Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by ignorance. From LearnThat.org. [James Thurber]
David asked about the word ascribe which literally means "to write.". From Wordnik.com. [podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history] Reference
Do you as a Born Again ascribe to the “scriptures” that the sons of Ham are cursed with black skin?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Two Percent] Reference
And I'm just telling you, I did my duty, and it's politics, you know, to kind of ascribe all kinds of motives to me. From Wordnik.com. [~ Angry Bear] Reference
With hindsight, it's easy to ascribe which is which. From Wordnik.com. [Flopping Aces] Reference
Give -- or, "ascribe" (De 32: 3). mighty -- or, "sons of the mighty" (Ps 89: 6). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Hebrews; but others ascribe this honor to the Egyptians. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The traditions of the Low Countries also ascribe it to an. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
But must we ascribe a sweet soul to a defective chromosome?. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Will's Aptitudes] Reference
For there is no meaning, other than what you choose to ascribe. From Wordnik.com. [The Astigmatism Of The Human Genome Project] Reference
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to Heaven. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Somebody asked me, to what do you ascribe the success of Atlantic?. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Wexler: A Record Man Remembered] Reference
To what causes then shall we ascribe the prosperity of the province?. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
Investors currently ascribe little value to the loss-making handset business. From Wordnik.com. [In Phone Wars, Motorola's Hopes Ride on the Droid] Reference
Nothing compelled him, therefore, to ascribe it in the same form to the plant. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Mr. Cooper, R.A., would ascribe to over-indulgence much of Jerrold's suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
I will not ascribe a bountiful potential that might or might not have played out. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting] Reference
"We do ascribe some sort of quasi-religious significance to our DNA," says Collins. From Wordnik.com. [Decoding The Human Body] Reference
In truth, we describe man in his entirety only if we ascribe to him, in addition to. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
But that, at least, is one negative trait that psychologists hesitate to ascribe to him. From Wordnik.com. [His Cheating Brain] Reference
And does not an old poet ascribe to our alder the quality of protector to other growths?. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
That is a credo to which all Americans of faith can ascribe, so long as they do not succumb to fear. From Wordnik.com. [Joshua Stanton: Islamophobia: Targeting an American Community] Reference
McKAY: I'd like to ask how much importance you ascribe to tree characteristics and not the nut itself. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The plain fact is that the EU is a long way from wielding the kind of clout that the protesters ascribe to it. From Wordnik.com. [Time To Put Up Or Shut Up] Reference
It is not virtuosity whipped into an aesthetic soufflé in the hope that the audience will ascribe it meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo King Lines Ballet; Retina dance company, Collisions, Juliet Aster] Reference
"We want to be very sure that we won't ascribe this act to the wrong person," Soliman told The Associated Press. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Woman Who Left Newborn On Plane Says She Was Raped] Reference
To her we ascribe the highest charms belonging to this wonderful element so profusely mingled in all God's works. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Without specifics, it allowed these people to ascribe their own dreams to Obama, making him the proxy of their own hope. From Wordnik.com. [Lane Hudson: Don't Blame the Left, Blame Your Rhetoric] Reference
Because of the meaning and value we ascribe to books, few things are as immediately impressive as a person's reading history. From Wordnik.com. [13 Books Nobody's Read But Say They Have (PHOTOS)] Reference
Now, it would occur to no one to ascribe to the tunnel itself, as a lasting quality, the speed with which it had been constructed. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Cheney and Seyfarth came up with an equally deft strategy for determining whether vervets consciously ascribe meanings to their calls. From Wordnik.com. [What Do Monkeys Know?] Reference
These days it is fashionable to ascribe sick-sounding motivations (in many cases correctly, I admit) to persons who commit antisocial acts. From Wordnik.com. [A Killer's Self-Portrait] Reference
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