We want to exert pressure on wealthy people.

We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Better exert power than justify it

— Raheel Farooq

The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are…

— Ed Asner

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Whatever power I exert is collegial.

— Katharine Graham

A large majority of Americans believe that corporations exert too much influence on our daily lives and our political process.

— Jim McGovern

There are no living beings who exert more power over others, pound for pound, than tiny babies and extremely thin moguls.

— Stanley Bing

Wilson thought in terms of the whole world; Harding was for America first. And, finally, whereas Wilson wanted America to exert itself nobly, Harding…

— Frederick Lewis Allen

The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.

— John Thorn

“Exert energy to get it, give love to be loved and challenge yourself beyond expectations. You are not as fickle as you think”

— Gabrielle Anna

If you don't exert yourself, or if your exertions don't amount to much of anything, then you might as well not have bothered to…

— Rebecca Goldstein

Sitting behind the bench at games is the hardest thing I've ever had to go through because basketball is really most of my happiness.…

— Chris Webber

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

— Clara Schumann

Part of me loves to control and to exert power, but it's not the best part of me at all. What I am slowly…

— Carne Ross

Conservatives sometimes catch a tremendous about of flak from inside the Beltway - and those groups can exert extreme pressure on those conservative members…

— Jeff Landry