Appropriate Quotes

788 Appropriate quotes by 669 unique authors

Everything has a reason, including the selection of the photos, which was not arbitrary but appropriate to the period, its highs and lows and my… — Gerhard Richter
Suppose there is something which a person cannot understand. He happens to notice the similarity of this something to some other thing which he understands… — Hideki Yukawa
Progress is not possible without discipline. A nation, institution, family or individual can advance only by heeding the words of those who deserve respect and… — Mata Amritanandamayi
I can't imagine a mental life, a spiritual existence, not inextricably bound up with language of a formal, mediated nature. Telling stories, choosing an appropriate… — Joyce Carol Oates
The best results are achieved by using the right amount of effort in the right place at the right time. And this right amount is… — Tony Buzan
For the learning of every virtue there is an appropriate discipline, and for the learning of suspended judgment the best discipline is philosophy. — Bertrand Russell
No law is quite appropriate for all. — Unknown Author
I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more. — Michael Gove
I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because it was so appropriate. — Caleb Carr
I generally leave the details of fiscal programs to the Administration and Congress. That's really their area of authority and responsibility, and I don't think… — Ben Bernanke
Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things afterward, and one of them… — Kathleen Battle
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate… — Ulrich Beck
I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown. — Alan Autry
I support myself by public speaking and trying to work on as many appropriate and legitimate ventures as I can. — Jack Abramoff
The visceral experience of seeing a movie in three dimensions, coming at you in the theater, is obviously here to stay, because it is a… — Cary Elwes
The combination of threads, remote-procedure-call interfaces, and heavyweight object-oriented design is especially dangerous... if you are ever invited onto a project that is supposed to… — Eric S. Raymond
Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes, a mode of… — Anthony Giddens
The Lord's Prayer "is truly the summary of the whole gospel." "Since the Lord...after handling over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere, 'Ask and you… — Tertullian
I don't think people should be able to swear whenever they want. I just don't want the federal government making laws about swearing. We should… — Richard Dooling
When I see things in the world that leap out at me, I want to make use of them in fiction. Maybe every writer does… — Rachel Kushner

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