Suitable Quotes

217 quotes by 197 authors

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it. — Edvard Munch
I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you. — Luigi Pirandello
My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who… — Terry Pratchett
I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you… — Maurice Sendak
The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in… — Richard Steele
Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger. — Tinie Tempah
Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here… — Morihei Ueshiba
After Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the belief in decent housing as a political right or social obligation was supplanted in the U.S. by the notion… — Martin Filler
Inevitably we construct ourselves. Let me explain. I enter this house and immediately I become what I have to become, what I can become: I… — Luigi Pirandello
So much wanting and longing, clutching, desiring, passion and hatred and terrible need. Here, death was suitable, there was room for it, the grip of… — Janet Fitch
But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a… — Franz Kafka
I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books--whether it's strolling down… — Cecelia Ahern
What if I was the sexual equivalent of popcorn? Suitable for light snacking only? — Rachel Vincent
Just because I'm flaunting it doesn't mean you can stare for hours on end. A polite ogle is appreciated and suitable for a flaunt. Slobbering… — Katie MacAlister
Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to 'learn.' What… — G I Gurdjieff
He saw merchants trading, princes hunting, mourners wailing for their dead, whores offering themselves, physicians trying to help the sick, priests determining the most suitable… — Hermann Hesse
And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life? — Diana Gabaldon
The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flowerâ€”suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place… — Katharine Hepburn
Twelve thousand years ago, everybody on earth was a hunter-gatherer; now almost all of us are farmers or else are fed by farmers. The spread… — Jared Diamond
The search for a "suitable" church makes the man a critic where God wants him to be a pupil. What he wants from the layman… — C.S. Lewis

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