Top 28 Seemly Quotes
#1. It's so acceptably easy for a woman not to strive too hard, not to be too adventure-crazed, not to take too many risks, not to enjoy sex with full candor ... It isn't seemly for a woman to have that much zest.
Diane Ackerman
#2. I do not say correct or savory. I do not say seemly or even natural. I say serious. Sensationally serious. Unspeakably serious. Solemnly, recklessly, blissfully serious.
Philip Roth
#3. It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair.
Homer
#4. I must be free ... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting.
Thomas Edward Brown
#5. To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.
Charles Dickens
#6. Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.
John Lyly
#7. The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.
Baha'u'llah
#8. The [Jewish] Sabbath was not intended to be simply a desert of prohibitions, but rather an oasis for moral restoration and seemly pleasure-one was to eat, drink, even be merry.
Israel Shenker
#9. If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#10. The man that is dominated by Anger Doth not know what is seemly and seeth not the Law; That man whom Hate doth accompany, Becometh like unto murky darkness.
Gautama Buddha
#11. For all that beauty that doth cover thee
Is but the seemly raiment of my heart,
Which in thy breast doth live, as thine in me.
How can I then be elder than thou art?
William Shakespeare
#12. To get a big hit single you've got to go a bit dance. You've got to go a bit Britney. I don't think I can do that - well, I could but it wouldn't look very seemly!.
Paul McCartney
#13. It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
Horace
#14. Thou art an heyre to fayre lying, that is nothing, if thou be disinherited of learning, for better were it to thee to inherite righteousnesse then riches, and far more seemly were if for thee to haue thy Studie full of bookes, then thy pursse full of mony.
John Lyly
#15. It is far more seemly
to have thy Studie full of Bookes,
than thy Purse full of money.
John Lyly
#16. Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.
Franz Kafka
#17. It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings.
John Christopher
#18. Posting your thoughts on any social media site is like telling you most deeply held secret to the town gossip. Not a wise move.
John Patrick Hickey
#19. Genre expectations can kill creativity. If you do something different, it will get hated. The best filmmakers can do everything on the approval list and knock it out of the park. For me, I have a hard time being creative when I have to color in between the lines.
David Ayer
#20. Imprisonment hit me so hard - much harder than I had thought.
Mathias Rust
#22. I want to make my mark,' he says.
But what target, I wonder, are you going to hit?
Cecil Castellucci
#23. The Bible says we need to love our enemies, bless our enemies. It does not say we should assume our enemies' priorities.
David McGee
#24. Yeah it's completely different, it's matured tenfold. We wrote the first album over five years as teenagers but now we've got the opportunity to do InMe full-time. We've got closer together, we've got a better connection.
Dave McPherson
#25. If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another name?
Graham Greene
#26. Nonviolence, in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering.
Mahatma Gandhi
#27. I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.
Paul Simon
#28. Fighting cancer is my mission right now. The research and development of finding cures for this nasty disease is my passion.
Judith Hill
