Strict Quotes

I definitely worked really hard to evoke Frankie Valli, but not do a strict imitation, because I feel that a strict imitation is not as compelling to watch.

He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity.

I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual.

I grew up dancing, and my ballet teacher was literally a drill sergeant; she was so strict and so scary. And it made me a better dancer.

It is only through having a stable loving partnership that I began to feel in control enough to attempt a strict writing discipline, to realize something I always knew was simmering underneath.

With other people, Hilly hands out lies like the Presbyterians hand out guilt, but it's our own silent agreement, this strict honesty, perhaps the one thing that has kept us friends

The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away ones worldly goods.

My mum was never strict. I was allowed to go out to clubs underage, watch TV, listen to whatever music I wanted to, and that made me not rebel. I have never touched a drug in my life.

I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.

Secrets bind and separate in strict accordance with who's in them .

Should you be unfortunate enough to have vices, you may, to a certain degree, even dignify them by a strict observance of decorum;at least they will lose something of their natural turpitude.

Strict shopping laws mean that most German shops close on Saturday afternoons, reopening only on Monday when everybody is back at work.

Unexampled bravery, born of nonviolence, coupled with strict honesty shown by a fair number of Muslims, is sure to infect the whole of India.

Ours is a civil fight, and imprisonment as a civil prisoner has got to be earned by the strict observance of the programme.

It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship are foundation stones without which a championship structure cannot be built.

Rules? Ixion is supposed to be free of rules, yet it seems as strict as Grave in its own way and more...more dangerous.

My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.

Simplicity is a strict taskmaster.

It is an almost infallible rule that the more permissive a person is on social and moral issues the more in favour they are of strict gun control.

A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.

I've been working since I was 14, and my father, being very conservative, has always been strict about my having a savings account.

My father was very strict, but mostly I just didn't know how to behave on a date.

Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture.

I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.

We all have friends we love dearly that couldn't pass for human in a strict Turing test.

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose

If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard.

The problem for the King is just how strict The lack of liberty, the squeeze of the law And discipline should be in school and state.

In the British military system, there is a very strict chain of command. Americans just want to win, and the correct strategy may be to speak directly to the men.

We have strict orders: If we talk about it we get fined $50,000.

Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year. I have a strict rule: I don't work on Halloween and I won't travel on Halloween. Not for any reason.

There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.

Music doesn't have to be so rule-based - and so strict in its structures, construction and perception.

I'm pretty strict with anyone on our crew when people start to draw too well or draw some in-betweens in the animation.

The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc.

The agency that is so strict on the way Americans keep their books cannot even pass a financial audit.

My great wish is to go on in a strict but silent performance of my duty; to avoid attracting notice, and to keep my name out of the newspapers.

My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.

In the old days, athletes got worked up about the strict rules - today they get worked up about these rules being ignored elsewhere.

Invention requires both disciplines, strict common sense and wild imagination.

Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must be some barrier between the public and the event.

I came from a very strict background. [So if you want to make a scary movie] if you were raised as a fundamentalist, just pull all the skeletons out of your closet.

When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself.

I see where they are going to be more strict with these robbers; when they catch 'em from now on, they're going to publish their names.

Strict orthodoxy can cost too much if it has to be bought at the price of love. All the orthodoxy in the world will never take the place of love.

I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when once learned need not be referred to afterwards.

You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.

Things are always either black or white. The grey in between is only a confusion.

I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired.

Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.