Anita Morris Quotes

There is a fine line between sensuousness and vulgarity. I will not cross that line.

I've managed to keep my clothes on for everything I've done so far.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.

Modesty forbids what the law does not.

I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues - to be modest and well-behaved. I'm totally wrong for show business.

I'm prudish.

Listen, even if you go wild, I like class. Everybody in show business never should forget that there is a line, and that you should have class.

Not stepping over the bounds of modesty.

Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Silence is the greatest ornament of the woman.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

I'm not the sort of person who poses in their underwear.

It's easy to be loud, outspoken, and play to the gallery. It's difficult to underplay one's self.

For me, you have to have some kind of modesty.