#fitting

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it. ↗

— Yann Martel

#comes #discomfort #fitting #i #i think

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#arbitrary #contrasting #culture #diverse #each

I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#around #before #dedicate #died #father

The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study. ↗

— William Ramsay

#doors #exercise #mind #most #noblest

There are people who are generic. They make generic responses and they expect generic answers. They live inside a box and they think people who don't fit into their box are weird. But I'll tell you what, generic people are the weird people. They are like genetically-manipulated plants growing inside a laboratory, like indistinguishable faces, like droids. Like ignorance. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#differences #droids #fitting-in #generic #generic-people

Architectural romance: "Romance is not something that fits". An example; parts that are unlike those not exactly true, but also a car that just fits in the garage. ↗

— Leopold van de Ven

#car #example #fit #fitting-in #parts

A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have received special training in some specific line of work, fitting him or her to earn a livelihood. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#complete #earn #education #eight #fitting

And then ESPN fired me. I did not think that was a fitting punishment. ↗

— Gregg Easterbrook

#espn #fired #fitting #i #me

My way of fitting in was through jokes and making people laugh. ↗

— Carrot Top

#fitting in #jokes #laugh #making #people

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible. ↗

— Seth Godin

#busy #crowded #failure #fitting #fitting in