sand out of your eyes.
"You want me."
Oh boy.
"You can't resist my subtle charm, so you're afraid you're going to make a spectacle out of yourself."
"You know what? Don't talk to me. — Ilona Andrews

They were nice in a useless sort of way, which is, after all, the only way to be truly nice. — Samuel R. Delany

If a society takes it upon itself to prescribe and proscribe certain streams of belief - to prohibit certain less-favored strains of conscience - it may be the non-believer who is among the first to be condemned. A coercive monopoly of belief threatens everyone, whether we are talking about those who search the philosophies of men or follow the words of God. — Mitt Romney

One instance of this failure is the case of smoke, as well as air pollution generally. In so far as the outpouring of smoke by factories pollutes the air and damages the persons and property of others, it is an invasive act. It is equivalent to an act of vandalism and in a truly free society would have been punished after court action brought by the victims. Air pollution, then, is not an example of a defect in a system of absolute property rights, but of failure on the part of the government to preserve property rights. Note that the remedy, in a free society, is not the creation of an administrative State bureau to prescribe regulations for smoke control. The remedy is judicial action to punish and proscribe pollution damage to the person and property of others.48 In — Murray N. Rothbard

Self-discover is not as someone would have us think, a heavy, awesome, moral process where everyone sits around and frowns. As you progress towards enlightenment, you become funny. — Frederick Lenz

While there's plenty to be said for drive and talent, it was my parents' support that started me on the path that led me here today. — Tichina Arnold

A man whose mother won't let him lift a finger is ruined for a wife." The — Christina Baker Kline

Even the world, that despises simplicity, does not profess to approve of duplicity. — Bill Vaughan

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography. — David Crystal