Proper Quotes

1575 Proper quotes by 1191 unique authors

That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts,… — Marcus Aurelius
I cannot stand people who disagree with me on the issue of Roe v. Wade... which I believe is about the proper way to cross… — Stephen Colbert
A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note," he said, "but the simplest way to break glass is simply to drop it on… — Anne Rice
FAUSTUS. [Stabbing his arm.] Lo, Mephistophilis, for love of thee, I cut mine arm, and with my proper blood Assure my soul to be great… — Christopher Marlowe
To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, the… — Joan Didion
Before he turned away, I asked, 'What do you need?' 'I need you. I need to give you a proper kiss. I need you to… — Maria V. Snyder
Charlie whistled "Amazing Grace" as he drove. It was all I could do not to whip my head around and snap, Are you kidding me?… — Jeaniene Frost
Novels, since the birth of the genre, have been full of rejected, seduced, and abandoned maidens, whose proper fate is to die... — Margaret Drabble
Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt… — John Stuart Mill
Remember, you can be exalted without a college degree. You can be exalted without being slender and beautiful. You can be exalted without having a… — M. Russell Ballard
Of course it does, Jomes answered earnestly. Many of life's treasures remain hidden from us simply because we never search for them. Often we do… — Andy Andrews
It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper. — Gail Carson Levine
ALL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE OURS. BUT WE MUST CARE. FOR IF WE DO NOT CARE, WE DO NOT EXIST. IF WE DO NOT EXIST,… — Terry Pratchett
He was raised without a proper diagnosis. — Augusten Burroughs
I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page — Laurie Halse Anderson
You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling, the broken sleep… — Kazuo Ishiguro
The proper ending for any story about people it seems to me, since life is now a polymer in which the Earth is wrapped so… — Kurt Vonnegut
I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while. — Charles Fort
We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's… — Pat Barker
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always… — Oscar Wilde
I'm glad you're still upright, Charles, and the only reason you are is because she didn't have any silver. She'd have staked you right and… — Jeaniene Frost
The Master said, “Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not… — Confucius
Mercy is not a proper Indian name."..........."Rash Coyote Who Runs With Wolf. We could shorten it to Dinner Woman. — Patricia Briggs
Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them. — Jack London

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