Proper Quotes

1575 Proper quotes by 1191 unique authors

It is perfectly evident to any logical mind that when you have got the vote, by the proper use of the vote in sufficient numbers,… — Emmeline Pankhurst
As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I… — Sarah Jessica Parker
A good four to six weeks is about right for a proper break. — Kevin Pietersen
I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to… — Karl Pilkington
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. — Plutarch
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one… — Edgar Allan Poe
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals,… — Quintilian
The proper study of Mankind is Man. — Alexander Pope
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. — Alexander Pope
My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car. — Daniel Radcliffe
I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies. — Josh Radnor
I'm never proper or careful, but I never curse in front of my mother, either. — Chris Rock
We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place,… — John Ruskin
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed… — John Ruskin
No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The… — Bertrand Russell
The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper… — George Santayana
Though I had come into the world on 16 November 1922, my official documents show that I was born two days later, on the 18th.… — Jose Saramago
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place. — Robert Schumann
The only proper suit-and-tie job I've had in my life was the two years in the late 1980s when I ran a small corporate publishing… — Will Self
I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them. — Maurice Sendak
But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. — Michael Shermer
The proper study of mankind is the science of design. — Herbert Simon
The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. — Jonathan Swift
Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper… — Thomas Szasz

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