Proper Quotes

1575 Proper quotes by 1191 unique authors

Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean. — Terry Pratchett
Then she lay on her back and gazed at the cloudless sky. Mr. Beebe, whose opinion of her rose daily, whispered to his niece that… — E. M. Forster
Our motives and thoughts ultimately influence our actions. Jesus repeatedly emphasized the power of good thoughts and proper motives: 'Look unto me in every thought;… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly. — Charles Fort
Or maybe I had known him or maybe there's something that happens between some people at a level that goes beyond time measurements and what… — P. C. Cast
Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle curved tunnels of leaf miners on the face of a leaf.… — Annie Dillard
Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it' s a tool; "I'll meet you in that pub, you… — Banksy
The dog approached again, cautiously. I found the bologna sandwich, ripped off a chunk, wiped the cheap watery mustard off, then placed it on the… — Charles Bukowski
Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach,” I agreed. He looked blank, so I repeated it with proper emphasis.… — Patricia Briggs
All I ask is that my final months be happy ones, and that I be permitted a husband who will see to my proper Christian… — Seth Grahame-Smith
Over the road there was a church: a modern gray building, which constantly played a recording of church bells. Strange it was. Why no proper… — Russell Brand
Chiron, I don't think the attic is the proper place for our new Oracle, do you?" "No, indeed." Chiron looked a lot better now that… — Rick Riordan
Now here's somebody who wants to smoke a marijuana cigarette. If he's caught, he goes to jail. Now is that moral? Is that proper? I… — Milton Friedman
Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be. — Muhammad Yunus
A proper community, we should remember also, is a commonwealth: a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as well as social… — Wendell Berry
You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time. — Norton Juster
Firekeeper still could not understand the human penchant for eating in company. Even less so, she could not understand the human desire to combine business… — Jane Lindskold
Pounce had it easier than any of us. No one noticed a black cat in the street. He stopped here and there to sniff aught… — Tamora Pierce
Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is worthy,… — D. A. Carson
I took my .38 out and looked to see that there were bullets in all the proper places. I knew there would be, but it… — Robert B. Parker
The proper word for me," Robin Goodman says, "is me. — Ali Smith
To be angry is to yield to the influence of Satan. No one can make us angry. It is our choice. If we desire to… — Thomas S. Monson
I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. — John Kennedy Toole
My Lord, I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offense against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fir… — David Eddings
Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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