Quotes about Strictly

I've said no to 'Celebrity Big Brother,' 'Strictly,' and the American one, 'Dancing With The Stars.' I don't feel it's right for me. I've been asked to do reality TV a zillion times. No way. No way. Nobody's going to get into my living room and see me there. Votes: 4

I'm not a social rider. Strictly professional. Votes: 3

Strictly excel in what is excellence with grace Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, you don't think: Thinking happens to you. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, there are no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, the land does not exist; it is merely dehydrated sea. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, it is doubtful that a photograph can help us understand anything. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity. Votes: 3

Strictly cop and go's until we laid in the Galapagos Eating tacos, higher than an opera note Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science. Votes: 3

New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too. Votes: 3

Strictly has just given me a real zest for life. Life is so short. We should all grasp it. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist. Votes: 3

I love all reality TV - Strictly, 'The X Factor.' I really don't see why people are so snobby about it. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, Rosneft is not a company. Let us not forget that BP has a stake in Rosneft and BP is a British company. Votes: 3

I went professional with my partner, Erin Boag, 11 years ago, and we had success competing round the world, but appearing on 'Strictly' has changed my life. Votes: 3

I'm not particularly into the formal, political side of faith, although I am spiritual and I do have a faith. But 'Strictly Come Dancing' is my religion. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil. Votes: 3

Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor. Votes: 3

Normally I didn't see a great deal. I didn't hear a great deal either. I didn't pay attention. Strictly speaking I wasn't there. Strictly speaking I believe I've never been anywhere. Votes: 3

I've tried to make 'Strictly Ballroom' impossible to date. It does feel a bit '80s but I consciously made sure there was no technology in the movie that could date it. Votes: 3

To keep my back from getting stiff, I have a strict regime every morning of stretching and do yoga once a week and Pilates. 'Strictly Come Dancing' in 2008 was great for my fitness. Votes: 3

I always enjoy the process, meeting somebody new and spending time with them and becoming friends with them. That has always been the joy of 'Strictly' for me, so I enjoy every year. Votes: 3

There's something about 'Strictly Come Dancing.' Everywhere I go, people wish me good luck; cabbies toot their horns. It's lovely. I have a theory: in straitened times, there's nothing like a bit of unapologetic escapism. Votes: 3

Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life. Votes: 3

Strictly Business' is about a young black man who is learning about himself, and that applies to a lot of young black men, those who are trying to find jobs. This film gives them a good look at that situation. Votes: 3

People think I appear on television to promote my image. That's not fair. I hate filming. I turned down 'Strictly Come Dancing.' But television is a wonderful opportunity to promote scientific ideas. 'Super Doctors' is a very thoughtful piece. Votes: 3

Strictly from the perspective of human well-being, the richest-but-warmest world characterized by the A1FI scenario would probably be superior to the poorer-but-cooler worlds at least through 2085, particularly if one considers the numerous ways GDP per capita advances human well-being. Votes: 3

I'm kind of well-known in Holland, which is nice. But in Holland, we're down to earth; there are no paparazzi in my garden and no autograph hunters at the door. We have 'Strictly Come Dancing,' but I've not been asked. Votes: 3

Strictly' is a bit like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final or sinking the final putt in the Ryder Cup - only a few people get the opportunity to do it, and they have got to be famous. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, intensity in the weight training context refers to the amount of work required to achieve the activity and is proportional to the mass of the weights being lifted - that is, how heavy the weight is relative to how strong you are. Votes: 3

Since being involved in 'Strictly Come Dancing,' my life has changed completely. I can't walk down the street without women throwing themselves at me, I usually wouldn't mind, but they are of a certain age. Hopefully, after this series, they will bring their daughters! Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, she was out of order. This dear 0-, how shall 1 say it?The speed of her tongue is not correctly calculated; the speed per second of her tongue should be slightly less than the speed per second of her thoughts-at any rate not the reverse. Votes: 3

Strictly speaking, no activity and no industry is possible without a certain amount of violence, no matter how little. Even the very process of living is impossible without a certain amount of violence. What we have to do is to minimize it to the greatest extent possible. Votes: 3

Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.' Votes: 3

No one can ever enter the celestial kingdom unless he is strictly honest. Votes: 2

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Votes: 2

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. Votes: 2

But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods. Votes: 2

So actually we didn't have any contacts with UFO organizations. It was all strictly government. Votes: 2

Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Votes: 2

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly. Votes: 2

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war. Votes: 2

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. Votes: 2

I'm strictly for Stevenson. I don't dig the intellectual bit, but I'm telling you, man, he knows the most. Votes: 2

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness. Votes: 2

Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life. Votes: 2

Not every song has to be about love and tenderness, sometimes you have those strictly physical feelings for somebody and it's okay to have those feelings. Votes: 2

Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully. Votes: 2

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane. Votes: 2

I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess is that we would have remained a strictly regional operator. Votes: 2

When I was a kid, Halloween was strictly a starchy-vegetable-only holiday, with pumpkins and Indian corn on the front stoop; there was nothing electric, nothing inflatable, nothing with latex membranes or strobes. Votes: 2

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future. Votes: 2

When we set our hearts upon the things of this world and fail to be strictly honest with the Lord, we do not grow in the light and power and strength of the gospel as we otherwise would do. Votes: 2

An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited. Votes: 2

I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone. Votes: 2

It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients. Votes: 2

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up to that date strictly a European conflict. Marcus Garvey's prophecy about the European scramble to maintain dominance over the whole world was now a reality. Votes: 2

A monomaniac is a sick person whose mentality is perfectly healthy in all respects but one; he has a single flaw, clearly localized. At times, for example, he has an unreasonable and absurd desire to drink or steal or use abusive language; but all his other acts and all his other thoughts are strictly correct. Votes: 2

Mark Hopkins was one of the truest and best men that ever lived. He had a keen analytical mind; was thoroughly accurate, and took general supervision of the books, contracts, etc. He was strictly the office man, and never bought or sold anything. I always felt when I was in the East that our business in his hands was entirely safe. Votes: 2

I'm strictly an enlisted man's girl. Votes: 0

The music business is strictly business. Votes: 0

It's not personal, it's strictly business Votes: 0

Make few resolutions, but keep them strictly Votes: 0

every thought is strictly speaking an after-thought. Votes: 0

Sometimes nature seems more beautiful than strictly necessary, Votes: 0

The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself. Votes: 0

I'm old and my knowledge is strictly horizontal. Votes: 0

You're strictly a tulip girl—a red tulip girl. Votes: 0

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny. Votes: 0

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar. Votes: 0

Conflict exists strictly as an opportunity to raise our consciousness. Votes: 0

Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out. Votes: 0

And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals. Votes: 0

The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds. Votes: 0

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business. Votes: 0

Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention. Votes: 0

The land-relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but not obligations Votes: 0

But we are frightened at much that is not strictly conceivable. Votes: 0

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders. Votes: 0

Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song. Votes: 0

Justice is as strictly due between neighbor nations as between neighbor citizens. Votes: 0

Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated. Votes: 0

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained. Votes: 0

Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children, and other people. Votes: 0

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. Votes: 0

Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary. Votes: 0

I wouldn't exactly describe her as strictly beautiful. She knocked me out, though. Votes: 0

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction. Votes: 0

The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic. Votes: 0

She had a body that even I coveted in a strictly Platonic sense. Votes: 0

The reproach of a friend should be strictly just, but not too frequent. Votes: 0

I will never, ever drink whiskey again. From now on, it's strictly sherry. Votes: 0

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right. Votes: 0

Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world. Votes: 0

I'm not strictly vegetarian, but meat doesn't play a big part in my diet. Votes: 0

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire. Votes: 0

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. Votes: 0

I'm strictly a sugar-free Red Bull guy. I'd rather enjoy my sugar intake elsewhere. Votes: 0

I'm strictly a movie person. I mean, I watch the HBO documentaries and Netflix. Votes: 0

The relationship between man and space is none other than dwelling, strictly thought and spoken. Votes: 0

One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own. Votes: 0

In a strictly scientific sense God is at the bottom of both good and evil. Votes: 0

My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way. Votes: 0

The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming. Votes: 0

For the gentle werelibrarian, who's strictly vegetarian, there's nothing like Tofillager the MEATLESS TOFU VILLAGER Votes: 0

I love the Chinese words for greeting: not strictly 'Hello' but 'Have you eaten yet? Votes: 0

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science. Votes: 0

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration. Votes: 0

I write strictly for fun... as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it. Votes: 0

Many critics see international trade as a form of cultural imperialism that must be strictly controlled. Votes: 0

If I had my way, sporting guns would be strictly regulated, the rest would be confiscated Votes: 0

We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to "like" one another. Votes: 0

No one asks public men to be strictly moral, but they must seem to be well-behaved. Votes: 0

There is nothing strictly immortal, but immortality. Whatever hath no beginning may be confident of no end. Votes: 0

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. Votes: 0

Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are. Votes: 0

There is no continuity at all. The universe isn't any particular way. It strictly depends upon perception. Votes: 0

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects. Votes: 0

I find the growing intervention by the football authorities in strictly footballing matters a rather worrying trend. Votes: 0

It seems to me that for Darwin the pulsing of evolutionary rates was a strictly vertical phenomenon. Votes: 0

I can’t see myself pursuing acting strictly outside of what I’m contractually obligated to do. Votes: 0

Languages are jealous sovereigns, and passports are rarely allowed for travellers to cross their strictly guarded borders. Votes: 0

Childbirth, as a strictly physical phenomenon, is comparable to driving a United Parcel truck through an inner tube. Votes: 0

In writing, I shall always confine myself strictly to the truth, except when it is attended with inconvenience. Votes: 0

I would want to make Radio Haiti as independent as possible, which means it can't be strictly commercial. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurship is a life idea, not a strictly business one; a global idea, not a strictly American one. Votes: 0

that strictly(and how)scienti fic land of supernod where freedom is compulsory and only man is god. Votes: 0

Some people's lives would drastically change if they would obey God as strictly as they obey their doctors. Votes: 0

A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary. Votes: 0

Works indeed are good, and God strictly requires them of us, but they do not make us holy. Votes: 0

Attention is the mind's feet; if you do not control your attention strictly, it runs into misleading pathways. Votes: 0

Let no thought pass incognito, and keep your notebook as strictly as the authorities keep their register of aliens. Votes: 0

Nowhere but in France are people so strictly observant of great matters and so disdainfully indulgent about small ones. Votes: 0

For the Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies has been at work. Votes: 0

Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control. Votes: 0

There is no man so low down that the cure for his condition does not lie strictly within himself. Votes: 0

In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media. Votes: 0

I'm not in a competition with any other artist, anything that's goin' on - I'm strictly competing with myself. Votes: 0

Le Cirque is strictly New York people. New York people don't eat at home; New York people go out. Votes: 0

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business. Votes: 0

Algy, you always adopt a strictly immoral attitude towards life. You are not quite old enough to do that. Votes: 0

When I go into the studio, I'm strictly for business... I don't like any fooling around in the studio. Votes: 0

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. Votes: 0

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly. Votes: 0

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. Votes: 0

It's strictly coincidental that Pluto of course was named for the god of the underworld and we're describing these Halloween moons Votes: 0

History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as a strictly woman's problem. Any question affecting the welfare of society is a woman's problem. Votes: 0

Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals. Votes: 0

Every time I go into a tournament, I'm strictly on my own. I know I'm playing for my bread and butter. Votes: 0

In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul. Votes: 0

If you talk you always end up with politics, it gets nowhere. I mean man it's strictly from the soft typewriter. Votes: 0

I live very strictly by the mentality that what goes on the road, stays on the road . I keep it contained. Votes: 0

I don't just strictly sample. I build. I'm a musician: I play piano and drums, I read notes, I write music. Votes: 0

Sometimes, fact mixed with fiction so thoroughly that, though no lies were told, it was hard to remember what was strictly true. Votes: 0

Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life. Votes: 0

His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. Votes: 0

Technology helps us become more efficient and productive but our business still has a lot of art as opposed to strictly science. Votes: 0

Today's beauty ideal, strictly enforced by the media, is a person with the same level of body fat as a paper clip. Votes: 0

Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life. Votes: 0

Nature as a whole is a progressive realization of purpose strictly comparable to the realization of purpose in any single plant or animal. Votes: 0

A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision. Votes: 0

concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security. Votes: 0

There are definitely strictly independent movies. 'Gummo' is one. Another is one I made, 'Fresh,' a $3 million movie which Boaz Yakin directed. Votes: 0

I make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic storytellers. Votes: 0

The strictly logical mind is usually if not always at fault in its valuations of that defiantly illogical thing known as human nature. Votes: 0

I can't read music. That's not where I come from musically. I come strictly from feeling, and that feeling comes from rock & roll. Votes: 0

The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word. Votes: 0

I've become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it's difficult to tame the beast in oneself. Votes: 0

Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion. Votes: 0

Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent. Votes: 0

There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue. Votes: 0

Philosophers sometimes also use 'reductionist' more strictly, to mean 'type-identities' between mental and physical categories, and to exclude 'non-reductive physicalisms' like metaphysical functionalism. Votes: 0

I would never wanna do a show that's strictly maudlin and invaded my personal life and my home. I would never do that. Votes: 0

The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success. Votes: 0

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys. Votes: 0

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible. Votes: 0

More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the penthouse level. Votes: 0

I also love Australian movies. I love Muriel's Wedding - I've seen in six times. Baz Luhrmann's best movie is strictly ballroom... without question. Votes: 0

I go on vacation strictly to relax - to kick back with a good book and do nothing else but read, sleep and eat. Votes: 0

So far as I am concerned, poetry and every other art was, is, and forever will be strictly and distinctly a question of individuality. Votes: 0

The claim to equality, outside of the strictly political field, is made only by those who feel themselves to be in some way inferior. Votes: 0

I'm not stuck strictly doing hip-hop. Songs from the dance/electronic scene are my favorite to make and remix, and I like that world. Votes: 0

Art is a matter strictly of experience, not of principles and what counts first and last in art is quality, all other things are secondary. Votes: 0

I don't feel that I'm strictly Danish; I don't feel that my sense of humor is strictly Danish or my human sensibility is strictly Danish. Votes: 0

Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him. Votes: 0

But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers. Votes: 0

We look at each one [project] and consider the context - what it is and what it can be - beyond the strictly functional concerns. Votes: 0

There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important. Votes: 0

You are not satisfied unless form is so strictly divorced from content that you can comprehend the one without almost without bothering to read the other. Votes: 0

The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential sense, that he is soaked and swept away by mere associations. 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

In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. But, as I'd been finding out, in the book world, things keep changing by the second. Votes: 0

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions. Votes: 0

There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist? (155) Votes: 0

As long as we insist on relating to it strictly on our own terms-as strange to us or subject to us-the wilderness is alien, threatening, fearful. Votes: 0

I love any kind of acting, so if I could focus on becoming the best actor I can strictly on my voice, I would love that. Votes: 0

Food does not rank high on my list. I eat to live, and I'm very particular about my diet. It's strictly low fat diet for me. Votes: 0

I'm very fond of the strictly visual cartoons I did when I was breaking in in the 1970's. Over time I migrated to a more verbal approach. Votes: 0

It almost seems like God is transforming into just a strictly spiritual advisor, a personal-transformation type of figure more than an explainer of the world, you know? Votes: 0

The moment you have massive social and political commentary trying to explain a phenomenon, then you know we are no longer dealing with a strictly psychiatric question. Votes: 0

My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas. Votes: 0

A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence. Votes: 0

Nature, it appears, has been rather more bountiful to Paul's body and purse than to his intellect; above the ears, speaking bluntly, the boy is strictly tapioca. Votes: 0

The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh upon them. Votes: 0

I said, 'Hey', she said, 'Hi.' I said, 'Us', she said, 'Try,' 'And if you're thinkin strictly boots, then I'll say baby, bye bye.' Votes: 0

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory. Votes: 0

People tend to think of overweight and obesity as strictly a personal matter, but there is much that communities can and should do to address these problems. Votes: 0

I do not think that my spiritual apprehensions are as dogmatically cultural as those of many people who have been brought up strictly in a particular tradition. Votes: 0

The point is there is more information now then you can pass along comfortably in an oral tradition, say a strictly speaking culture. That is a problem. Votes: 0

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Votes: 0

I really think it's a white, bourgeois idea to pretend that you don't have influences. It seems to be the obsession strictly of white people in college. Votes: 0

Children get smashed for hours on some strictly limited aspect of the Great Big Everything, the Universe, such as water or snow or mud or colors or rocks. Votes: 0

I had bought a farm, was trying to rebuild my life and just looking to be left alone. Then I get charged with perjury strictly for political purposes. Votes: 0

An observation, strictly, is only a sensation. Nobody means that we should reject everything but sensations. But as soon as we go beyond sensations we are making inferences. Votes: 0

Although natural farming - since it can teach people to cultivate a deep understanding of nature - may lead to spiritual insight, it's not strictly a spiritual practice. Votes: 0

Invention strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come from nothing. Votes: 0

We need people who will strictly interpret the law and not be promoting an agenda, as is the danger right now with some members of the Supreme Court. Votes: 0

Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it. Votes: 0

War represents the supreme failure of nations to resolve their differences. From a strictly pragmatic standpoint, it is the most inefficient waste of lives and resources ever conceived. Votes: 0

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing. Votes: 0

The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited. Votes: 0

Success in past U.S. conflicts has not been strictly the result of military leadership but rather the judgment of the president in choosing generals and setting broad strategy. Votes: 0

I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is your life and everything else is secondary. Votes: 0

As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone. Votes: 0

The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find his acting choices and feelings. Votes: 0

Even in societies where words are often strictly controlled, messages diverse never die. Resembling seeds scattered here and there, they find all manner of cracks and crevices to root. Votes: 0

Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it is never diffused, but is strictly individual. Votes: 0

From a strictly economic point of view, buying gold in a major inflation and holding it probably presents the least risk of capital loss of any investment or speculation. Votes: 0

Music does not carry you along. You have to carry it along strictly by your ability to really just focus on that little small kernel of emotion or story. Votes: 0

I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come out of playwriting or anything like that. Votes: 0

Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to anyone is strictly worthless. Votes: 0

Having a phone call from Steven Spielberg was just a fantastic rite of passage. I loved it, and he was very focused, very likable, strictly business, and really sharp. Votes: 0

Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another. Votes: 0

My husband and I have watched a lot of Hitchcock movies in bulk, and there's a lot to be gained from that, from focusing strictly on an artists canon. Votes: 0

England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens and talking in middle-class accents. Votes: 0

Hitler suffered acutely from meteorism; perhaps he did not suffer so acutely as those around him, since meteorism is uncontrolled farting, a condition exacerbated by Hitler's strictly vegetarian diet. Votes: 0

Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer. Votes: 0

Removing religious symbols from public places is not neutrality. On the contrary, it sends a highly negative message - that religion is something shameful, embarrassing, or at best strictly private. Votes: 0

If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect. Votes: 0

Toy Story 3 is so besotted with brand names and product-placement that it stops being about the innocent pleasures of imagination -- the usefulness of toys -- and strictly celebrates consumerism. Votes: 0

I am not a playwright. A playwright would take Antigone and hit it a few clouts and knock it out of shape and restructure it. My versioning was strictly verbal. Votes: 0

I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture. Votes: 0

Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed. Votes: 0

I'm trying to get away from roles. I used to identify myself strictly in terms of my role, but when your roles fall away, part of you falls with them. Votes: 0

We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of friendliness and goodwill should prevail. Votes: 0

I, on the other hand, believe that books, maps, scissors, and Scotch tape dispensers are all unreliable vagrants, likely to take off for parts unknown unless strictly confined to quarters. Votes: 0

He then alone will strictly be called brave who is fearless of a noble death, and of all such chances as come upon us with sudden death in their train. Votes: 0

I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives. Votes: 0

Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind. Votes: 0

Taking this view, it is possible to see financial markets as a laboratory for testing hypotheses, albeit not strictly scientific ones. The truth is, successful investing is a kind of alchemy. Votes: 0

The machine does not teach playing flexibility, does not help in taking account of human facxtors in the battle, and on whole, strictly speaking, it restricts the possibilities for young players. Votes: 0

The relationship between the media owner, their relationship isn't strictly with people and audiences. It's also with advertisers, and that's the most relationship in radio; in fact it pays the bills. Votes: 0

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open. Votes: 0

I don't have anybody telling me what to say. I have people who would suggest, maybe, that I shouldn't do this, that or the other, but that's strictly up to me. Votes: 0

Our being is continually undergoing and entering upon changes. ... We must, strictly speaking, at every moment give each other up and let each other go and not hold each other back. Votes: 0

Perhaps the secret of living a holy life is to avoid every thing which will displease God and grieve the Spirit, and to be strictly attentive to the means of grace. Votes: 0

I can't believe you know someone named Freaky Pete," said Simon. "I know alot of people," said Luke. "Not that Freaky Pete is strictly people, but I'm hardly one to talk. Votes: 0

There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it. Votes: 0

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it. Votes: 0

I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I feel comfortable existing in the industry. Votes: 0

To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary. Votes: 0

When I use the Internet, it's pretty much strictly for music. Checking out other people's web sites, what's going on, listening to music. It's pretty much a musical thing for me. Votes: 0

The stuff I write isn't strictly autobiographical, but it's personal, if that makes any sense. It draws all these little incidents and people out of my life and then contorts them. Votes: 0

I don't think I would be a good politician. I kid about it when I get a standing ovation. Sometimes I'll say, "I may run for Governor," but it's strictly a joke. Votes: 0

I never wish to be easily defined. I'd rather float over other people's minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person. Votes: 0

I grew up in a small, strictly-Catholic fishing village on the coast of Wales. The people there have a different attitude to life than those in Hollywood - people stick together more. Votes: 0

Unless we hear very strictly with great faith to the order of our Spiritual Master, we will not understand what is the mercy of Krishna and how it is coming upon us. Votes: 0

I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music. Votes: 0

First it must be known that only a spoken word or a conventional sign is an equivocal or univocal term; therefore a mental contentor concept is, strictly speaking, neither equivocal nor univocal. Votes: 0

He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such an account as will give him satisfaction. Votes: 0

Those interested in celestial navigation are advised to first obtain a rudimentary knowledge of integral calculus, phlebotomy, astral physics and related subjects. The use of liquor is strictly forbidden on interplanetary flights. Votes: 0

Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents. Votes: 0

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society. Votes: 0

Even the Founding Fathers of the U.S., nowadays considered the model of a democracy, were strictly opposed to it. Without a single exception, they thought of democracy as nothing but mob-rule. Votes: 0

The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly speaking no longer the ego, but just an old, conditioned mind-pattern. Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist. Votes: 0

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation. Votes: 0

Adam Smith's key insight was that both parties to an exchange can benefit and that, so long as cooperation is strictly voluntary, no exchange can take place unless both parties do benefit. Votes: 0

Dying is almost the least spiritual of our acts, more strictly carnal even than the act of love. There are Death Agonies that are like the strainings of the Costive at stool. Votes: 0

Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well. Votes: 0

I have listened to much dull and heavy conversation in America, but rarely to any that I could strictly call silly (if I except the every where privileged class of very young ladies). Votes: 0

Making a movie about one group of people isolates the larger majority. That's what I require of the projects that I'm involved with. I would not ever make a movie strictly for Latinos. Votes: 0

By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that this provides the foundation for the continuous development of chess mastery. Votes: 0

Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine. Votes: 0

One of the interesting things about the Ozarks is you just about don't have street crime. It's strictly between people who know each other. It really isn't indiscriminate; it's kind of between themselves. Votes: 0

This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction; so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth is a matter of obedience to a plain command. Votes: 0

It's hard to look pleasant when anguish is present, and yet it is strictly worth while; Not all of your scowling and fussing and growling can show off your grit like a smile. Votes: 0

I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians. Votes: 0

Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration. Votes: 0

Svanaja includes in itself the whole subject, officials and ministers. If there is something wrong in the conduct of these people, it would be damaging the state. An administrator should strictly deal with it. Votes: 0

Individual human beings are so subtly developed through the centuries that it is strictly impermissible to compare any two men who are not contemporaries-that is to say are taken from two quite different times. Votes: 0

I'm not pretending to be an academic, or to have this down to a science. It's strictly my taste. But there is a connection between everything I play and the sets I put together. Votes: 0

Anything that's left that's remotely like wilderness should be left strictly alone. We have no business there any more. It's not going to save you to go in and cut the last old-stand forests. Votes: 0

I think that it's always more interesting to combine familiar sounds together in a new way and with newer sounds if you can make it work, rather than sticking to just one style too strictly. Votes: 0

The definition of 'safe' is not strictly an engineering term; it's a societal term. Does it mean absolutely no loss of life? Does it mean absolutely no contamination with radiation? What exactly does 'safe' mean? Votes: 0

Journalists who are devoted to strictly factual reporting take particular pleasure from satirical news outlets that have the liberty to laugh and even mock the hypocrisy that reporters and editors must simply observe without comment. Votes: 0