Proper Quotes

1575 Proper quotes by 1191 unique authors

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage. — Tertullian
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what… — Harry S. Truman
A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind. — Morihei Ueshiba
Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in fighting… — Tom Vilsack
The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children. — Tom Vilsack
You play a certain way for so long, and change is good. So I look forward to change, and I look forward to playing with… — Dwyane Wade
The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon. — Horace Walpole
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without… — Booker T. Washington
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. — Thomas J. Watson
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was… — Adam Weishaupt
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. — Oscar Wilde
When my work gets crazy, I make sure to always have vitamins, water and proper food with me. That has helped me to lose 33… — Carnie Wilson
Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence. — Niklaus Wirth
The spirit of revelation is available to every person who receives by proper priesthood authority the saving ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission… — David A. Bednar
Now at this very moment I knew that the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So… — Winston Churchill
I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from… — Annie Dillard
Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses. — William Carlos Williams
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any… — Oscar Wilde
The neo-conservatives, who are closely linked to the neo-corporatists, are rather different. They claim to be conservatives, when everything they stand for is a rejection… — John Ralston Saul
The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful? — Annie Dillard
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment. — Hart Crane
Come with uncle and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones...you are invited! — Anthony Burgess
She hadn't been given the proper tools to make a real life with, she decided, that was it. She'd been given a can of gravy… — Lorrie Moore
As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the… — Sandra Boynton

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