Properly Quotes

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As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that offers… — W. Somerset Maugham
Don't we forgive everything of a lover? We forgive selfishness, desire, guile. As long as we are the motive for it...There are some European words… — Michael Ondaatje
Television is altering the meaning of 'being informed' by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation. Disinformation does not mean false… — Neil Postman
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. — Isaac Asimov
A home without a cat â€” and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat â€” may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it… — Mark Twain
Problems of human behavior still continue to baffle us, but at least in the Library we have them properly filed. — Anita Brookner
In a properly automated and educated world, then, machines may prove to be the true humanizing influence. It may be that machines will do the… — Isaac Asimov
My trouble is insomnia. If I had always slept properly, I'd never have written a line. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women… — Julian Barnes
I could introduce myself properly, but it's not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a diverse range of… — Markus Zusak
Then I felt too that I might take this opportunity to tie up a few loose ends, only of course loose ends can never be… — Iris Murdoch
Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation- in fairy tales, in analysis, and in individuation. The key question causes germination of consciousness.… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character… — Kurt Vonnegut
And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a… — Edmond Rostand
Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets. — Tom Robbins
In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow… — William P. Young
If the Universe came to an end every time there was some uncertainty about what had happened in it, it would never have got beyond… — Douglas Adams
People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly any more. Every time they looked at them or thought… — John Marsden
It is necessary to meditate early, and often, on the art of dying to succeed later in doing it properly just once. — Umberto Eco

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