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title: "8 Stricter Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Stricter quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Stricter sayings and thoughts."
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> [The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-koestler/the-more-backwoodish-a-social-group-juvenile-or-adult-the-stricter/)

[Arthur Koestler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-koestler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/arthur-koestler-1903_adults_the-more-backwoodish-a-social-group-juve_125426.jpg)

> [The one thing that might have stopped San Bernardino, that might have stopped 9/11 would have been stricter controls on those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-one-thing-that-might-have-stopped-san-bernardino-that-might-have/)

[Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de0/ted-cruz-487_has-beens_the-one-thing-that-might-have-stopped-sa_326077.png)

> [“We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-salvatore/we-at-least-we-of-sincere-character-always-judge-ourselves-by/)

[R.A. Salvatore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-salvatore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/r-a-salvatore-4145_character_we-at-least-we-of-sincere-character-alwa_340169.png)

> [I'm turning into a stricter dad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-duchovny/i-m-turning-into-a-stricter-dad/)

[David Duchovny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-duchovny/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/david-duchovny-1754_dad_i-m-turning-into-a-stricter-dad-901811_901811.jpg)

> [My father was stricter than what I am with my kids, but that has made me what I am today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dharmendra/my-father-was-stricter-than-what-i-am-with-my-kids-but-that-has-made/)

[Dharmendra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dharmendra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/dharmendra-4732_father_my-father-was-stricter-than-what-i-am-wi_1252973.jpg)

> [Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-dando/some-of-our-stuff-ends-up-looking-too-corporate-i-m-going-to-be-a-lot/)

[Evan Dando](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-dando/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/evan-dando-18133_corporate_some-of-our-stuff-ends-up-looking-too-co_1749430.png)

> [Christian principles are, admittedly, stricter than the others; but then we think you will get help towards obeying them which you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/christian-principles-are-admittedly-stricter-than-the-others-but-then/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/anonymous-1_christian_christian-principles-are-admittedly-stri_2008647.jpg)

> [I definitely think there could be stricter teen driving laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-justice/i-definitely-think-there-could-be-stricter-teen-driving-laws/)

[Victoria Justice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-justice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/victoria-justice-3784_could_i-definitely-think-there-could-be-strict_2712861.jpg)

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