Appropriate Quotes

• Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

  Chuck Close

  Photography, Use, Defining

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• Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.

  Pope John Paul II

  Men, World, Way

  Pope John Paul II (1998). “Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter Fides Et Ratio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason”

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• Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.

  Steven Brust

  Mean, Goal, Action

  Steven Brust (2014). “The Book of Dragon: Dragon and Issola”, p.336, Macmillan

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• Pearls are always appropriate.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Fashion, Pearls

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• It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

  Philip K. Dick

  Inspirational, Life, Reality

  Philip K. Dick (2007). “Vintage PKD”, p.169, Vintage

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• Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light.

  Ken Macrorie

  Memorable, Writing, Light

  Ken Macrorie (1985). “Telling Writing”, Boynton/Cook

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• For Father's Day, my kids always give me a bottle of cologne called English Leather. It's appropriate! To them I always smell like a wallet.

  Robert Orben

  Father, Kids, Smell

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• Humans treat time as a map and always know where they are located on it and respond with the appropriate emotion.

  Russell Baker

  Maps, Emotion, Treats

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• Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Use, Stubborn, Describe Myself

  Michael Bloomberg, Matthew Winkler (1997). “Bloomberg by Bloomberg”, Wiley

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• I don't care if my jokes are appropriate for a kid.

  Drew Carey

  Kids, Care, Jokes

  "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie & Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November 1, 1997.

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• I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle.

  Nicolaus Copernicus

  Circles, Mind, Body

  Nicolaus Copernicus (1978). “On the revolutions”

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• I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

  Macaulay Culkin

  Growing Up, Thinking, Growing

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• I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age...

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  People, Age, Dresses

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. August 5, 2003.

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• In appropriate circumstances we are justified in using humans to achieve goals (or the goal of assisting animals).

  Peter Singer

  Animal, Goal, Justified

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• The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind. It enables us to remain undisturbed, even when the situation is really difficult. It gives us a certain amount of inner peace, which allows us some self-control, so that we can choose to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner, rather than being driven by our disturbing emotions.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Patience, Buddhist

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• Because of the conflicts and challenges we face in today’s world, I wish to suggest a single choice—a choice of peace and protection and a choice that is appropriate for all. That choice is faith. Be aware that faith is not a free gift given without thought, desire, or effort. It does not come as the dew falls from heaven. The Savior said, “Come unto me” (Matthew 11:28) and “Knock, and it shall be [given] you” (Matthew 7:7). These are action verbs—come, knock. They are choices. So I say, choose faith.

  Richard C. Edgley

  Fall, Free Gifts, Choices

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• Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Writing, Men, Thinking

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  We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

  Davy Crockett

  Money, Giving, Charity

  "The Life of Colonel David Crockett". Book by Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1884.

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• In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.

  William Randolph Hearst

  Christmas, Money, Size

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• I am sustained by the prayers of the people in this country. I guess an appropriate way to say this, it's one of the beautiful things about America and Americans from all walks of life is that they're willing to pray for the President and his family. And that's powerful. It's hard for me to describe to you what that means. It's-let me just say this: It's a leap of faith to understand.

  George W. Bush

  Beautiful, Faith, Country

  Interview with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. December 16.

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• Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.

  Edward de Bono

  Teamwork, Strong, Creativity

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• Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among them.

  Emile Durkheim

  Cheerful, Morality, Found

  Emile Durkheim (2005). “Suicide: A Study in Sociology”, p.333, Routledge

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• In order to give these customers what they want within an appropriate timescale, we are committed to developing a broad range of technologies-including plug-in hybrid, electric vehicle and FCV, corresponding to the simultaneous diversification of energy sources.

  Yoshikazu Tanaka

  Technology, Order, Electric Vehicles

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• We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy 'one word' Zen. When asked 'What is the highest teaching of the Buddha?' he replied: 'An appropriate statement.' On another occasion, he answered: 'Cake.' I admired his directness.

  Stephen Batchelor

  Teaching, Men, Cake

  Stephen Batchelor (2010). “Confession of a Buddhist Atheist”, p.89, Spiegel & Grau

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• My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for 'Twilight', although I got some in there. That was fun! There's just a tonal difference. For me, storytelling is storytelling. But, I do like writing for grown ups.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Fun, Twilight, Writing

  Source: collider.com

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