Purporting Quotes

Were the purportings of the Bible to be a revelation false, it would still be the truest book that was ever written. - Augustus William Hare

We entered the 20th century trying to deal with three ideas purporting to define or describe or explain three spheres of action, development and conflict: Darwin on the natural world, Freud on the internal world, Marx on the economic world. - Bruce Jackson

The suspect had a balloon that was inflated under her shirt. That balloon fell out on the floor. It was just a part of her acting career of purporting herself to be pregnant. - Darrell Robertson

Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables: Do not try. - Dan Parker

It doesn't protect the consumer as well as they're purporting it does. It doesn't guarantee the accuracy of the information. - Jerry Cizek

I would prefer history tell itself, rather than have Hollywood tell it. There's so much we just don't know. Unfortunately, they're taking artistic license with history and people will believe it's accurate. Speculation is okay for drama, but it's less okay when it's purporting to tell history. If they didn't know, why didn't they just leave it out? - Carie Lemack