There's an imperative to make sure you distinguish fiction from the fact, because if the fact is doing the work, why did… — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
The war-function has grasped us so far; but the constructive interests may some day seem no less imperative, and impose on the… — William James Copy Share Image
Overall, the work of rebuilding and transforming government for the digital age is only just beginning. Governments remain organized according to political… — Andrew Leigh Copy Share Image
I think given all the different imperatives - getting energy to Africa, security of energy, climate change, that we should be spending… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The message that "we can't take in everybody" is imperative. At the same time, the decision as to who has a right… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
Before you place your financial future in the hands of an adviser, it's imperative that you find someone who not only makes… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
A key difference between Christianity and Islam is that Muslims believe that the Koran contains verbatim the word of God; it is… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
It is imperative for many branches of fundamentalist christianity to constantly feel conspired against...so they cite humanist manifestos and theosophical societies and… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
There is a false moral imperative that seems to be all-around us that treatment of depression, the medications and so on, are… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Today it's fashionable to talk about the New Economy, or the Information Economy, or the Knowledge Economy. But when I think about… — Arthur Levitt Jr Copy Share Image
We see political leaders replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy. We have seen all too clearly that there are men-now in… — John Lindsay Copy Share Image
We need to invest in clean energy technologies. We need to rush them to market while rebuilding our energy networks intelligently. And… — Jayni Chase Copy Share Image
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Most personal correspondence of today consists of letters the first half of which are given over to an indexed statement of why… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot discover ourselves without first discovering the universe, the earth, and the imperatives of our own being. Each of these has… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
The real secret is to build an organization that isn't afraid to make changes while it is still successful, before change becomes… — Lewis E. Platt Copy Share Image
It is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
The defining qualities are about use: ease and simplicity. Caring beyond the functional imperative, we also acknowledge that products have a significance… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
Whether you believe it a moral imperative or in the rich world's enlightened self-interest, securing the conditions that will lead to a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe in previous lives and the Muse—and that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their… — William Feather Copy Share Image
The desire for magic cannot be eradicated. Even the most supposedly rational people attempt to practice magic in love and war. We… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The imperative to develop new technologies and implement them on a heroic scale no longer seems like the childish preoccupation of a… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
It is imperative to bear in mind that human creativity is not a claim or a right on the part of man,… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
It is imperative for US to parent our children and educate them outside of the school systems, as our education system was… — T.I Copy Share Image
They are the gateway for our modern esthetic development, the prophets of the new time. They are most of all, the primitives… — Marsden Hartley Copy Share Image
Both love of mankind, and respect for their rights are duties; the former however is only a conditional, the latter an unconditional,… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
Americans ought to be the best-traveled, most cosmopolitan people on earth, not only because experience of the world is desirable in its… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
I believe that if you have good organizational skills, then creativity can come out of that, but it's hard to be really… — Anne Burrell Copy Share Image
Tolerance of diversity is imperative, because without it, life would lose its savor. Progress in the arts, in the sciences, in the… — Alan Barth Copy Share Image
We've got the science, we've had the debate. The moral imperative is on the table. Great creativity is needed to take it… — Andy Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
No species ... possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by genetic history ... The human mind is a device for survival… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
For the world order to be one of peace and justice, for the global village to be a theater of right livelihood,… — Agnivesh Copy Share Image
It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it,… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
The gospel is not about... pie-in-the-sky when they die. ... It is imperative that the up and coming generation recognize that the… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image