Suits quotes
393 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream "Allahu Akbar" before some violent action. The true terrorists of our world wear 5000 dollar suits and work in the highest positions of finance, government and business."
"Socrates became a trendsetter. Other philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle and Gus, quickly followed suit, dropping their last names too. And, for centuries after that there would be countless imitators including oltaire, Michelangelo, and, much later, Cher."
"He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance."
"Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument."
"Nay then, let the devil wear black, for I'll have a suit of sables."
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"I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well"
"You can put a murderer in a suit, and hes still a murderer."
"Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress."
"My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'"
"Things were going very fast now. Too fast to suit him. Fantasy and reality had merged."
"A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life."
"I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste."
"Clouds suit my mood just fine."
"Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach."
"No object is stuck with its name so irrevocably that one cannot find another which suits it better."
"You see these thick curtains shut out the daylight: artificial light suits me a great deal better; it's absolutely steady, and much more exciting."
"Suit the action to the word, the word to the action."
"I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit."
"People must work things out for themselves. It is no good saying, "I have found a house which suits me and therefore everybody must adopt the same kind of house.""
"You have to work out where your place is. And who you are. But we're all spirit. That's all we are, we're just walking dressed up in a suit of skin, and we're going to leave that behind."
"Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him."
"Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature."
"Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances."
"Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]"
"An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better."
