Strict Quotes

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Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is… — Ambrose Bierce
You could tell from the books whether a library was meant for show or not. Books that were used had an open, interested feel to… — Diana Gabaldon
I was not allowed to think of him. That was something I tried to be very strict about. Of course I slipped; I was only… — Stephenie Meyer
I love you crookedly because my heart's been unhinged from birth. The doctors gave me strict instructions not to fall in love: my fragile clockwork… — Mathias Malzieu
I'm under strict instructions to write a happy ending. Rule number ninety-seven: You're not allowed to make a dragon cry." "Right," Said Sophie, starting the… — Chris d'Lacey
I was in analysis. I was suicidal. As a matter of fact, I would have killed myself, but I was in analysis with a strict… — Woody Allen
Astonishingly, at some point, a sputtering torch was thrust into her hands. Alma did not see who gave it to her. She had never before… — Elizabeth Gilbert
America's highest economic need is higher ethical standards -- enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders. — George W. Bush
To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Every work of history constructs contexts and designs, forms in which past reality can be comprehended. History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and… — Johan Huizinga
Now there are five matters to which a general must pay strict heed. The first of these is administration; the second, preparedness; the third, determination;… — Unknown Author
I'm on a diet. It's very strict: all hot dogs. Just sausages, constantly. It's working out - I've gained fifteen pounds! — Beth Ditto
~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've got… — Emma Thompson
Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor,… — Jean Cocteau
Those Christians who are very strict in their observances, think a good deal more of the Sabbath than of man, a great deal more of… — George MacDonald
Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth. — Mark Twain
We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its ever… — William James
Liberalism and capitalism address themselves to the cool, well-balanced mind. They proceed by strict logic, eliminating any appeal to the emotions. Socialism, on the contrary,… — Ludwig von Mises
Writing wasn't easy to start. After I finally did it, I realized it was the most direct contact possible with the part of myself I… — Unknown Author
My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is… — Murray Gell-Mann

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