Proper Quotes

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Before catechisms can instill a proper humility, small children know the truth that their own existence has caused the world to bloom into being. — Gregory Maguire
You should look at certain walls stained with damp, or at stones of uneven color. If you have to invent some backgrounds you will be… — Leonardo da Vinci
Children seldom have a proper sense of their own tragedy, discounting and keeping hidden the true horrors of their short lives, humbly imagining real calamity… — Shirley Hazzard
You mourn, for it is proper to mourn. But your grief serves you; you do not become a slave to grief. You bid the dead… — Neil Gaiman
Recreation is not the highest kind of enjoyment, but in its time and place is quite as proper as prayer. — Samuel I. Prime
How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our leisure… — J. Richard Clarke
... finding that in [the Moon] there is a provision of light and heat; also in appearance, a soil proper for habitation fully as good… — William Herschel
We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world… — Margaret Mead
Another activity that can detract us from the proper way is watching television excessively or viewing improper movies. While fine productions on these media are… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education. — Auguste Comte
In England and America people tend to graze all day long, but I think it's such a waste to be constantly picking at food because… — Nigella Lawson
Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as Los Angeles,… — Martina Navratilova
At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have joint… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force,… — William Godwin
Well, certainly I think American television is - that's proper TV. — Graham Norton
Life itself is your proper meal. — Marc David
I'm always on tour, so I'm always trying new tracks out live before they're released. That's more necessity than anything, because I don't get a… — Skrillex
In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something.… — Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.
My sister stood up, trembling, and I must admit that I expected her familiar sneer to have taken its usual place on her face. But… — J. Robert Lennon
And we daily in our experiments electrise bodies plus or minus, as we think proper. [These terms we may use till your Philosophers give us… — Benjamin Franklin

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