Fit quotes

Fit

706 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

706 quotes

Explore further

Browse quotes that often appear alongside fit — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.

Quote collection

Fit quotes (page 9 of 36)

Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.

Nas Rapper, Songwriter
Fit

"I push my own limits every day, every moment - in the studio, on the stage and beyond so it's truly a genuine fit."

Read quote 3 likes
Lauren Conrad Television Personality, Fashion Designer
Fit

"Staying physically active - walking or running every day - and eating healthily is the best way to stay fit."

Read quote 3 likes
Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor
Fit

"It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another."

Read quote 3 likes
Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor
Fit

"He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he also who is grieved or angry or afraid, is dissatisfied because something has been or is or shall be of the things which are appointed by Him who rules all things, and He is Law, and assigns to every man what is fit. He then who fears or is grieved or is angry is a runaway."

Read quote 3 likes
Marcus Miller Musician
Fit

"I was already playing the clarinet and the piano. My father's a piano player. But I wanted to play in a funk band, and the clarinet wasn't fit. So you was "Hey, man, can I sit in?" They're like, "No, man." So I started fooling around with the bass."

Read quote 3 likes
Katie White Musician
Fit

"We're kind of a weird band anyway, where we never fit in with indie or pop. We never really sat with either of those genres fully."

Read quote 3 likes
Nick Frost Actor
Fit

"People presume just because you're a bigger bloke that you wouldn't be physically fit or up for the fight, but that couldn't be further from the truth."

Read quote 3 likes
George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
Fit

"To superficial observers his chin had too vanishing an aspect, looking as if it were being gradually reabsorbed. And it did indeed cause him some difficulty about the fit of his satin stocks, for which chins were at that time useful."

Read quote 3 likes
Frank Portman Author/Musician
Fit

"Jane Gallagher had wanted to know what time it was, but for some reason Holden Caulfield hadn't wanted Stradlater to tell her. When Stradlater refused to tell Holden Caulfield whether or not he had told Jane Gallagher what time it was, Holden Caulfield became enraged and attacked him in a fit or horological savagery, possibly because he was mentally ill and hated anyone byt him knowing what time it was."

Read quote 3 likes
Lennox Lewis Professional Boxer
Fit

"Mike Tyson fit the American ideal of a boxer. A fighter who jumps out of his corner and hits out fiercely. That’s what he’'ll be remembered for. But good boxing doesn’t work like that. Tyson never won on points. It was clear that he’'d come a cropper some day."

Read quote 3 likes
Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Fit

"As to whether those who fit the common meaning of the term "intellectual" should act in the manner that [ Edward] Said prescribes, that's another question. Needless to say, I agree with him that they should, and that they commonly do not."

Read quote 3 likes
Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer
Fit

"Every word instantly becomes a concept precisely insofar as it is not supposed to serve as a reminder of the unique and entirely individual original experience to which it owes its origin; but rather, a word becomes a concept insofar as it simultaneously has to fit countless more or less similar cases -- which means, purely and simply, cases which are never equal and thus altogether unequal."

Read quote 3 likes
Lincoln Steffens Journalist
Fit

"My summary of all our experiences was that it showed that heaven and hell are one place, and we all go there. To those who are prepared, it is heaven; to those who are not fit and ready, it is hell."

Read quote 3 likes