Proper Quotes - page 36

The English are particularised for their partiality to strange sights; uncommon beasts, birds, or fishes, are sure to attract their notice, and especially such of them as are of the monstrous kind; and this propensity of our countrymen is neatly satirised by Shakspeare in the Tempest; where Stephano, seeing Calaban lying upon the stage, and being uncertain whether he was a fish, a beast, or one of the inhabitants of the island, speaks in the following manner: "Were I in England now, as once I was, and had this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give me a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man: any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." Indeed, we may observe that a cow with two heads, a pig with six legs, or any other unnatural production, with proper management, are pretty certain fortunes to the possessors. (Joseph Strutt)
"...Ally Adil Shah, at the persuasions of his minister, carried his arms against Bunkapoor. This place was the principal residence of Velapa Ray, who had been originally a principal attendant of Ramraj; after whose death he assumed independence... "...Velapa Ray, despairing of relief, at length sent offers for surrendering the fort to the King, on condition of being allowed to march away with his family and effects, which Ally Adil Shah thought proper to grant, and the place was evacuated accordingly. The King ordered a superb temple within it to be destroyed, and he himself laid the first stone of a mosque, which was built on the foundation, offering up prayers for his victory. Moostufa Khan acquired great credit for his conduct, and was honoured with a royal dress, and had many towns and districts of the conquered country conferred upon him in jageer...245. View quote
Firishta
We can only hope that statisticians will return to the use of the simple, lucid reasoning of Bayes's conceptions, and accord to the likelihood theory its proper role. View quote
Richard von Mises
What we've lost - 'I said in more or less these terms' - is the proper interest in and taste for detail. We've been noting that for a long time yet the loss is irremediable. In the old days man was everything. A human face was worth a poem. When nature appeared behind a human being it was a kind of backdrop taking the place of the dark background of portrait painters or the gold of the Italian primitives... The day when a separation took place art was diminished. It was transformed the day that the 'subject' and the 'genre' destroyed great painting, denaturing even landscapes. View quote
Eugène Fromentin
I will probably end my life fighting. ... I just hope that if it does happen, it will be in an honest and fair competition. My body is fucked but my mind is still here. I've still got my senses about me and I know what's right and wrong, which is the main thing. ... I feel proud that I got here without cheating. Proud that I got here without taking any shortcuts and by doing it the proper way. My way. ... I'd be champ already if it wasn't for the cheaters. ... We need the Ali Act put in place. Fighters want to know what they're worth. ... These guys don't get paid jack shit. View quote
Mark Hunt
It is interesting to note that in nearly all the economics courses it is taught that the income tax is the proper instrument for the regulation of the country's economy; that private property is not an inalienable right (in fact, there are no inalienable rights); that the economic ills of the country are traceable to the remnants of free enterprise; that the economy of the nation can be sound only when the government manages prices, controls wages, and regulates operations. This was not taught in the colleges before 1913. View quote
Frank Chodorov
After becoming pregnant, I had to makeover my pantry just a little to make the proper adjustments to support the baby. I've found some staples that will stick around after the baby is here, too. View quote
Holly Madison
...The nobles and chiefs said, ‘It seems expedient that the victorious standards should move towards the Dekhin'...Sher Shah replied: ‘What you have said is most right and proper, but it has come into my mind that since the time of Sultan Ibrahim, the infidel zamindars have rendered the country of Islam full of unbelievers, and having thrown down masjids and buildings of the believers, placed idol-shrines in them, and they are in possession of the country of Delhi and Malwa. Until I have cleansed the country from the existing contamination of the unbelievers, I will not go into any other country'... View quote
Sher Shah Suri
And you could see at a glance that Defalk was a simple man who wanted no more than to be brilliantly rich, admired, and unencumbered with work. His face said it so plainly: "I'm an excellent fellow. Isn't such a life no more than my proper portion?”. View quote
Michael Shea
It is well known that in three-dimensional elliptic or spherical geometry the so-called Clifford's parallelism or parataxy has many interesting properties. A group-theoretical reason for the most important of these properties is the fact that the universal covering group of the proper orthogonal group in four variables is the direct product of the universal covering groups of two proper orthogonal groups in three variables. This last-mentioned property has no analogue for orthogonal groups in n (>4) variables. On the other hand, a knowledge of three-dimensional elliptic or spherical geometry is useful for the study of orientable Riemannian manifols of four dimensions, because their tangent spaces possess a geometry of this kind. View quote
Shiing-Shen Chern
The current emphasis on price policy, as against price, as a proper object of study represents recent economic reflection on the significance of expectations, uncertainties, market control, and the position of price as one among many selling terms. Policy implies some degree of control over the course of events and, at the same time, the use of judgment as to the probable consequences of alternative lines of action. In perfect markets, whether monopolistic or competitive, price is hardly a matter of judgment and where there is no judgment there is no policy. The area of price policy, then, embraces the deliberative action of buyers and sellers able to influence price; that is to say, it covers practically the whole field of industrial prices. (Edward S. Mason)
I like pubs too, but it's hard for me to go and get proper bladdered in the way I used to. I don't want to moan about being recognised but I do get a bit of grief sometimes. View quote
Alan Davies
When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of the means by which it was erected. That is how a musician should work. View quote
Andres Segovia
My dad bought a Beatles tape when I was in fifth grade, and that was the first time I ever really - I mean I was into music, but that was the first time it really blew my mind. When I heard the 'Red Compilation,' which wasn't like a proper album, I thought, 'music was more than I had ever thought it was before.' View quote
Andrew Dost
Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to cotillions. View quote
Anna Camp
A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household. View quote
Anthea Turner
Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at proper books, which means books without pictures. View quote
Anthony Browne
Its nice to have proper film fans respecting and appreciating your work. View quote
Antonia Thomas
I proceed with the proper subject of this discourse; namely, the further changes in scientific belief, which have occurred within my own recollection, even since the time when I first aspired to authorship, now forty- five years ago. View quote
Asa Gray
If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn't getting proper exercise. View quote
Beth Ditto
Y'all are so cute and y'all talk so proper over here. I love England. (Beyonce Knowles)
My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless of whether you like their performance you tell them how great they are because they have to go on again the next night. View quote
Billy Crudup
I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs. View quote
Billy Crudup
The most common mistakes women make when applying makeup are not applying it in the proper light and not using their hands as blending tools. View quote
Bobbi Brown
An instant-read thermometer is your best bet for making sure that meat and fish are cooked to the proper temperature. View quote
Bobby Flay