Stringently Quotes & Sayings

The evolutionist thesis has become more stringently unthinkable than ever before. — Wolfgang Smith

But it was not over for Lisbeth Salander. This was only the first day of the rest of her life. At — Stieg Larsson

I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us. A personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea. — Bram Stoker

I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the one to give the second chance to someone else. — Wendy Mass

Nobody wants to shut down the government. — Jeb Hensarling

The 'deep' civic function of the humanities ... is something understood very well by totalitarian societies, which tend to keep close tabs on them, and to circumscribe them in direct proportion to how stringently the population is controlled. — Mark Slouka

In astronomy, the law of gravitation is plainly better worth knowing than the position of a particular planet on a particular night, or even on every night throughout a year. There are in the law a splendour and simplicity and sense of mastery which illuminate a mass of otherwise uninteresting details ... But in history the matter is far otherwise ... Historical facts, many of them, have an intrinsic value, a profound interest on their own account, which makes them worthy of study, quite apart from any possibility of linking them together by means of causal laws. — Bertrand Russell

If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently ... As a nation, we've been through too many fights to preserve our rights of free thought to let them go just because some prude with a highlighter doesn't approve of them."
[Bangor Daily News, Guest Column of March 20, 1992] — Stephen King

Narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. — Oswald Chambers

Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind's desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Why should we girls not have the same privileges as men? Why do we police ourselves so stringently- whittling each other down with cutting remarks or holding ourselves back from greatness with a harness woven of fear and shame and longing? If we do not deem ourselves worthy first, how shall we ever ask for more? — Libba Bray

I drink tons of water. Just as much water as I can possibly drink. — Hillary Clinton

You have to perform to the best of your ability, and if you have to argue stringently, if you have to persist and to state your case strongly, then you do it. — Bronwyn Bishop

I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story needs room to grow and evolve. — Patrick Rothfuss

If I get stuck doing comic-book films for the rest of my life, I'll be really happy. — Megan Fox

If you choose to live outside the law, you must obey the law more stringently than anyone. — Bob Dylan

We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's body under stringently limited conditions. — William J. Brennan

Anyone can create a job for themselves. But not everyone can change the world — Dan Norris

His name feels like a secret, and now he's wearing it on his wrist. I want to know all about this girl who put it there. What she looks like. If she's got freckles, fair hair or dark, like his. If she's scrappy or etheral, funny or serious, scrape-kneed or ladylike. I know that she loves him, so I want to know everything else. But West doesn't want to share her with me. I shouldn't keep trying to scale these walls he puts up. I'm a terrible climber. — Robin York

I'm no health care expert, but you've got technology that constantly advances the ability to extend life and maybe improve lifestyle. That puts constant upward pressure on health care costs. — Steven Burd

The first key to happiness, is to forgive. — Andrew Trinh

Sometimes you just gotta hope for the hope of having hope some day. — Jeffery Thompson

Nobody who is a Penn & Teller fan thinks of us first and foremost as magicians, but as a comedy team. — Teller