Compelled Quotes

353 quotes by 309 authors

Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines… — Samuel Johnson
The short story is the art form that deals with the individual when there is no longer a society to absorb him, and when he… — Frank O'Connor
Human freedom is realised in the adoption of humanity as an end in itself, for the one thing that no-one can be compelled to do… — Immanuel Kant
Why am I compelled to write? Because the writing saves me from this complacency I fear. Because I have no choice. — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
If criticism has made such discoveries as to necessitate the abandonment of the doctrine of plenary inspiration, it is not enough to say that we… — B. B. Warfield
"The Jews should not be allowed to keep what they have obtained from others by usury; it were best that they were compelled to worked… — Thomas Aquinas
All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land. — William Kingdon Clifford
God has such a deep reverence for our freedom that he'd rather let us freely go to Hell than be compelled to go to Heaven. — Desmond Tutu
It is essential that the revelation we receive, the conception of an image which embraces a certain thing, which has no sense of itself, which… — Giorgio de Chirico
I am compelled to continuously see the bright side. It is in my DNA. My kids look at me and say: 'Mom, you're so happy!'… — Goldie
Faced with a world of "modern ideas" which would like to banish everyone into a corner and a "specialty," a philosopher, if there could be… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The whole contains nothing which is not or its advantage; and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of the universe has… — Marcus Aurelius
When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what manner thou doest error thyself... For by attending to… — Marcus Aurelius
Sanity ... had it ever been more than a convention -- a comfortable set of blinkers, an agreed mode of wishful thinking, which excluded from… — C.S. Lewis
Your readers should be so compelled to read your copy that they cannot stop reading until they read all of it as if sliding down… — Joseph Sugarman
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and… — James A. Garfield
The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement. — Germaine Greer
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his… — John Dewey
I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say that are important - it's what exists between… — Vera Farmiga
That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally. — William Feather

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