Quotes about Acceptable

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. Votes: 1

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. Votes: 1

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. Votes: 1

I do everything I think possible or acceptable to escape from this trap. Votes: 1

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. Votes: 1

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age. Votes: 1

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. Votes: 1

Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable. Votes: 1

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press. Votes: 1

The relationship between renewable energy sources and the communities we expect to host them must be appropriate and sustainable and, above all, acceptable to local people. Votes: 1

The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage. Votes: 1

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. Votes: 1

In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver. Votes: 1

From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting. Votes: 1

Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people. Votes: 1

Parties are only bad when a fight breaks out, when men fight over women or vice versa. Someone takes a fall, an ambulance comes, and the police arrive. If you can avoid those things, pretty much all behaviour is acceptable. Votes: 1

Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society? Votes: 1

We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle. Votes: 1

I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable. Votes: 1

Acceptable food rots while we are chased from bins behind restaurants, chased from sleeping on the street, chased from relieving ourselves unless we pay for food or gas, until finally we are so hungry, sleepless, smelly, constipated and beaten-down that we simply die of lack of will to live. Votes: 1

I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride. Votes: 1

Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they 'educate' people about animals should not be taken seriously. Such enterprises are part of the commercial entertainment industry. The most important lesson they teach impressionable young minds is that it is acceptable to keep animals in captivity for human amusement. Votes: 1

I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it. Votes: 1

The idea that you can dress up in some kind of a fake Indian outfit and get on stage is somehow acceptable in this country. That has to do with the fact that you have the Redskins, the Braves, you have people who dress up like Indians, people dress up like Indians on Halloween. That is acceptable. Votes: 1

I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you're not going to get played on radio and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth. Votes: 1

I started in junior high doing the splits and flips and that kind of stuff. It was kind of the acceptable thing to do. But I had two older brothers, so I was a tomboy. I was the cute tomboy who could put on the skirt but then go tackle you or something. I was a little rough around the edges for a pretty woman! Votes: 1

Inaction is no longer acceptable. Votes: 0

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy. Votes: 0

Equity is the only acceptable goal Votes: 0

Sainthood is acceptable only in saints. Votes: 0

Spying among friends is never acceptable. Votes: 0

Success tended to make the unorthodox acceptable Votes: 0

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable. Votes: 0

Sacrilege is acceptable only as a game. Votes: 0

All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't. Votes: 0

Death is utterly acceptable to consciousness and life. Votes: 0

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins. Votes: 0

Reading is a socially acceptable form of hallucination. Votes: 0

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. Votes: 0

Everything is acceptable until we stop accepting them. Votes: 0

A gift in time of need is most acceptable. Votes: 0

Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances. Votes: 0

The chuckle is a perfectly acceptable form of laughter. Votes: 0

In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute. Votes: 0

It's not acceptable to torture people for being themselves. Votes: 0

Integrity is the integument that makes intelligence more acceptable Votes: 0

The will of God is good, acceptable and perfect Votes: 0

Intimacy blossoms anytime you let down your socially acceptable mask. Votes: 0

Being wrong is acceptable, but staying wrong is totally unacceptable. Votes: 0

Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy. Votes: 0

Bashing the Religious Right has become an acceptable political sport. Votes: 0

I think it's perfectly acceptable not to run with cliques. Votes: 0

Honesty is the voice that is acceptable in every matter. Votes: 0

It is only love which makes us acceptable to God. Votes: 0

Christmas sweaters are only acceptable as a cry for help. Votes: 0

Nothing is more acceptable than what we are born into. Votes: 0

To me, the acceptable level of fecal matter is... zero. Votes: 0

The truth may not be told. Here is an acceptable lie. Votes: 0

Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian. Votes: 0

The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man. Votes: 0

The true writer must write not the acceptable but the true. Votes: 0

The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace. Votes: 0

If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others. Votes: 0

Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public Votes: 0

We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable. Votes: 0

War subjects itself to transportation in a way that we find acceptable. Votes: 0

I think it's perfectly acceptable and rather admirable to be moderately delusional Votes: 0

Complaisance renders a superior amiable, an equal agreeable, and an inferior acceptable. Votes: 0

Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not acceptable. Votes: 0

Perception, influenced by experience and knowledge creates an acceptable level of reality. Votes: 0

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. Votes: 0

It's not socially acceptable to be a complete and utter manipulative cow. Votes: 0

Death by drink driving is the only socially acceptable form of homicide. Votes: 0

Bit by bit, I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality. Votes: 0

The only acceptable alternative to silence is to speak from the heart Votes: 0

Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park. Votes: 0

To allow the Russian activity to go unresponded to is not acceptable. Votes: 0

No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody. Votes: 0

Making an honest mistake is acceptable. Failing to fix it is not. Votes: 0

There is just no acceptable level of any chemical to ingest, ever. Votes: 0

In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women. Votes: 0

Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous. Votes: 0

Humility makes our lives acceptable to God, meekness makes us acceptable to men. Votes: 0

Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage Votes: 0

Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60. Votes: 0

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart. Votes: 0

A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over. Votes: 0

Convenience is not an acceptable foundational value for society. It’s a disease. Votes: 0

Advice would be more acceptable if it didn't always conflict with our plans. Votes: 0

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable. Votes: 0

I'm not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk. Votes: 0

There can be no acceptable future without an honest analysis of the past. Votes: 0

Whatever it takes to stop someone from abusing animals is certainly morally acceptable Votes: 0

I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example. Votes: 0

mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow. Votes: 0

Occasional kindness does not cancel out cruelty. Hitting is never acceptable under any circumstances. Votes: 0

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer. Votes: 0

All forms of sexual loving become acceptable if the lovers wear togas or wolfskins. Votes: 0

It is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights. Votes: 0

That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants. Votes: 0

In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting. Votes: 0

I still have to remind myself to brush my hair and look socially acceptable. Votes: 0

I do think homophobia in the '80s was more rampant and socially acceptable. Votes: 0

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable. Votes: 0

Our society has very much limited our choices, even regarding the food we think acceptable. Votes: 0

if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable. Votes: 0

The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words. Votes: 0

My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas. Votes: 0

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Votes: 0

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals Votes: 0

Good enough may be an acceptable end, but it should never be an acceptable goal. Votes: 0

There is nothing in words and styles out suitableness that makes them acceptable and effective. Votes: 0

With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious. Votes: 0

Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor. Votes: 0

To believe when all means fail is exceedingly pleasing to God and is most acceptable. Votes: 0

No man's prayer is acceptable with God whose life is not well pleasing before God. Votes: 0

It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious. Votes: 0

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them Votes: 0

I am interested in challenging the mainstream ideas of what is beautiful and what is acceptable. Votes: 0

We were sexual targets, marked as eternal sluts for exploring the desires only acceptable in men. Votes: 0

Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress. Votes: 0

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves. Votes: 0

One of the key problems of the business world is that greed has become culturally acceptable. Votes: 0

I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable. Votes: 0

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable. Votes: 0

Anyone who falls in love is a freak. Its like a socially acceptable form of insanity. Votes: 0

I became a writer so that the voices inside my head would become an acceptable occurrence. Votes: 0

Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us. Votes: 0

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s Votes: 0

I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level. Votes: 0

THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN. Votes: 0

Misfortune is a fact of nature acceptable to women, especially when it falls on other women. Votes: 0

This practice of skinny actresses donning fat suits is essentially the new and acceptable blackface in Hollywood. Votes: 0

Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God. Votes: 0

We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable. Votes: 0

I always follow the rules. No fake co-productions. I know how to make content agreeable and acceptable. Votes: 0

Much of a behavior acceptable today would be socially offensive in a saner or more logical arrangement. Votes: 0

Let there be no ambiguity about the American view that Syria's lack of cooperation .. is not acceptable. Votes: 0

Not acting to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction is neither politically nor morally acceptable Votes: 0

Virtue, which breaks through opposition and all temptation can remove, most shines, and most is acceptable above. Votes: 0

Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications. Votes: 0

Arson, property destruction, burglary, and theft are ‘acceptable crimes’ when used for the animal cause, Votes: 0

A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not. Votes: 0

But a little milk, butter and cheese are acceptable because no harm is done in obtaining them. Votes: 0

Superman is, after all, an alien life form. He is simply the acceptable face of invading realities. Votes: 0

Democracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market. Votes: 0

Laws should act as the lower limits of acceptable behavior, not as a guide to noble action. Votes: 0

It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable; it is our duty to make it available. Votes: 0

No man gives anything acceptable to God until has has first given himself in love and sacrifice. Votes: 0

Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job. Votes: 0

Just listen to Chris Matthews on any given day and you will see what's acceptable on the Left Votes: 0

There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful. Votes: 0

When the heart speaks, however simple the words, its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts. Votes: 0

We don't have spittoons on street corners any more. It's no longer acceptable to spit on the street. Votes: 0

Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter. Votes: 0

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice. Votes: 0

Based on observations of the policies of my own government, I viewed this action as an acceptable option. Votes: 0

News is like food: it is the cooking and serving that makes it acceptable, not the material itself. Votes: 0

Certain artists can get away with certain things. Certain things are acceptable for certain people. It's a difference. Votes: 0

It`s acceptable for men to act the fool. When women try, they`re considered aggressive and opinionated. Votes: 0

There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable Votes: 0

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong. Votes: 0

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take. Votes: 0

It is never acceptable for us to be the cause of any child to feel unloved or worthless. Votes: 0

Avatar is a total nerd thing, and yet our popular culture has somehow made all that stuff acceptable. Votes: 0

By 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth's population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people. Votes: 0

We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season. Votes: 0

What you need for a participatory system to work: "a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain." Votes: 0

The phrase surgical strike might be more acceptable if it were common practice to perform surgery with high explosives. Votes: 0

Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it. Votes: 0

The line we draw between animals that are socially acceptable and those we find repugnant can be awfully arbitrary. Votes: 0

I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable. Votes: 0

The only acceptable imperialism is the Imperialism of the Forest! Let the whole world are invaded by the tree-soldiers! Votes: 0

The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable. Votes: 0

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. Votes: 0

Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity. Votes: 0

Are we defending life when we just pick and choose lives acceptable to lose and which ones to defend? Votes: 0

In many climbing cultures, it seems that dirty ethics and poor style are acceptable. In mine they are not. Votes: 0

It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice. Votes: 0

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option. Votes: 0

I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three. Votes: 0

If you want to see the acceptable face of capitalism, go out to an oil rig in the North Sea. Votes: 0

Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down. Votes: 0

With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable. Votes: 0

Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications. Votes: 0

Halloween means that young girls dress up in highly sexualized outfits that would never be acceptable if it weren't Halloween. Votes: 0

God wants worshipers before workers; indeed the only acceptable workers are those who have learned the lost art of worship. Votes: 0

Leadership is making happen what wouldn't happen anyway and this always entails working at the edge of what is acceptable Votes: 0

Regrettably, we've made it acceptable to sit in church week after week & do nothing & still call yourself a 'Christian.' Votes: 0

To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome. Votes: 0

Shaving your head is acceptable. It's when you start wearing toupees and brushing your hair over that things go wrong. Votes: 0

The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison. Votes: 0

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable. Votes: 0

Failure to deliver a deal in Hong Kong is just not acceptable, ... There must be an intensification of the efforts. Votes: 0

What I said about John was that he liberated me from my anxieties about writing in a correct, acceptable way. Votes: 0

We're in fact on plan. And where we stand today is not, in my view, only acceptable but truly remarkable. Votes: 0

I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. Votes: 0

There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable. Votes: 0

Now domestication and sophistication of men by women are the norm and acceptable by society, but they are terrible for manhood. Votes: 0

Nevertheless, during the sixty years of the twentieth century many problems have come increasingly into the realm of acceptable public discussion. Votes: 0

Women are brought up to think it's acceptable to pay attention to their faces. Men translate their discomfort into their behavior. Votes: 0

The science [of global warming] is beyond dispute... Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response Votes: 0

The more messes you allow into your life, the more messes will become a normal (and acceptable) part of your life. Votes: 0

I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others. Please drink responsibly and it's never acceptable to drink and drive! Votes: 0

We can only afford two children' is a squalid argument, but more acceptable in our society than 'we don't like children'. Votes: 0

I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less. Votes: 0

The only truth is that we cannot speak the truth . The only acceptable viewpoint is that we cannot express a viewpoint. Votes: 0

Biting enemies seems to be acceptable in a surprisingly narrow range of circumstances, or so a ninja shouted at me once Votes: 0

Beware: don't choose the convenient, the comfortable, the respectable, the socially acceptable. Choose something that rings a bell in your heart. Votes: 0

Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver makes precious. [Lat., Acceptissima semper munera sunt auctor quae pretiosa facit.] Votes: 0

Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. Votes: 0

Life is incredibly short, yet we're always told that change takes time. For a race of mortals, dicking around just isn't acceptable. Votes: 0

Rules are foolish, arbitrary, mindless things that raise you quickly to a level of acceptable mediocrity, then prevent you from progressing further. Votes: 0

It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced. Votes: 0

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. Votes: 0

does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction Votes: 0

Rather than being taught to accept ourselves, we were trained to make ourselves socially acceptable. And whenever we fail, we suffer inside. Votes: 0

In our industry today only a strong company with a global reach can ensure long-term employment and provide acceptable returns for shareholders. Votes: 0

There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable. Votes: 0

No other form of violence is legitimate. It is never acceptable to use violence to solve a problem. Whether personal or political. Votes: 0

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course. Votes: 0

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable. Votes: 0

Going out on the road as a 14- or 15-year old and playing clubs with 20-year old guys was just not acceptable. Votes: 0

I've got six months to sort out the hackers, get the Japanese knotweed under control and find an acceptable form of narcissus. Votes: 0

I think that as you evolve spiritually, automatically your body tells you what is acceptable for your body and what is not. Votes: 0

It is as acceptable now to love the wives of others as it is to smoke their cigars and read their books. Votes: 0

Could trying your hardest, but never being quite good enough ever be acceptable to anyone? Is that what your dreams are made of? Votes: 0

It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable. Votes: 0

I could go on a long rant about how much I despise e-mail. I wish it was more socially acceptable to ignore people. Votes: 0

I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them. Votes: 0

... religious insults are considered acceptable even by those who decry slurs about race, ethnicity, and gender. Religious people seem to deserve such treatment. Votes: 0

By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us. Votes: 0

I will not perform in this city as long as the blatant targeting of black culture and minorities congregating is acceptable common practice, Votes: 0

If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity. Votes: 0

We cannot guess the outcome of our actions... Which is why our actions must always be acceptable in themselves, and not as strategies. Votes: 0

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes. Votes: 0

It's hard to love a place that's outlawed smoking but finds it perfectly acceptable to serve raw fish in a bath of chocolate. Votes: 0

To a people famishing and idle, the only acceptable form in which God can dare appear is work and promise of food as wages. Votes: 0

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats. Votes: 0

To base the unexplainabilty and the immense wonder of nature onto an other miracle, God, is unnecessary and not acceptable for any serious thinker. Votes: 0

It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative. Votes: 0

I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up. Votes: 0

I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable to hope. Votes: 0

Why is it offensive to portray a creep and a murderer as a homosexual, but totally acceptable to present him as a religious Christian? Votes: 0

We enjoy the night, the darkness, where we can do things that aren't acceptable in the light. Night is when we slake our thirst. Votes: 0

We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without. Votes: 0

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne. Votes: 0

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose. Votes: 0

Beware 'good' main characters who have a limited repertory of culturally acceptable feelings, while your evil bastards have a full range of vivid, passionate feelings. Votes: 0

France: As a professional journalist, I like the idea of a society where it is considered an acceptable occupation to basically sit around and drink. Votes: 0

But obligation, I eventually saw, is not the same as commitment, and it's certainly not an acceptable reason to stick with something that isn't working Votes: 0

Frankly, we doubt the veracity and seriousness of the United States in regard to achieving results that would be acceptable to both sides in Geneva. Votes: 0

I wasn't a pain in the ass when I was a kid. So I think being a screw-up as an adult is way more acceptable. Votes: 0

But revolutionary is not an acceptable term to those who benefit from, and deny at the same time, the savage exploitativeness of the social system. Votes: 0

In general, we are sort of conditioned to see a different body type as acceptable and maybe look away when the other body type arrives. Votes: 0

Religion itself is an absurdity and an anomaly, and paganism is acceptable only because it represents that purely orgiastic phase of religion farthest from reality. Votes: 0

Fantasy and drama appeal to us. They are socially acceptable and make you feel good about yourself. Moreover, you get rewarded for being cleverly ignorant. Votes: 0

The referee said it was not acceptable, but the Press considered they could not refuse to publish a book by a professor of the university. Votes: 0

It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality. Votes: 0

Haiti, like any place, has its security problems; it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable rule of law. Votes: 0

I am a woman. I write SF. And it's not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won't stand for it. Votes: 0

Apart from moral conduct, all that man thinks himself able to do in order to become acceptable to God is mere superstition and religious folly. Votes: 0

I think the only way to behave is as if nothing is private. And then fight to make what you care about legal and acceptable. Votes: 0

People should meet an acceptable threshold of appropriateness. But for many women in the public eye, it just seems that the burden is so heavy. Votes: 0

Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will. Votes: 0

We have 23 million people unemployed. They're America's forgotten people. It's the damndest thing that this much collateral damage is acceptable to this [Barack Obama] administration. Votes: 0

Society is a kind of parent to its members. If it, and they, are to thrive, its values must be clear, coherent and generally acceptable. Votes: 0

Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price. Votes: 0

I've not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I've not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away- Votes: 0

In civilized societies, we spend our lifetimes trying to become what is socially acceptable. We're dark and we're light. We all have both sides to us. Votes: 0

Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence. Votes: 0

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.... Votes: 0

I've wondered what my sexuality might be, but I've never wondered whether it was acceptable or not. Anyway, who really cares whether I'm gay or straight? Votes: 0

He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself. Votes: 0

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved - commitment to a scenario. Votes: 0

To most mortals there is a stupidity which is unendurable and a stupidity which is altogether acceptable - else, indeed, what would become of social bonds? Votes: 0

To base the unexplainabilty and the immense wonder of nature onto an other miracle (God) is unnecessary and not acceptable for any serious thinker.[Diary entry, 1971] Votes: 0

Belonging to one party is acceptable. But my days of just ticking the party box are long over. I judge the candidates for who they are. Votes: 0

I've spent my whole life worrying about the human-computer interface, so I don't want to suggest that what we have today is even close to acceptable. Votes: 0

Once self-killing is an acceptable answer, how do you logically limit it to the dying? What about the disabled, who may live longer and suffer more? Votes: 0

The real acts of a real devil you know have been made acceptable by the fictitious actions of a nonexistent devil that you do not know. Votes: 0

I thought it was great fun to scare people. I also knew it was socially acceptable because there were a lot of horror movies out there. Votes: 0

I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as acceptable? Votes: 0

The cacao content is a wrapper's most important datum, and the acceptable benchmark is seventy per cent. The figure is a measure of 'cocoa mass.' Votes: 0

It would scarcely be acceptable, for example, to ask in the course of an ordinary conversation what our society holds to be the purpose of work. Votes: 0

There are cases in which somebody has demonstrated just such an outrageous disregard for the bounds of an acceptable decision that you want a measure of accountability. Votes: 0

The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect. Votes: 0

Young people refuse the notion that financialization defines the only acceptable definition of exchange, one that is based exclusively on the reductionist notion of buying and selling. Votes: 0

A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God. Votes: 0

Numerically speaking, half the population cannot be a minority. Yet when it comes to women, the numbers plainly show that the mathematically impossible is the socially acceptable. Votes: 0

Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting. It is the last socially acceptable prejudice. Votes: 0

You do not need to look or be anorexic to be successful in Hollywood. The range of what's acceptable is a lot larger than what people believe. Votes: 0

I think more things are becoming socially acceptable. I think that just by having more media, whether that's TV or Internet, we're able to see more things. Votes: 0

Harry Potter' achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read and enjoy a children's book. Votes: 0

I take it, therefore, to be a fact, that one's existence ends with death. I think it possible to show how this fact can be emotionally acceptable. Votes: 0

Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable. Votes: 0

I was born knowing that I had to be a painter, because my father, an art historian, always presented painting as the only acceptable thing in life. Votes: 0

Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read and enjoy a childrens book. Votes: 0

Everything is "acceptable" in the sight of God, for how can God not accept that which is? To reject a thing is to deny that it exists. Votes: 0

It is perfectly acceptable to have a physical problem in our culture, but people tend to shy away from anything that has to do with the emotions. Votes: 0

As an actor, if I show up late somewhere or I say something that's eccentric, it's totally acceptable - not only that, it's lauded in some perverse way. Votes: 0

This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful women and reduce them to beauty pageant contestants, Votes: 0

I work in a world of words - words that inspire, words that persuade and, increasingly, words that can send the message that it is acceptable to hate. Votes: 0

Tonight was a disappointing effort. I thought we competed the last three quarters but in the first quarter we did not compete, we participated, and that's not acceptable. Votes: 0

Two decades after communism and the alleged end of the Cold War, Russia is still a cash economy. The preferred currency is dollars, though euros are also acceptable. Votes: 0

Today most funding for science comes through government. That means that you have to be known to be sympathetic to conclusions that are acceptable to the political classes. Votes: 0

There is the emergence of a militarized society that now organizes itself for the production of violence. A society in which the range of acceptable opinion inevitably shrinks. Votes: 0

If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, then I don't care what you call it - I say it isn't news. Votes: 0

Blacks concede that hurrawing, jibing, jiving, signifying, disrespecting, cursing, even outright insults might be acceptable under particular conditions, but aspersions cast against one's family call for immediate attack. Votes: 0

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect yourself as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk. Votes: 0

Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not, seek their own kind. Votes: 0

The whole Valentine's thing is fine, but you don't back it up right next to the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year. Unbelievable. And we find it acceptable. Votes: 0

An international presence in Serbia's Kosovo province is not a problem. But only a civilian and unarmed mission under U.N. auspices, with Russia's participation, would be acceptable. Votes: 0

All the stereotypical ‘dude’ geeky things I like are socially acceptable, and all the stereotypical ‘lady’ geeky things I like are frowned upon…. Votes: 0

I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative. Votes: 0

It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual. Votes: 0

If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding. Votes: 0

Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the name of the 'quality of life' itself. Votes: 0

Wool, cotton, and the odd bits of silk and cashmere are the only acceptable materials for Prep clothes. They look better. They require professional maintenance. They are more expensive. Votes: 0

... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men. Votes: 0

Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know. Votes: 0

What is a memory? Not a storehouse, not a trunk in the attic, but an instrument that constantly refines the past into a narrative, accessible and acceptable to oneself. Votes: 0

It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it. Votes: 0

God can take anything we have, as long as we give Him the glory for it. He can develop it and make it acceptable in music for the people. Votes: 0

If you want to pray at a town hall meeting or a school board meeting or in the halls of Congress, that ought to be acceptable in the United States. Votes: 0

Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade school classes that teach our children that CANNIBALISM, WIFE-SWAPPING, and the MURDER of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior. Votes: 0

The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose. Votes: 0

It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing. Votes: 0

I do have some leftover chicken and pasta. (Grace) And wine?...That's acceptable (Julian) Look, buster, I'm not your cooking wench. Mess with me and I'll feed you Alpo. (Grace) Votes: 0

Lovers offered only what they offered and nothing more, and what they offered came with provisos: believe what you want and don't look carefully at what isn't acceptable to you. Votes: 0

The only words I'll allow from your mouth are, 'Oh, Gareth,' and 'Yes, Gareth.'" "What about 'More, Gareth'?" "He almost kept a straith face. "That will be acceptable. Votes: 0

I generally think the president [Donald Trump] should get his Cabinet picks, unless they're egregiously out of the range, either ethically or intellectually out of the range of what's acceptable. Votes: 0

Believing in an idea is dangerous! Because belief is absolute, and absolute, is unconditional, it is supreme, its ultimate and therefore fixed, which by definition will never be acceptable to change. Votes: 0

The child of God knows his good works do not make him acceptable to God, for he was acceptable to God by Jesus Christ long before he had any good works. Votes: 0

Love by its presence, like God by His, makes everything not necessarily clear or right or even good, but acceptable. Whereas in its absence, as in His, there is no hope. Votes: 0

Sociologists almost uniformly report that increased gambling activities, which are promoted as sociologically 'acceptable' and which are made 'accessible' to larger numbers of people will increase the number of pathological gamblers Votes: 0

Total victory is the only acceptable goal in a mind-control war because humanity is diminished so long as a single mind remains trapped in superstition [supernatural religion] by programming or choice. Votes: 0

Sports are an acceptable way for men to show emotion. A guy who won't hug his kid will slip a guy a tongue in a sports bar when his team wins. Votes: 0

Most activists on the Left believe that they, not only their values, are morally superior to their adversaries. Therefore, coercing people to adhere to 'progressive' values is morally acceptable, even demanded. Votes: 0

We don't always endorse what businesses sell through Stripe, but we do think it's critical that we and our peers don't act as gatekeepers for what is and isn't acceptable content, Votes: 0

Experience suggests that the first rule of politics is never to say never. The ingenious human capacity for maneuver and compromise may make acceptable tomorrow what seems outrageous or impossible today. Votes: 0

In Sheffield, we need support from the community and for the community. We need integration with no loss of heritage, and a clear appreciation of what is and is not acceptable. Votes: 0

When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look or size that makes it acceptable to live life. Votes: 0

I am personally not advocating violence. I am simply saying that it is a morally acceptable tactic and it may be useful in the struggle for animal liberation. I don't know. Votes: 0

The great correspondent of the seventeenth century Madame de Sevigne counseled, Take chocolate in order that even the most tireome company seem acceptable to you, which is also sound advice today! Votes: 0

For you, there is underage, and then, there is underage. I believe a taste of wine is perfectly acceptable, but please stick to one glass tonight. Now, let's work on ambiance." Votes: 0

The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive"¦ compared with terrorism, everything else must be acceptable, or in any case more rational and democratic. Votes: 0

I've made my life's work spotting assholes. And you know, I think it's harder now than ever before because there's so many socially acceptable ways to exhibit a pathological lack of empathy. Votes: 0

In today's time, no other ''charity'' is acceptable or practical than the ''wisdom'' that can transform the human lifeMeaning the knowledge which can teach a man to climb the ladder of success. Votes: 0

Animals aren't property, and the law generally finds it acceptable to use and kill animals for human gain, imposing prison terms and steep fines on large corporations-who have even larger lawyers-is rare. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable, and a ruined life is not acceptable. Votes: 0

NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending. Votes: 0

The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions. Votes: 0

Nothing fails like success—because the self-imposed task of our society and all its members is a contradiction: to force things to happen which are acceptable only when they happen without force. Votes: 0

India and China have not shied away from addressing boundary questions, have wisdom to find a fair and mutually acceptable solution... We have been able to put all issues on the table. Votes: 0

To really 'live,' that is to find life reasonably satisfying, you must have an adequate and realistic self-image that you can life with. You must find yourself acceptable to 'you.' Votes: 0

It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all. Votes: 0

... the fact is it didn't happen in the first month, the first six weeks, in a way that was at all acceptable. And since I'm in charge, obviously, we screwed it up. Votes: 0

Cats can derive their nutrition from the air they breathe until you get the message that the Fish Fin Buffet you put in their bowl three days ago will never be acceptable. Votes: 0

When we're not following God's will, our sacrifices aren't acceptable to Him. What God wants most is for us to be broken before Him, walk with Him, know Him, and obey Him. Votes: 0

It's more acceptable for guys to get old and craggy and become wonderful character actors as they get older, but women aren't allowed to get old and craggy in the same way. Votes: 0

In certain businesses, I would say 10 failures to one success is a perfectly acceptable ratio. Because the failures die pretty quickly, they're not that expensive, and the successes can be really huge. Votes: 0

It is completely acceptable to be tired because it means you're working hard. But it's not acceptable to be stressed because that means things are going wrong or your head is broken. Votes: 0

The cultural ban on having sex with your friends is an inevitable offshoot of a societal belief that the only acceptable reason to have sex is to lead to a monogamous marriagelike relationship. Votes: 0

My favorite part is just being able to say and do things that you can't do in real life, and behaving in a way that's just not really acceptable, in the real world. Votes: 0

To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire. Votes: 0

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit. Votes: 0

Dora J. Arod is to Jarod Ora, as yes is to yes. Yes is also the correct answer to Will you marry me?Other acceptable answers are Dora J. Arod and Jarod Ora. Votes: 0

I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that are perhaps not very morally acceptable. I'm not the only one. Votes: 0

A WORD TO THE WISELet the world pass in its time-ridden race; never get caught in its snare.Remember, the only acceptable casefor being in any particular place is having no business there. Votes: 0

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable. Votes: 0

If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland. Votes: 0

Despite her cough, Rose was in unusually good spirits. That was irritating. If I'm to trade my life for Rose's, I'd appreciate her exhibiting a touch of melancholy. Also acceptable would be despair. Votes: 0

Wright's building made it socially and culturally acceptable for an architect to design a highly expressive, intensely personal museum. In this sense almost every museum of our time is a child of the Guggenheim. Votes: 0

The real essence of any marriage that has struggled, however unsuccessfully, towards happiness, lies in the growth of a wordless understanding that what is acceptable to one partner will be acceptable to the other. Votes: 0

People who just pretend to have a positive attitude may be more acceptable, but they will still attract according to how they are really vibrating- the energy they are emanating will attract their circumstances. Votes: 0

But this anti-war protest, is far from a success; it is just a placebo for the people. These peacemakers feel so satisfied, gratified; gay-gallant-and-gleeful. But they do not achieve anything acceptable, perceptible; or peaceful. Votes: 0

The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Votes: 0

Star Trek' put sci-fi on the map and changed television, and 'Battlestar' has changed it in another direction by making it a little more mainstream and acceptable to people who wouldn't normally watch sci-fi. Votes: 0

While the Christian message is increasingly becoming less acceptable in fashionable society, we must be always living according to Scripture and prepared to be apologists for Jesus Christ in all aspects of our lives. Votes: 0

Real people are actively trying to live like fake people, so real people are no less fake. Every comparison becomes impractical. This is why the impractical has become totally acceptable; impracticality almost seems cool. Votes: 0

If you have a juggernaut, you can make change. I'm all for that. If we could force people to always be connected when you play the game, and then have that be acceptable, awesome. Votes: 0

I want to work with the teachers' union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting down a generation of California children. It's not acceptable. Votes: 0

Basically, Herman van Rompuy wants the European Union to become a debt union, which may be acceptable to some of the southern countries who are effectively bust. To the northern countries, it is not. Votes: 0

I'd rather fiddle with my phone for precious seconds than neglect an apostrophe; I'd rather insert a word laboriously keyed out than resort to predictive texting for a - acceptable to some - synonym. Votes: 0

Electing clean-energy leaders into the Senate, the House, and the Oval Office - and getting it done in the next few years - is the only real solution to climate stabilization at acceptable levels. Votes: 0

On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can't tell what you're going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family. Votes: 0

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black. Votes: 0

I think scientists have a valid point when they bemoan the fact that it's socially acceptable in our culture to be utterly ignorant of math, whereas it is a shameful thing to be illiterate. Votes: 0

A character, to be acceptable as more than a chess piece, has to be ignorant of the future, unsure about the past, and not at all sure of what he's supposed to be doing. Votes: 0

The Russian proposal is ambiguous. If they want to propose enrichment (only) in Russia we have said it is not acceptable. But if it is a complementary or parallel plan, we will study that. Votes: 0

So when time had begun to run out on Adelia with no really acceptable husband in sight, she'd married money -- crude money, button money. She was expected to refine this money, like oil. Votes: 0

I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable. Votes: 0

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years, and the exotic is much more acceptable. There are many artists now, younger artists, who work out of the exotic Votes: 0

We get used to a certain kind of colour of form or format, and it's acceptable. And to puncture that is sticking your neck out a bit. And then pretty soon, that's very acceptable. Votes: 0

If women are being oppressed in Egypt or children are being forced to join armies in the Congo, for example, it is not only acceptable but wonderful for Americans to be concerned, outraged, and active. Votes: 0

It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do. Votes: 0

There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the same thing and they find it spellbinding. Votes: 0

I'm not very popular, because they're bleak and they're mournful and all the rest of it and I get censorious reviews. But I'm only writing fiction. I'm not making munitions, so I think it's acceptable. Votes: 0

This initial experience has not lived up to our expectations... and it is not acceptable. While these problems will require a lot of hard work, the bottom-line conclusion is this HealthCare.gov site is fixable. Votes: 0

I believe that artists should be paid for their creativity. There's no other industry where people can come in and take what you create for free and give it away for free and that's acceptable. Votes: 0

Reasoning with senselessness will never build faith. Faith is strengthened when you stop collecting fragmented signs and questionable hunches, in order to build an acceptable reason for your wrong decisions and less than desirable circumstances. Votes: 0