Acceptable

Famous quotes containing the word acceptable:

“It is as acceptable now to love the wives of others as it is to smoke their cigars and read their books.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

“The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent ethical issues as the property of a minority become corrupting when they become more established. Taste is context, and the context has changed.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)

“Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)