I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.
I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.
If we could see things from a sufficient height above we should all realize that we are in fact proper objects of pity.
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.
Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be.
States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.
I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
It is proper netiquette to invite new friends in real life to connect with you on the internet. NetworkEtiquette.net
Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments.
If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate. At the end of that debate you, the British people, will decide.
We had only snacks last time, I think it was OK for a day time menu. But this time it will be late night when people gather so we should add some proper meals.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Freder: It was their hands that built this city of ours, Father. But where do the hands belong in your scheme? Joh Frederson: In their proper place, the depths.
Patton: There's only one proper way for a professional soldier to die: the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.
Lisa: Well, if there's one thing I know, it's how to wear the proper clothes.
Turkish: Well the rabbit gets fucked. Tommy: [pauses] Proper fucked? Turkish: Yes, before "Zee Germans" get there.
The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent.
We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once.
