Acceptable Quotes

528 quotes by 486 authors

Nevertheless, during the sixty years of the twentieth century many problems have come increasingly into the realm of acceptable public discussion. — Herman Kahn
To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for what we cannot… — Owen Feltham
Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps,… — Charles Simeon
I've spent my whole life worrying about the human-computer interface, so I don't want to suggest that what we have today is even close to… — Nicholas Negroponte
[I] vow[ed] to fight against socialized medicine....On healthcare, I agree with the President that we need to get costs under control...I can also say without… — Glenn Thompson
Canadians should realise when they are well off under the Monarchy. For the vast majority of Canadians, being a Monarchy is probably the only form… — Pierre Trudeau
What is a memory? Not a storehouse, not a trunk in the attic, but an instrument that constantly refines the past into a narrative, accessible… — Stanley Kauffmann
Whatever it takes to stop someone from abusing animals is certainly morally acceptable — Jerry Vlasak
I am personally not advocating violence. I am simply saying that it is a morally acceptable tactic and it may be useful in the struggle… — Jerry Vlasak
The ascent to the divine Life is the human journey, the Work of works, the acceptable Sacrifice. This alone is man's real business in the… — Sri Aurobindo
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the name of the… — Pope John Paul II
Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. — Irwin Shaw
There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable — Benoit Mandelbrot
News is like food: it is the cooking and serving that makes it acceptable, not the material itself. — Rose Macaulay
The line we draw between animals that are socially acceptable and those we find repugnant can be awfully arbitrary. — Alexandra Harney
No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals — Irving Kristol
If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is… — Charles Stanley
Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it. — Osbert Lancaster
For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There's winning and there's losing, and in life you have to know they… — Magic Johnson
If a person doesn't think there is a God to be accountable to, then-then what's the point of trying to modify your behavior to keep… — Jeffrey Dahmer

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