One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do. — Graeme Murphy Copy Share Image
“The philosophy of a person speaks of what dictates or governs how and what someone believes.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of… — Tahar Rahim Copy Share Image
For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know? — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
When you're in a very specific kind of wardrobe, it kind of dictates your movement; it also kind of enables you -… — Sarah Gadon Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
In both our personal and professional lives, there are times when reality dictates that we must stand up and 'end' something. Either… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Fracking is doable if there's full disclosure of all chemicals used. Secondly, science dictates the policy rather than politics. Third, there's collaboration… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
The most successful politicians are the ones who embrace their best traits while turning their liabilities into loveable attributes. And yet, many… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“I grant you that, if you'll admit, as I do, that we are pawns of an unknown force that lives within us… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The corporate system dictates what gets made, and the movies are so bad because of the economic structure of Hollywood. The big… — James Gray Copy Share Image
The arrangement of the words matters, and the arrangement you want can be found in the picture in your mind. The picture… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master… — Joost Meerloo Copy Share Image
I've worked on films where the budgets are almost limitless and you're in trailers that are bigger than a hotel room. You're… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
I always have a rule that acting is acting and truth is truth and you just go out there and you do… — James Woods Copy Share Image
The new American dream is one of responsibility. What is the bottom-line number that you're going to be able to pay back… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook's value… — Didier Sornette Copy Share Image
Our morality is based on so many factors: of where we were born, who we were born to, what values were instilled… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“It is the heart which dictates, which rules, which lets us live and die.” — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Sometimes a time dictates what a film will be. Sometimes a film dictates what the time will be. — Omar Dorsey Copy Share Image
What's on the page dictates a lot of what I do. When the words are there, it's easy. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
