#tolerate

When I got there, all the pasta and science stuff hadn't quite caught on in England - things that were perfectly acceptable then wouldn't be tolerated now. ↗

— Robbie Fowler

#caught #england #got #hadn #i

The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#feel #himself #insecurity #must #person

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ↗

— Robert Frost

#civilized society #doubtful #eccentricity #point #sanity

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#activity #because #exalted #excellence #good

Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany. ↗

— Erik Larson

#around #by the people #chaotic #character #country

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#greater #law #learning #part #tell

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director. ↗

— John Milius

#commander #director #egotism #even #field

Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#control #directly #effective #iran #israel

Today the predatory state, or the predatory group of states, with power of total destruction, is no more to be tolerated than the predatory individual. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#group #individual #more #power #predatory

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#any #must #republic #rules #them