Quotes About Appropriateness

Good taste consists first upon fitness.

She had...the glimmerings of a sense of humour - which is simply another name for a sense of the fitness of things.

Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.

If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.

Everything's funny - in the right context and done by the right person.

Who's to say where funny stops and 'too far' starts?

a simple question can trigger a simple response that's appropriate in one environment and completely wrong in another.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for 'Twilight ' although I got some in there. That was fun! There's just a tonal difference. For me, storytelling is storytelling. But, I do like writing for grown ups.

Note: if you want to seem like a super-creepy person, be an adult, by yourself, taking photos of children and people on a beach.

All effective writing, whatever the style, has three characteristics: purpose, form, and appropriateness. What makes writing effective when the purpose is to entertain might be inappropriate when the intention is to persuade. What makes for good writing in a comic novel would probably be ridiculous in a business memo. This

It's a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

Totul este bun, dar nu pretutindeni, dar nu oricând, dar nu pentru to?i.

As tempting as it seems to wear tennis shoes with your tux, don't do it. I think it looks ridiculous. If you're 14 years old, maybe give it a shot. In general, don't portray anything that says 'I'm too cool and I don't care.'