Strict Quotes

427 Strict quotes by 373 unique authors

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up. — Grace Jones
I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything. — Danny Boyle
I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist. — Julie Bowen
My mum was never strict. I was allowed to go out to clubs underage, watch TV, listen to whatever music I wanted to, and that… — Kelly Brook
Strict conservation of energy in the elementary process had thus been confirmed also by a negative experiment. — Walther Bothe
I grew up before there were strict leash laws. — Beverly Cleary
In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow… — Bram Cohen
Keep a strict, predictable schedule 365 days a year that has you eating, sleeping, and exercising at about the same times day in and day… — David Agus
When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what… — Jeffrey Eugenides
There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on… — Emilio Estevez
Spring, when the earth tilts closer to the sun, runs a strict timetable of flowers. — Alice Oswald
I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition. — Michael Chang
I love fresh fruit and vegetables. I'm not a strict dieter. I don't think that anything in life should be so regimented that you're not… — Carrie Ann Inaba
Muslims consider the honor of the Prophet Muhammad to be dearer to them than that of their parents or even themselves. To defend it is… — Anjem Choudary
I write four books a year. I'm very fortunate that I write quickly; around 3,500 words a day. Being strict about delineating my writing time… — Alexander McCall Smith
My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like… — Mariano Rivera
Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital to find its… — Thomas B. Macaulay
We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected… — Thomas a Kempis
I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their capacity to provide… — Barack Obama
I do think you have sort of a general philosophical approach that you want from a justice, and I think a strict constructionist would be… — Rudy Giuliani
The discourses of the table among true loving friends are held in strict silence. — Thomas Browne
You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair. — William Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote his sonnets within a strict discipline, fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, rhyming in three quatrains and a couplet. Were his sonnets dull? Mozart… — David Ogilvy
In a strict sense photography can never be abstract, for the camera is incapable of synthetic integration. — Ansel Adams
Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition Â… we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts.… — Gregory Bateson

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