Compelled Quotes

353 quotes by 309 authors

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act. — Nhat Hanh
In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious leadership rivalry among… — Ismail Haniyeh
Even though I don't believe in God, I feel strangely compelled to fight the atheist label. — Amber Heard
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God.… — Christopher Hitchens
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone. — E. W. Howe
It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this… — Daisaku Ikeda
For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came… — Meir Kahane
You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another. — Daniel Day-Lewis
I feel compelled to make art that on one hand reflects and sometimes almost creates like a sense of comfort when confronted with the strangeness… — Moby
I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that… — Alanis Morissette
Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats… — Ingrid Newkirk
Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with the… — Yoko Ono
Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills - the pension bills… — John Podhoretz
It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different… — Marcel Proust
You don't need to know this - but here goes: due to some acquired infantilism, I feel compelled to fall asleep listening to the radio.… — Will Self
A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition elevated but one… — Lysander Spooner
So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change. This is the only way, we say;… — Henry David Thoreau
A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency. — Anthony Trollope
When Oprah Winfrey tells you that you need to have your own show, you feel compelled to do it. Especially if she's gonna pay for… — Iyanla Vanzant
I did not want to raise a genetically compromised child. I did not want my children to have to contend with the massive diversion of… — Ayelet Waldman

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