Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper. Bo Bennett American Businessman More Bo Bennett Quotes 4
Most of the kids weren't afraid and knew all about proper oral hygiene. The staff also did a great job supporting the kids that were a little afraid. Wendy Lombardi More Wendy Lombardi Quotes 1
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. Jack London American Novelist More Jack London Quotes 1
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities. David Hume Scottish Philosopher More David Hume Quotes 1
People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool. Terry Goodkind More Terry Goodkind Quotes 1
Most of the innovations are about working smarter, not necessarily harder or with more staff. It is about proper organization and flow, planning and preparing and then communicating to everyone what is expected and when. We would like to see best practice become typical practice. Harlan M. Krumholz More Harlan M. Krumholz Quotes 1
You would like me to say that the veil will be ripped from the voters' eyes sometime between now and November, thereby restoring the proper version of Democracy to the House and Senate. I won't say that, of course. The simple reason is, I don't know. Gwen Ifill American Journalist More Gwen Ifill Quotes 1
The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people. Elena Kagan American Judge More Elena Kagan Quotes 1
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. Malcolm X American Activist More Malcolm X Quotes 1
What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? Buddha Leader More Buddha Quotes 1
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery. Plato Greek Philosopher More Plato Quotes 1
It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God. Roy Moore American Judge More Roy Moore Quotes 0
My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis. Karl Philipp Moritz German Author More Karl Philipp Moritz Quotes 0
Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted. Marcus V. Pollio More Marcus V. Pollio Quotes 0
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones. Jon Porter American Politician More Jon Porter Quotes 0
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. Plutarch Greek Philosopher More Plutarch Quotes 0
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few. Edgar Allan Poe American Poet More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes 0
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Alexander Pope English Poet More Alexander Pope Quotes 0
When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values. David Rockefeller American Businessman More David Rockefeller Quotes 0
We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. Franklin D. Roosevelt American President More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes 0
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. John Ruskin English Writer More John Ruskin Quotes 0
It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately. John Ruskin English Writer More John Ruskin Quotes 0
No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful? Bertrand Russell British Philosopher More Bertrand Russell Quotes 0
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place. Robert Schumann German Composer More Robert Schumann Quotes 0