Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into…

— Arthur Koestler

I remember being a kid and seeing the 'National Inquirer' at the grocery store checkout line. When somebody actually picked up a copy, it…

— Rashida Jones

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues…

— Alan Cumming

You cannot have 300-some million Americans - and really, right, the global citizenry be at risk of having their phone conversations intercepted with a…

— Ted Lieu

THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN.

— Harold Covington

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

— Elfriede Jelinek

The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays…

— William Howard Taft

Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and…

— Richard Dawkins

As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or…

— Dale T. Mortensen

If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets an R rating; but if, God forbid, a man is pictured…

— Sally Struthers

We cannot guess the outcome of our actions... Which is why our actions must always be acceptable in themselves, and not as strategies.

— Carolyn Heilbrun

In any case, open-seat presidential elections like 2008 just are different in character from incumbent reelects, and I think that's the most important thing…

— William Kristol

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

— Bruno Tonioli

I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable.

— Clarence Thomas

We get used to a certain kind of colour of form or format, and it's acceptable. And to puncture that is sticking your neck…

— Lee Krasner