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Quotes About Proposal

I can't swallow Gregori's insistent proposal of the Toothpuller as M's and I think M used help on the second versions of early paintings like Lute Player II.
~ Peter Robb
I had met my wife in college. Her name was Barbara, and she was the first woman besides my mother to show the faintest interest in me. It took six years to persuade her to marry me.
~ Philip Gulley
one. It also may be characterized as a "multiple-check" system. A proposal emanating from one branch of government can be checked—that is, negated—by another. A
~ Philip Norton
In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security.
~ Russ Carnahan
I wanted said yes to 'The Bachelor' for the chance of finding love and to find someone I could spend the rest of my life with.
~ Nick Viall
But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
~ Abu Bakar Bashir
He: "Whale you be my valentine?" She: "Dolphinitely.
~ Adam Young
The proposal to introduce GST was first mooted by P. Chidambaram in his budget speech of 2006
~ Pranab Mukherjee
My parents are divorced, and that was the last thing I wanted for myself. I waited until I was 36 to propose, and I'm really proud of that.
~ Josh Duhamel
I wasn't expecting a proposal from Aamir that night, especially when he had waited long hours for my shoot to get over and I too was drained after giving back-to-back scenes that involved portraying a lot of mental traumas and crying. As I came out of my shot, he stood in front of me, went down on his knees and proposed marriage.
~ Sanjeeda Sheikh
We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal.
~ Grace Napolitano
Before I proposed to my now-wife, I was understandably nervous. My father suggested that I take stock of all of my experiences and relationships with women, from my earliest memories to present day, and see if I had learned anything that might inform my decision.
~ Justin Halpern
A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.
~ Sam Yagan
C'est pourtant nous qui t'avons proposé de remplir ton calice. Enchantée de cet artifice, ton abondance l'avait osé. Tu étais assez riche, pour devenir cent fois toi-même en une seule fleur; c'est l'état de celui qui aime ... Mais tu n'as pas pensé ailleurs.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Once upon a time, automobiles were central to romantic life. It was once estimated that almost 40 percent of marriages in America were proposed in automobiles. Today, a third of marriages result from meeting up online and through dating apps.
~ Daniel Yergin
The only thing worse than a bad idea that gets implemented is a good one that is never broached.
~ James D. Hornfischer
The Russian delegation, led by Maxim Litvinov, proposed complete and immediate disarmament for everybody; this was rejected out of hand as a Bolshevik trick.
~ James L. Stokesbury
For a moment no one spoke. Then Lymond got to his feet. 'I have a better idea. You marry her,' he suggested.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
Peter: Oy! Harriet: Hullo! Peter: I just wanted to ask whether you'd given any further thought to that suggestion about marrying me. Harriet (sarcastically) : I suppose you were thinking how delightful it would be to go through life together like this? Peter: Well, not quite like this. Hand in hand was more my idea. Harriet: What is that in your hand? Peter: A dead starfish. Harriet: Poor fish! Peter: No ill-feeling, I trust? Harriet: Oh, dear no.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Louisiana state representative and former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke proposed paying women on welfare $100 a year to use [Norplant]. Duke's bill was an attempt to fulfill his campaign promise to enact concrete proposals to reduce the illegitimate birthrate and break the cycle of poverty that truly enslaves and harms the black race.
~ Dorothy Roberts
Now, said Benjy mouse, to business. Ford and Zaphod clinked their glasses together. To business! they said. I beg your pardon? said Benjy. Ford looked round. Sorry, I thought you were proposing a toast, he said.
~ Douglas Adams
You mean you really want to marry me?" she asked with the air of one getting a thing perfectly clear. "More than anything in the world," I said - and I meant it. "You mean, you're in love with me?" "I'm in love with you." Her eyes were steady and grave. She said: "I think you're the nicest person in the world - but I'm not in love with you." "I'll make you love me." "That wouldn't do. I don't want to be made.
~ Agatha Christie
I objected vigorously to this unsporting proposal. I recognized in it the disastrous effects of matrimony. How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female say, in the tone of one clinching an argument, "Edgar says—" And all the time you are perfectly aware that Edgar is a perfect fool. Suzanne, by reason of her married state, was yearning to lean upon some man or other.
~ Agatha Christie
I don't know what the usual reactions are of a man who goes to propose marriage. In fiction his throat is dry and his collar feels too tight and he is in a pitiable state of nervousness.
~ Agatha Christie