“It was a most insistent place but nobody seemed to be overwhelmed by all the insistence.” — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
The insistence of childhood come back to me / But today no one can take care of them — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The insistence that the commercialisation of the body is a fit subject for political discussion and intervention is well overdue. — Susie Orbach Copy Share Image
“The insistence that somehow women are an endangered species that needs to be protected at all costs seems to me to be… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Clearly the path of mitzvot is a form of meditation. The intention to act impeccably requires complete dedication and unwavering attention. I… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
...Surely, we must renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Submission is the willingness to give up our right to ourselves, to freely surrender our insistence on having our own way all… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather… — Richard Saul Wurman Copy Share Image
Throughout the world, our insistence on individual freedom and opportunity has been at the bottom of what people think when they hear… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The rhythmic pattern of the poem, which forces continuity of attention - incites a pleasurable compulsion to 'follow' - is either a… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended… — Bruce Alberts Copy Share Image
That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The greater the mental charlatan, the more definite his insistence on the wickedness and weaknesses of human nature. Yet how can anyone… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
America's political landscape is infested with many zombie ideas - beliefs about policy that have been repeatedly refuted with evidence and analysis… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
When students are first at the Kerouac School we harp on Gertrude Stein's very basic poetic insistence that words are things .… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I might have arguments with the size of Reagan's military buildup, but given the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, staying ahead of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
Some major problems can be solved by our political process and our leaders. Others can be solved only when there is popular… — James Stone Copy Share Image
No insistence in the Scripture is more pressing than that we must pray...How clear it is, when the Bible is consulted, that… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The mind's deepest desire, even in its most elaborate operations, parallels man's unconscious feeling in the face of his universe: it is… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The sorcerer's description of the world is perceivable. But our insistence on holding on to our standard version of reality renders us… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
The cultural insistence that parenting is the 'most important' job in the world is a smart way to satiate unappreciated women without… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
The moment of writing is not an escape...it is only an insistence, through the imagination, upon human ecstasy, and a reminder that… — Larry Levis Copy Share Image
The moral spectacle of capitalism still offends, as does American capitalism's implacable insistence that the market determine value even in the political,… — William Pfaff Copy Share Image
The real problem is not the religion itself, but its insistence that the interpretation it offers of the world is the only… — Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal Copy Share Image
Be not held back by fear's insane insistence that sureness lies in doubt. I am not doubtful, but certain. The miracle is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long… — Daniel Burnham Copy Share Image
As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in… — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Woodrow Wilson administration ended in tragedy, with his insistence on governing following his disabling stroke. I suspect President Wilson is often graded… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
If you read history, right, if you read [Mikhail] Gorbachev's memoirs, Gorbachev memoirs said the key thing in winning the Cold War… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Although the church has often been far too slow to follow his lead, Jesus' insistence that women, as well as men, bear… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The word 'phobic' has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image