Propensities

But really, cousin, don't you think that this way of contradicting our natures and propensities, is very wrong? ❋ Unknown (1824)

According to the long-run theories, propensities are tendencies to produce relative frequencies with particular values, but the propensities are not the probability values themselves; according to the single-case theories, the propensities are the probability values. ❋ Hájek, Alan (2007)

Hence virtue consists in a rationally-calculated. weighing out of the measure of the reciprocally limiting propensities, that is, in preserving a proper equilibrium. ❋ 1819-1870 (1873)

It looks more to me like it's a potential transfer of dollars from banks and lenders with no propensity to spend to borrowers with high propensities to spend. ❋ Warren Mosler (2010)

“They may not understand the exact specifics, but they do understand that these are propensities.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Given the wide range of people's propensities to save, the wealth gap between 175-year-olds, even those with equal incomes over their lives, will be very large. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So actively promoting the positive inner qualities of the human heart that arise from our core disposition toward compassion, and learning to combat our more destructive propensities, will be appreciated by all. ❋ Donna Jean Freberg (2012)

I think the mark of an evolved society of people is our willingness to question and combat our more destructive propensities. ❋ Donna Jean Freberg (2012)

It's hard to compare crime rates -- much less the underlying criminal propensities of various segments of the population -- across jurisdictions with different incarceration rates. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When reviewing the side-effects of many drugs, it is not uncommon to find that drugs are known to lead to various states of mental illness from depression to delusion to suicidal propensities. ❋ Dana Ullman (2010)

Any form of organization will have its weaknesses and propensities towards predictable forms of injustice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In any case, given my repeated attacks on anti-foreign bias, I should have been more skeptical of popular claims about immigrants 'criminal propensities. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Dresden, the Blitz, Coventry and Caen, the gas chambers and the gulags – with, more recently Iraq, Afghanistan, and the wars in Africa – demonstrate, in particular, our leaders' propensities to hijack science for wholesale murder. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Over at Overcoming Bias, the smartest man I know argues that we underestimate the quality of women's lives - and overestimate the quality of men's lives - because the genders have different propensities to complain. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"I know your propensity for [acting] like a [total douche] [bag]." ❋ Leoness8178 (2007)

Attending [Reed College] will increase my [propensity to get laid], while attending [The Citadel] will decrease said propenisty. ❋ Maninboulder (2009)

Not only is the marginal propensity to consume weaker in a wealthy community, but, owing to its accumulation of capital being already larger, the opportunities for further investment are less attractive... [J.M]. Keynes, *[The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money]* ([1936]), Ch.3 ❋ Abu Yahya (2009)

Yeah, the Asian [Propensity] to Cluster is always [in full effect] at [freshman orientation]. ❋ Shakeybob (2010)

Although there are a lot of hot birds in this bar, the [Propensity] to Bang Douchebags ([PBD]) is through the roof. We need to [skate out] of here immediately. ❋ The Real Matty Dubs (2008)