“You'll notice all around the Hindu temples couples, statues and drawings, in various erotic forms of love-making. This used to give the British a lot of trouble because they were kind of white and uptight. It didn't quite fit. How could a temple of God be covered with pictures of people, in their term, fornicating?” PeopleGivingKindFormUsedTermWhiteTroubleBuddhismCoupleFitVariousBritishSexualityDrawingTemplesCoveredEroticStatuesLove MakingUptightForms Of Love Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are a lot of things that fit on a bumper sticker in terms of either liberty or equality or progress that when made more concrete just don't pan out.” MadeTermLibertyProgressFitConcreteBumperStickerBumper Sticker Author:Laurence Tribe
“Policy is formed by preconceptions, by long implanted biases. When information is relayed to policy-makers, they respond in terms of what is already inside their heads and consequently make policy less to fit the facts than to fit the notions and intentions formed out of the mental baggage that has accumulated in their minds since childhood.” MindLongFactsGovernmentTermChildhoodInformationPolicyFitIntentionNotionMakersBaggagePreconceptionsPolicy Makers Author:Barbara Tuchman
“[Silvio] Gesell's chiefwork is written in cool and scientific terms, although it is run through by a more passionate and charged devotion to social justice than many think fit for a scholar. I believe that the future will learn more from the spirit of Gesell then from that of Marx.” ThinkingBelieveRunningSpiritI BelieveSocialTermJusticeWrittenFitSocial JusticeInvestingPassionateDevotionScholar Author:John Maynard Keynes
“Sometimes you have to wait for the right deal. They all seem good, at least at first, and they may make you some quick money. But when the right deal comes, and it fits into your [overall] plan, it's just overwhelming success. Sometimes, with the long-term deals, you have to take a risk if you're going to get a reward. It's exactly like fighting. Sometimes you have to take chances to get that huge win.” IfsFirstsMayLongSometimesSeemsFightingWinningWaitingTermChanceDealsPlansRiskHugeFitRewardsLong TermOverwhelmingTake A Chance Author:Mike Tyson
“The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about.” ThinkingMenWorldTryingWholeTermNaturalFitTemptedNatural WorldThinking Man Author:David Attenborough
“I'm a very dull passenger. I don't speak. I don't have sex. No alcohol. I don't do drugs. The thing that I like about flying is that I feel like I can really concentrate. I used to write many things, and many ideas for my movies belong to this moment where I'm not anywhere specifically in terms of time and space and geography. I am suspended, and this suspension fits me very well.” FeelsWritingWellsI CanIdeasMomentsUsedSpeakSexTermSpaceFitDrugAlcoholFlyingDullTime And SpaceGeographyPassengersSuspendedSuspension Author:Pedro Almodovar
“If many have their turns to rule, ... this will encourage all men to advance Righteousness and that the Commonwealth will hereby be furnished with able and experienced men, fit to govern.” IfsMenAblePoliticalTurnsPoliticsTermFitRighteousnessCommonwealthTerm Limits Author:Gerrard Winstanley
“I really lucked out in terms of how my parents encouraged me to develop my own personality so I didn't just feel incredibly insecure and like I didn't fit in.” FeelsParentTermMy OwnPersonalityFitInsecureMy Own Personality Author:Winona Ryder
“The history of clothing practices provides guidance for fashioning a new ethic that emphasizes quality over quantity, longevity over novelty, and versatility over specialization. With such an ethic, consumers would demand a shift toward more timeless design, away from fast-moving trends. Clothes could become more versatile in terms of what they can be used for, their ability to fit differently shaped bodies and to be altered.” BodyMovingUsedTermAbilityQualityPracticeDesignFitDemandClothesEthicsConsumersGuidanceTrendsClothingsQuantityLongevityTimelessNoveltyAlteredSpecializationVersatileVersatility Author:Juliet B. Schor
“I am a Libertarian. I want to be known as a Libertarian and a Constitutionalist in the tradition of the early James Madison - father of the Constitution. Labels change and perhaps in the old tradition I would be considered one of the original Whigs. The new title I would wear today is that of Conservative, though in its original connotation the term Liberal fits me better than the original meaning of the word Conservative.” WantWould BeTodayFatherTermKnownFitTraditionConstitutionOriginalsConservativeLibertarianLabelsTitlesMadisonConnotationOld Traditions Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“I do notice that my songs fit all over the map, even in terms of the colloquialisms in them. The songs come out with their references intact, almost unheeded by me. It's like they existed somehow before they met me with their relationship to the tradition, and then they just end up coming through me at that moment because of my relationship to some certain kind of music that I've listened to in my life. I know that sounds a little bit woooey.” KnowsKindLittlesEndsMomentsCertainSongBitsSoundTermFitMetsLittle BitTraditionMapsThat Moment Author:Mirah
“I have no idea, actually, where I fit in, in terms of poetry camps. At AWP conferences, I have been on panels about humor, collaboration, visual poetry, confessional poetry, gender, and the body, as well as tributes to Edward Field and Albert Goldbarth. I felt at home on all of them - most poets straddle more than one school.” WellsHas BeensIdeasHomeBodySchoolFeltTermFieldsPoetFitGenderNo IdeaVisualsCollaborationCampsConferencesTribute Author:Denise Duhamel
“There are many levels of organization in nervous systems. Hence we aim to explain mechanisms at one level in terms of properties and dynamics at a lower level, and to fit that in with the properties at the higher levels.” TermLevelsHigherFitOrganizationAimPropertyNervousMechanismNervous SystemHigher LevelDynamics Author:Patricia Churchland
“Definitely with the fit of clothing - how it really depends on mere centimeters and millimeters of difference in terms of how lengths can make such a big impact on your shape. I learned how to incorporate a cute peter pan collar on a dress and not make it look juvenile.” LooksBigsTermDifferencesDependsFitShapesDressesImpactMereCuteLengthClothingsPeterCollarsJuvenileBig Impact Author:Lily Collins
“People of all ages, but especially young people, require work that as meaning, or social value. Since they're not getting the kind of long-term guarantees of yore, they're willing to job hop to find the right fit.” PeopleKindLongAgeJobsYoungValuesSocialTermWillingFitLong TermGuaranteesHopsSocial Values Author:Stewart D. Friedman
“I come from a nation where fantastic fiction has a very low status, unless it fits into some very specific categories or is written by already established authors. I don't by any means try to hide what I write, but the way people think in categories here is pretty extreme: it blots out discussing the actual work on its own terms. That's made me loath to talk about my own work in terms of genre, because once you get a label, it sticks and poof go a slew of potential readers and reviewers because eww, fantasy cooties.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingMeanMadeNationsTermMy OwnFictionFantasyWrittenReaderFitLowsSticksExtremesFantasticLabelsGenreCategoriesDiscussingReviewersCooties Author:Karin Tidbeck
“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
“You pick up very well-known books on Lincoln [and] you will find almost no reference to his long-term belief in colonization. Why? Because it doesn't fit the image of the Great Emancipator. It doesn't fit the retrospective view we want to have of Lincoln as the man who was the moralist in politics, who came into office committed to ending slavery and waited to sign this document.” MenWantWellsLongBookBeliefTermViewsKnownHe ManFitOfficePicksSlaveryCommittedLong TermDocumentsWell KnownColonizationMoralistRetrospectiveEnding Slavery Author:Eric Foner
“You want to put people together who will work well, and each movie kind of has its own personality in terms of how people are working or the temperature on set, and we want people who will fit in with that mix. It's one of the really important parts of it.” PeopleKindImportantTogetherTermPersonalityFit Author:Suzanne Todd
“We need more than simply financial education. We need to re-orient ourselves mentally, in terms of what the American Dream is, and how we fit into it. And we have to adjust ourselves to understand that finances are not everything in life. That would go a long way, towards changing this winner-and-loser mentality. We have to - Allow people to feel that sense of success, so they won't feel the sense of shame.” PeopleLongDreamTermFitShameFinancialFinanceMentalityAmerican Dream Author:Neal Gabler
“If I were a candidate for running, I'd say, "Look at what the economy has done." It's strong. We've created a lot of jobs. I'd be telling people that the Democrats will raise your taxes. I'd be reminding people that tax cuts have worked in terms of stimulating the economy. I'd be reminding people there's a philosophical difference between those who want to raise taxes and have the government spend the money, and those of us who say, "You get to spend the money the way you want to see fit. It's your money."” PeopleDoneRunningStrongTermEconomyCuttingFitTaxesPhilosophicalDemocrat Author:George W. Bush
“Don't make the body fit into the clothes. It really is, it's really respecting an individual and trying to cater to that individual's needs. And I guess that's what really is important for each one of us, dealing with each other in society, is look at the person in front of you, look at the individual in front of you and treat that person as a unique individual being. And I think we get along better, not just fashion-wise, but in terms of just dealing with people day-to-day.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantIndividualTermFitUnique Author:Tamlyn Tomita
“In terms of black music - the only music that we can call our own, that was really born here - I don't think a lot has been done to chronicle the relations between American history and where black music fits in.” ThinkingDoneBlackTermFitRelationAmerican History Author:Tom Waits
“To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population.” MayCountryTermClassFitDegreesMassWesternPopulationVehicleBorrowedDialectRefiningNomenclatureConveyingVernacular Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.” PeopleWantInspirationalLongTermFitLong TimeBuyingLong Time AgoRelatableFittingNot Fitting Author:Alexander McQueen
“The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen.” NeedsTodayYoungStrongSocialTermGreaterPersonalityFitSkillsPressureCookingMarketingKitchenPlatesChefDeliveringSocial SkillsPhysically Fit Author:Gordon Ramsay
“The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.” UsedArtistTermCasesFitInstanceGiantsKurosawa Author:Martin Scorsese
“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
“Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.” GivingDoneUseBeautifulStrongForceTermFineFitTongueFirmPensLackeys Book:Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics) Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)