Aptly Quotes

31 quotes by 29 authors

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss,… — Miguel de Cervantes
In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working… — Hillary Clinton
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last,… — Alexander Hamilton
The year 1896 ... marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of… — Ernest Rutherford
This is not the age of pamphleteers. It is the age of the engineers. The spark-gap is mightier than the pen. Democracy will not be… — Lancelot Hogben
Oh, dear God, thank you, you are such a good God to us. A kind and gentle and accommodating God, and we thank You oh… — Ben Stiller
With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped in bronze.… — Garry Kasparov
Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette-the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. — John Tyler
From its aptly noirish title on, Martin Preib's The Wagon has rightness of authenticity about it. From the perspective of a cop he fashions a… — Stuart Dybek
There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought. — Robert Boyle
What Bell is to the telephoneâ€”or, more aptly, what Eastman is to photographyâ€”Haloid could be to xerography. — Chester Carlson
Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then… — Karen Armstrong
It has been aptly said that all Egypt is but the facade of an immense sepulcher. — Amelia B. Edwards
A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which was very usually… — William Hazlitt
Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that occurs when one… — Gregory Bateson
Saigon, U.S.A. aptly documents the birth of a new American community, uprooted in the aftermath of war and forever torn apart by the wounds of… — Nguyen Qui Duc
Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs? — Marcus Aurelius
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That… — William Shakespeare
The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love. — Tennessee Williams
Well met, Mistress Lirael. This ragamuffin, as your servant so aptly described him, is His Highness Prince Sameth, the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. Hence the bells. But on… — Garth Nix

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