Strict Quotes

427 Strict quotes by 373 unique authors

When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself. — Wilhelm von Humboldt
Owing to the imperfection of language the offspring is termed a new animal, but it is in truth a branch or elongation of the parent;… — Erasmus Darwin
I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners… — Ralph Allen
All that the Lord requires of us is strict obedience to the laws of life. All the sacrifice that the Lord asks of his people… — Brigham Young
If the Creator were to bestow a new set of senses upon us, or slightly remodel the present ones, leaving all the rest of nature… — John Muir
I see where they are going to be more strict with these robbers; when they catch 'em from now on, they're going to publish their… — Will Rogers
But the idea of science and systematic knowledge is wanting to our whole instruction alike, and not only to that of our business class ...… — Matthew Arnold
Zen has lost its zip, if you will, or its nothingness and has become ritualistic Its established in monastaries with strict codes of koan study. — Frederick Lenz
It is only in the last 800 years that the rules have come into being and conservative Zen has surfaced. It is not particularly popular… — Frederick Lenz
Is the world ruled by strict laws or not? This question I regard as metaphysical. The laws we find are always hypotheses; which means that… — Karl Popper
One of my strict, strict rules is a no auto-tune policy. — Yukimi Nagano
I grew up dancing, and my ballet teacher was literally a drill sergeant; she was so strict and so scary. And it made me a… — Kate Hudson
The great thing about vinyl is that if you wanted to get a decent-sounding cut, you could really only have 20 minutes max on each… — Kate Bush
Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which… — Amy Chua
Invention requires both disciplines, strict common sense and wild imagination. — Vanna Bonta
I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids. — Karisma Kapoor
[L]ife, individual or collective, personal or historic, is the one entity in the universe whose substance is compact of danger, of adventure. It is, in… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music. No doubt there are laws, mathematically strict laws, but these laws are not music; they are only… — Heinrich Heine
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises,… — Carl Jung
[My mom] is quite the strict editor. I feel like maybe she has more of the old-school editing style, which really works in picture books,… — Jenna Bush
I have to be on such a strict diet constantly. — Lady Gaga
I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you… — Alan Greenspan
There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think… — Gail Collins
I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the… — Billy Corgan
We are more likely to cheat if we see others doing so. We tend to conform to accepted norms of reasonable behaviour, rather than adhere… — Evan Davis

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