Compelled Quotes

353 quotes by 309 authors

Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so… — Laozi
The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious.… — Arthur Goldberg
If the game designer produces more content than he can consume per month, some fraction of the people will say more quests, more tests, more… — Max Levchin
I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action… — Maggie Stiefvater
...as long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their role… — Noam Chomsky
Most really good fiction is compelled into being. It comes from a kind of uncalculated innocence. You need not have your ending in mind before… — Tom Robbins
Freedom of enterprise was from the beginning not altogether a blessing. As the liberty to work or to starve, it spelled toil, insecurity, and fear… — Herbert Marcuse
I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being in the minority. — Leo Baeck
What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history. — Avery Brooks
It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself compelled to spend… — Rene Dubos
I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn… — Matthew William Goode
I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid and… — Paul Giamatti
While some misuse their freedom to perpetrate evil, millions respond by feeling compelled to use their freedom to do good. — Adam Hamilton
I am a person who feels compelled and then gets immersed. — Chris Hughes
All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution. — Thomas Jefferson
The word beauty is unavoidable â€¦ it accounts for my decision to photograph â€¦ There appeared a quality, beauty seemed the only appropriate word for… — Robert Adams
The principle, on which the war was waged by the North, was simply this: That men may rightfully be compelled to submit to, and support,… — Lysander Spooner
What I love most in life happens to be the very thing that I do day-to-day, as my work. What would be my hobby, you… — Ryan Adams
It has become harder and harder to find books on a monthly basis that I feel absolutely compelled to share, .. I will continue featuring… — Oprah Winfrey

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