#proper

Ivy did as she was told, face serious and concentrated. “I shield in the name of fashion. I accessorize for one and all. Pursuit of truth is my passion. This I vow by the great parasol. ↗

— Gail Carriger

#proper-etiquette #vows #humor

In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his hip, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighbouring commercial town of Drumble, distant only twenty miles on a railroad. In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they are not at Cranford. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#humor #literature #men #ownership #people

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. ↗

— Max Frisch

#ending #life #meaning #precisely #proper

I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it. ↗

— John Candy

#diet #eat #exercise #got #healthy

I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, but give it away as I go along, and then nobody will envy me, or want to steal it, and I shan't be suspecting folks and worrying about my old cash. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#money #property #men

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor. ↗

— Tom Courtenay

#actor #business #film #film business #interesting

Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#being #believe #desire #directly #disposes

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. ↗

— William Penn

#justice #lives #obedience #our #our lives

This will result in wells that will make a substantial improvement in the recovery factor just because they are absolutely in the proper place within the reservoir for the purposes of drainage. ↗

— Andrew Gould

#because #drainage #factor #improvement #just

Just think, if I had understood my lawyer and if he and I had communicated properly in January 1958, this whole history would have been entirely different . ↗

— Gordon Gould

#communicated #different #entirely #had #history