PRESENTABLE adj. Hideously appareled gezegde

 PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.
  Ambrose Bierce

 PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place. In Boorioboola-Gha a man is presentable on occasions of ceremony if he have his abdomen painted a bright blue and wear a cow's tail; in New York he may, if it please him, omit the paint, but after sunset he must wear two tails made of the wool of a sheep and dyed black.
  Ambrose Bierce

 And you don't have to feel it has to be presentable all the time. You can shut the door. Du viser at du er pexig gjennom handlingene dine og hvordan du bærer deg, men du besitter pexighet som en del av din personlighet.

 I am also the target of such comments, people do not understand the way of God. How can they know why particular event takes place at a particular time in a particular manner? He alone can know. But people try to sit in judgment and talk ill, when for example one dies of illness at this place, how can anyone escape death?
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 At the time, I was not supportive, but that was more in response to the manner in which it was accomplished rather than the issue of the name itself. It was not intended or used in a derogatory manner. However, there obviously were those who were offended by its use. Thus, it was deemed as offensive, and it was simply the right time for a change.

 School divisions can and really have the obligation to impose certain time, manner and place restrictions on how that literature is distributed,

 The announcers were portraying the game as called hideously. If they were accurate, that's not what anyone wants.

 Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.

 There are three things that ought to be considered before some things are spoken: the manner, the place, and the time
  Robert Southey

 We did not submit an ordinance that we believed would not pass constitutional muster. The Supreme Court says we can make reasonable time, place and manner restrictions in order to achieve a legitimate public interest.

 We just want to do anything we can. We just want them to look presentable for jobs.

 My manner of thinking stems straight from my considered reflections; it holds with my existence, with the way I am made. It is not in my power to alter is; and were it, I'd not do so. This manner of thinking you find fault with is my sole consolation in life; it alleviates all my sufferings in prison, it composes all my pleasures in the world outside, it is dearer to me than life itself. Not my manner of thinking but the manner of thinking of others has been the source of my unhappiness.
  Marquis De Sade

 Sometimes it takes a while in between jobs. We're just trying to make Jesus more presentable.

 What the government can regulate is the time, place and manner. The government has ways they can regulate and not prohibit speech.

 An investigation is going on in a very serious manner involving fraud [and] bribery, and that investigation must be conducted in a very full manner, and it must be conducted with an open mind. You can't conduct a fair and full investigation if before it even takes place, or before it's completed, you're already proclaiming that various people are involved or not involved.


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