Fussy Quotes

• Epicureanism did inspire libertine culture in isolated sects, but Epicurus himself rejected an ethics of sensory indulgence, and he would have disowned latter-day 'Epicureanism' as a fussy, expensive, unphilosophical approach to eating and drinking.

  Catherine Wilson

  Drinking, Inspire, Culture

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity for them in my own work. Indeed, I feel the simplest approach can often be most effective. A subject placed squarely in the center of the frame, if attention is not distracted from it by fussy surroundings, has a simple dignity which makes it all the more impressive.

  Bill Brandt

  Photography, Simple, Often Is

  Bill Brandt (1993). “Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer; no spiritualistic seance can succeed in the presence of a humble praying saint. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think in prayer.

  Oswald Chambers

  Prayer, Humble, Thinking

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “Christian Disciplines: Building Strong Christian Character through Divine Guidance, Suffering, Peril, Prayer, Loneliness, and Patience”, p.158, Discovery House

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• A 'civilization' that makes such a ridiculous fuss about alleged 'war crimes' - acts of violence against the actual or potential enemies of one's cause - and tolerates slaughterhouses and vivisection laboratories, and circuses and the fur industry (infliction of pain upon creatures that can never be for or against any cause), does not deserve to live.

  Savitri Devi

  Life, Pain, War

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• Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isnt about being fussy; its about taking care of myself.

  Becki Newton

  Fun, Care, Glamour

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?" said Zacharias Smith. "Here's an idea," said Ron loudly, "why don't you shut your mouth?" "Well, we've all turned up to learn from him, and now he's telling us he can't really do any of it," he said. "That's not what he said," said Fred Weasley. "Would you like us to clean out your ears for you?" inquired George, pulling a long and lethal-looking metal instrument from inside one of the Zonko's bags. "Or any part of your body, really, we're not fussy where we stick this," said Fred.

  J. K. Rowling

  Ideas, Long, Trying

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• There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.

  Delia Smith

  Art, Games, People

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• In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.

  Hilari Bell

  Attitude, Character, Way

  Hilari Bell (2009). “Crown of Earth”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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• Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.

  Winslow Homer

  Inspiring, Art, Two

  Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1973). “Winslow Homer”

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• Any fool can be fussy and rid himself of energy all over the place, but a man has to have something in him before he can settle down to do nothing.

  J. B. Priestley

  Men, Energy, Fool

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• I don't believe that God is a fussy faultfinder in dealing with theological ideas. He who provides forgiveness for a sinful life will also surely be a generous judge of theological reflection. Even an orthodox theologian can be spiritually dead, while perhaps a heretic crawls on forbidden bypaths to the sources of life.

  Helmut Thielicke

  Believe, Reflection, Ideas

  Helmut Thielicke (1962). “A Little Exercise for Young Theologians”, p.37, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective.

  Norman Jewison

  Years, Half, Littles

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• No matter what your sexual preference or gender, no one likes a man who is fussy about his looks. You can spend as much time as you want looking good. But don`t do it in public.

  John Waters

  Men, Looks, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a terrible sort of non-fussy eater, really. I don't like posh food very much, and the more ingredients something's got in it, the less I tend to like it.

  Jo Brand

  Ingredients, Posh, Terrible

  "Lunch with Mariella: Jo Brand" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2010.

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• I am quite fussy about clothes.

  Jay Kay

  Clothes

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• Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.

  Graham Coxon

  Singers, Ginger, Lemons

  Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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• I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.

  Becki Newton

  Pride, Honor, Maintenance

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew and talking to the actors about how they like to work. Who is fussy? Who is left-handed? Who wants to go home early, and who is the perfectionist?

  Eric Stoltz

  Home, Talking, Trying

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• I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.

  Zhang Ziyi

  Simplicity, Complicated, Dressings

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Thank God I'm over the hill. The only heat I have left comes from hot flashes, my promiscuity is confined to the words "one size fits all," and I buy my white cotton unmentionables at Boadicea's Retreat, not Victoria's Secret. None of the things men do to women could possibly happen to me now unless the U.S. is invaded by one of those new Russian republics whose soldiers aren't fussy.

  Florence King

  Women, White, Hot Flashes

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• The silliness-much of which is clearly intentional-is blended with some genuine grandeur. The Pixar touch is evident in the precision of the visual detail and in the wit and energy of Michael Giacchino's score, but the quality control that has been exercised over this project also has a curiously undermining effect. The movie eagerly sells itself as semitrashy, almost-campy fun, but it is so lavish and fussy that you can't help thinking that it wants to be taken seriously, and therefore you laugh at, rather than with, its mock sublimity.

  A. O. Scott

  Fun, Taken, Thinking

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• I'm very fussy about how my records sound, but I'm very aware that because of the way they sound, I will never be a big-selling, mainstream artist because the public has gotten conditioned to hearing pop music in a certain way. And I don't do it that way.

  Nick Lowe

  Artist, Sound, Records

  Source: www.gq.com

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• Real speech can only come from complete silence. Incomplete silence is as fussy as deliberate conversation.

  Dorothy Richardson

  Real, Silence, Speech

  Dorothy Miller Richardson (1967). “Pilgrimage”

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• Part of life and part of the enjoyment of life is a croissant and a chocolate cake and eggs and milkshakes and oatmeal. There's so many things, you have to learn to appreciate it all. When I don't eat as much as I should, I'm not fun to be around; I'm fussy.

  Nina Dobrev

  Fun, Cake, Eggs

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• I felt okay for the first 45 seconds, and then my vision grew fussy. My lungs felt like deflated balloons. I would have sucked oxygen through my ears, if that were possible. I was experiencing oxygen debt, or perhaps better stated, oxygen death.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Oxygen, Vision, Ears

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