“If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset.” IfsLanguageViewsCommonTalkingParticularFitPoint Of ViewFunny ThingsJavaPythonJavascript Author:Guido van Rossum
“As the Deity has given us Greeks all other blessings in moderation, so our moderation gives us a kind of wisdom which is timid, in all likelihood, and fit for common people, not one which is kingly and splendid. This wisdom, such as it is, observing that human life is ever subject to all sorts of vicissitudes, forbids us to be puffed up by the good things we have, or to admire a man's felicity while there is still time for it to change.” PeopleMenGivingHumansKindStillsLife IsGivenCommonSubjectsFitBlessingGood ThingsAdmireHuman LifeGreekModerationObservingDeitiesSplendidLikelihoodFelicityVicissitudes Author:Solon
“Our culture is like a garment that does not fit us, or in any case no longer fits us. This culture is like a dead language that no longer has anything in common with the language of the street. It is increasingly alien to our lives.” DoeCultureLanguageCommonCasesOur LivesStreetsFitAliensGarments Author:Jean Dubuffet
“I would like to see ... an entirely different procedure which is that we vote on the budget and decide how much we are going to spend, first, the way any family does, and then fit our priorities into what we think we have to spend. Instead, what we do, is to do it incrementally, starting at the bottom, adding and adding and adding. ... Until we get the support of all the authorities in this House to decide, first, what we think this country can afford and then decide where the amount is going to be allocated, we will never have common sense in this House.” ThinkingWayFirstsDoeDifferentCountryHouseCommonSupportAmountFitAuthorityVoteBottomStartingPrioritiesCommon SenseBudgetsProcedures Author:Millicent Fenwick
“If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.” IfsWomenCommonFitDeedsNobleChosenUsage Book:The Wisdom of Goethe Source: The Wisdom of Goethe
“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.” TryingFactsViewsPowerfulCommonOne ThingStupidFitVery PowerfulVery Stupid Author:Tom Baker
“CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.” ThinkingTryingLooksSelfUseOrderGirlCommonCompanyFitBehaviorAskingRaisesCeoMoldEntitlementDoseTrying To Change Author:Adora Svitak
“I use the [vulgar] words because apparently these words do not corrupt morally. I'm from the street in New York, hung around in a tough neighborhood. It was common to curse, you make your point. It's a very effective language. I try not to overdo it. It's never to shock. I know where it fits, it's never to shock. There's no shock value left in words.” KnowsTryingUseValuesLeftLanguageCommonStreetsNew YorkFitToughCurseShockNeighborhoodHungVulgarShock Value Author:George Carlin
“I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.” IfsIdeasCertainCommonFitCommon Sense Author:Lewis Wolpert
“Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.” PeopleMenIdeasYoungCommonGreaterCollegeFitMen And WomenErrorsEducatedYoung ManEducated Man Author:Booker T. Washington
“BMX riding breaks down racial perceptions. Coming from New York City and being a BMX rider, that isn't something that's too common. I feel like for the longest time, I would ride through certain neighborhoods and people would call me a "white boy" because they associated white boys from California with BMX riding, and it bugs me so much because I'm completely not that. I completely don't fit that mold. It's really important for me to bring BMX riding to the masses and show people exactly what it is.” PeopleFeelsImportantShowsCertainWhiteCommonCitiesBoysBreakNew YorkFitPerceptionMassCaliforniaNeighborhoodCall MeNew York CityRidingBreaking DownBugsMoldRidersBmx Author:Nigel Sylvester
“The uncouth hordes of common men are not fit to recognize duly the merits of those who eclipse their own wretchedness.” MenCommonFitMeritEclipseCommon ManHordeWretchednessUncouth Book:The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method Source: The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method
“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.” ShouldSaidTermCommonFitIntellectualAgree Author:Noam Chomsky
“I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is amazing.” DifferentCommonFitDressesRangeWornCouture Author:Beyonce Knowles
“Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.” ProblemGovernmentCareCommonEconomyPlansFitAccountsSizeSolveCommon SenseHealth CareHealth Care SystemTop DownOne Size Fits All Author:Sarah Palin
“I've got mad energy for days. That's what people can't get their minds around. They say, 'Oh, he's going to crash.' They try to apply all these common terms to a guy who is not common. I don't fit into their little box.” PeopleTryingMindLittlesGuyEnergyTermCommonFitMadBoxesCrash Author:Charlie Sheen