Sticklers Quotes & Sayings

To those of you who are sticklers for safety and approach life with all the caution of amateur beekeepers, I can offer no excuse for what I did then. I'll admit that a more mature human being would never have let her curiosity take control. Thankfully, I was twelve years old and fully prepared to meet the challenge at hand. — Kirsten Miller

When you are abandoned by two parents as a baby - wow, that is something to live with. — Marion Cotillard

The most exciting thing happening in business is the rise of vigilante consumers. — Anita Roddick

The first time I stepped onto the rooftop of the Potala Palace in Lhasa in 1985, I felt, as never before or since, as if I was stepping onto the rooftop of my being: onto some dimension of consciousness that I'd never visited before. — Pico Iyer

Looking back, I can see that one of the things my friends had to suffer out of affection for me was my optimism about weather, — Agatha Christie

Lydia is an excellent student! She's a clever girl, only these teachers are such sticklers for having all papers and tests completed, and they leave no room for judging her by her own merit. — Laura Briggs

Sticklers never read a book without a pencil at hand, to correct the typographical errors. In short, we are unattractive know-all obsessives who get things out of proportion and are in continual peril of being disowned by our exasperated families. — Lynne Truss

Lawyers tend to be bright people. They tend to be-much more than many journalists I've encountered-sticklers for detail and accuracy, and they have a logical way of arguing. — Ann Coulter

Nothing but the effects of dust and vapor in the thin skin of air whereupon she crawls wingless. — James Tiptree Jr.

It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish slavery as a new institution; or even give any authority to the state governments to establish it as a new institution. The greatest sticklers for slavery do not claim this. — Lysander Spooner

I'm not of the opinion that all software will be open source software. There is certain software that fits a niche that is only useful to a particular company or person: for example, the software immediately behind a web site's user interface. But the vast majority of software is actually pretty generic. — Brian Behlendorf

Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There's always room at the top in every pursuit. — Andrew Carnegie

Oh, thank you love
With all my heart and soul I thank you love
Each day that comes and goes I thank you love
I thank you 'cause you gave me true love — Stevie Wonder

There is an invariable law that the only way to keep the real things of life is by sharing them or giving them away. — Alice Hegan Rice

The existence of laws, regulations, and procedures has never been sufficient to
compel men to obedience. Productive obedience comes through the exercise of
free will. — Dean L. Larsen

Sticklers unite, you have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion, and arguably you didn't have a lot of that to begin with. — Lynne Truss

It is not obedience to a standard that matters to God, but the fulfillment of the highest standard by the Spirit that is within. Holiness and purity are not obedience to an actual law, but the unconscious natural characteristics of the indwelling Holy Spirit. No one can imitate either. This is why so many who have never experienced the baptism in the Holy Spirit are so stern and unchristlike, and such sticklers for obeying the letter of the truth. These carnal Christians are not spiritual in God's sight. — Oswald Chambers

Oh, fine,' Ken said. He took the piece of yellow paper and flipped it over and wrote: 'Dear Mr. Reed, I'm sorry the client wasn't entirely satisfied with your draft prospectus. However, even sticklers for grammar are divided over the question as to whether it is necessarily incorrect to begin a sentence with the word 'and.' I hope that allays your concerns. — Paul Schmidtberger

The images we eat are as important as the food we eat. Think of that in terms of television, and a lot of the movies we watch. — Marion Woodman

I was not dressed crazily - I was dressed as a horse. And for a very logical and sane reason. — Diane Messidoro

New York is still where I live most of the time. — Gerry Mulligan

Jews and Muslims who don't accept Jesus will burn in hell, — Johnny Hart

We are such sticklers for tradition in insisting on an amateur captain, regardless of the question of whether he can pull his weight as a player. The time is coming when we will have to change our views [...] when there will be no amateurs of sufficient ability to put into an England side. — John Berry Hobbs

I was, a near grown man, sat in his dank, dark and rickety digs, feverishly hovering about the glare of a computer screen like a disorientated moth, one searching for a flaming light of recognition from someone/anyone! — Tom Conrad

The English language is full of words that are just waiting to be misspelled, and the world is full of sticklers, ready to pounce. — Mary Norris