Proper Quotes

1575 Proper quotes by 1191 unique authors

You were intended not only to work, but to rest, laugh, play, and have proper leisure and enjoyment. To develop an all-around personality you must… — Grenville Kleiser
Asking the proper question is the central act of transformation! — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
It has been a fortunate fact in the modern history of physical science that the scientist constructing a new theoretical system has nearly always found… — Unknown Author
You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. — Elias Canetti
The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something… — Martin Luther
For the last month I have been a strict vegetarian. The moral effects of this regime are immense, owing to the voluntary subjugation of the… — Gustav Mahler
The proper role of government is exactly what John Stuart Mill said in the middle of the nineteenth century in On Liberty. The proper role… — Milton Friedman
The only proper functions of a government are: the police, to protect you from criminals; the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the… — Ayn Rand
A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one… — Erving Goffman
I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit himself… — Aneurin Bevan
It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a forbidden manner. You can understand… — Arthur Machen
The prisoners for better security against conversation shall have a canvas bag put over the head of each and tied around the neck, with a… — Edwin M. Stanton
It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted… — Paul von Hindenburg
I’d like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order. We live in a changing world, but we need to… — S. Truett Cathy
I like things in their proper places. — Alan Sugar
A woman confronting men is a proper subject, it is inexhaustible. — Claude Chabrol
In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and… — Terry Gilliam
The CONCEPT is though that you have to get an AGREEMENT BY CONTRACT and you KNOW that they are NOT going to respond. So the… — Jack Smith
How barbarous, to deny men the privilege of pursuing what they imagine to be their proper concerns and interests! Yet, in a sense, this is just… — Marcus Aurelius
Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and… — Marcus Aurelius
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him — Johann Georg Hamann
The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy. — Lamar S. Smith
All things happen in their proper time. Everything in life happens in the time allocated for it. Don't waste energy worrying about end results. Worrying… — James Van Praagh
Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot. — Baal Shem Tov

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