Suitable Quotes
217 quotes by 197 authors
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No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do more…
— Dion Fortune
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Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.
— Oscar Wilde
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Of course none of those men was suitable. Half were after your fortune, and as for the other half—well, you would have reduced them to…
— Julia Quinn
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He actually listened, rather than pretending to listen while waiting a suitable interval before it was his time to talk again...
— Laini Taylor
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The problem is this: in order to make money- lots of money- we don't need flawless literary masterpieces. What we need is mediocre rubbish, trash…
— Walter Moers
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I don't have a talent, unless you count hunting illegally, which they don't. Or maybe singing, which I wouldn't do for the Capitol in a…
— Suzanne Collins
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I will not propose to you that my way is best. The decision is up to you. If you find some point which may be…
— Dalai Lama
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On the board was a list of words and phrases which her mother considered not suitable for use in college T-shirt design. She had been…
— Hilary McKay
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You reach a moment in life when, among the people you have known, the dead outnumber the living. And the mind refuses to accept more…
— Italo Calvino
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I would simply ask why so many critics, so many writers, so many philosophers take such satisfaction in professing that the experience of a work…
— Pierre Bourdieu
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Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both brothers learned to identify with absence. Consequently, even if…
— Mark Z. Danielewski
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I smiled. "I understand now. But It doesn't matter and you needn't apologize. They have been very kind to me too. Even if we did…
— Robin McKinley
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We all make mistakes. Luckily for us, there are very few mistakes that cant be solved with a suitable application of either lipstick or hand…
— Mira Grant
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We fall in love or stay in love with people who are unsuitable or who no longer love us and, conversely, we feel no love…
— François Lelord
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Well,†Waxillium said. “Perhaps I should begin by asking after your health.†“Perhaps you should,†Steris replied. “Er. Yes. How’s your health?†“Suitable.†“So is…
— Brandon Sanderson
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I was afraid I was wrong, that you would change your mind any second. I’ve been looking for a suitable alternative, but the truth is…
— Kiera Cass
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I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading…
— Rigoberta Menchu
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Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Public enthusiasm for new advances is a key ingredient in influencing policy-makers to stimulate follow-up work with suitable funding, and it can be achieved far…
— Aubrey de Grey
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I consider that all which lives must feed itself and nourish itself in a manner suitable to the way in which it lives.
— Giordano Bruno
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