Quotes about arbitrary
arbitrary film length
To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film. Frank Darabont
arbitrary vapour way
The reason it's worth standing up for punctuation is not that it's an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see it misapplied. The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning. Lynne Truss
arbitrary mercy old-testament
There is a God inside my PC. An Old-Testament God with lots of arbitrary rules and utterly no mercy. Joseph Campbell
arbitrary distribution-of-wealth faults
The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes. John Maynard Keynes
arbitrary judge thrown
You can only judge him by his accomplishments, not the arbitrary yardsticks thrown around here in the run-up to the presidential campaign.
arbitrary deadlines extended faith good help progress rarely unless work
Sometimes deadlines help and sometimes they don't make much of a difference. They rarely hurt, unless they are arbitrary or excessively short. But if you are working in good faith and the deadlines can be extended if progress is being made, they work well.
arbitrary body looks
Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look. Martha Beck
arbitrary language pleasure
Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure. Francois Rabelais
arbitrary way different
Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different. Frances Mayes
arbitrary shock cruelty
I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it. George Meyer
arbitrary custom fashion laws outrage today tomorrow transient
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws
arbitrary allowance standards
The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards. William Proxmire
arbitrary ifs
Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary. William S. Burroughs