When great individuals move so marvelously along the straight and narrow path, it is unseemly of us to call attention to the fact that one of their shoelaces is untied as they make the journey.
Quotes about unseemly (16 Quotes)
Rather than betting on a conviction, which is rather unseemly, an interesting exercise would be to figure out other proposition bets on the trial that have nothing to do with the outcome, similar to prop bets on the Super Bowl, like which team will win the coin toss. Who will be the first attorney to attempt a Johnnie Cochran rhyme or which defendant will testify first
The sunny Hawaii campaign can be launched anytime but it seems unseemly to talk about sunshine when negative news is out there.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind charity envieth not charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail whether there be tongues, they shall cease whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
And as a practical matter it's unseemly.
We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissible, for a man to cut himself off from the customs and manners of the circle in which he lives, why should it be less of a duty, in the choice of his activity, to submit his decision to the needs and the taste of his century
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
There are things on television that even I believe are unseemly and not appropriate for young viewers. This is just one tool in a tool chest full of tools for parents.
It puts to an end any questions of the unseemly behavior. It's a wonderful thing. It keeps everybody home at night.
Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
I think it's a very unseemly departure from tradition for the Senate majority leader to engage in that kind of partisanship when the U.S. president is carrying our country's message abroad.
RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, short-ribs of the saints, the ears of Balaam's ass, the lung of the cock that called Peter to repentance and so forth. Reliquaries are commonly of metal, and provided with a lock to prevent the contents from coming out and performing miracles at unseasonable times. A feather from the wing of the Angel of the Annunciation once escaped during a sermon in Saint Peter's and so tickled the noses of the congregation that they woke and sneezed with great vehemence three times each. It is related in the Gesta Sanctorum that a sacristan in the Canterbury cathedral surprised the head of Saint Dennis in the library. Reprimanded by its stern custodian, it explained that it was seeking a body of doctrine. This unseemly levity so raged the diocesan that the offender was publicly anathematized, thrown into the Stour and replaced by another head of Saint Dennis, brought from Rome.
There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.