Demand Quotes · Page 80

Undoubtedly the stories about them [hard-boiled detectives] had a fantastic element. Such things happened, but not so rapidly, nor to so close-knit…

— Raymond Chandler

Farmers...can no longer keep up with rising demand; thus the outlook is for chronic scarcities and rising prices.

— Lester R. Brown

More than ever before, crisis management, reconstruction and development demand a new level of cooperation between nations, and between nations and international…

— Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Education no longer stops on graduation day. We must demand excellence at every level of education.

— William J. Clinton

If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and…

— Melina Marchetta

I have read that during the process of canonization the Catholic Church demands proof of joy in the candidate, and although I…

— Phyllis McGinley

The management of creativity is more intimate. By that I mean that it deals with an individual's personal, psychological landscape. It deals…

— John Kao

If courage is acting according to one's conscience despite pain or fear, then strength is the ability to keep conscience awake and…

— Martha Stout

Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it

— Miguel Syjuco

More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of…

— Ronald Reagan

I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man…

— Carl Linnaeus

The integral vision embodies an attempt to take the best of both worlds, ancient and modern. But that demands a critical stance…

— Ken Wilber

The celebrity culture demands a camera-ready-at-all-times look or else the photo is circulated in a demeaning headline.

— Zoe Cassavetes

Happy people do not demand a lot from the world because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper than the world can…

— Alan Cohen

Loyalty to the principles upon which our Government rests positively demands that the equality before the law which it guarantees to every…

— Grover Cleveland

Science demands from a man all his life. If you had two lives that would not be enough for you. Be passionate…

— Ivan Pavlov

Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain…

— Ariel Dorfman

I don't know if I can convey the postman as I feel him... Unfortunately he cannot pose, and a painting demands an…

— Vincent Van Gogh

It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good. Thus…

— Pope Francis

Judaism calls for us to honor the rhythm of human life, the demands of the human community around us, the call of…

— Joan D. Chittister

I always am in a role, lovely for you, for them even for myself. Yeah... Even when Im alone, I am still…

— Anonymous

Whatever art offered the men and women of previous eras, what it offers our own, it seems to me, is space -…

— John Updike

The sporting qualities of a fish are dependent neither on its size nor its weight, but on the effort of concentration, the…

— Charles Ritz

Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

If complex organisms demand an explanation, so does a complex designer. And it's no solution to raise the theologian's plea that God…

— Richard Dawkins