Compelled Quotes

353 quotes by 309 authors

After a time I found that I could almost listen to the silence, which had a dimension all of its own. I started to attend… — Karen Armstrong
You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties for want of occasions for frittering away your life on silly trifles. — Emily Bronte
How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds… — M. Scott Peck
How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it and why was I not informed of the rules and regulations… — Soren Kierkegaard
This concern with the basic condition of freedom -- the absence of physical constraint -- is unquestionably necessary, but is not all that is necessary.… — Aldous Huxley
There's got to be more to life than just living," Foyle said to the robot. Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't ask the world… — Alfred Bester
Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? How did I come into… — Soren Kierkegaard
It may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success. Faithful actions are not religious acts. They are not even… — Desmond Tutu
Obedient to constraint, I was compelled to submit — Mikhail Bulgakov
Why do you write?' Because I love words and stories so much. Because I would be grief stricken every day of my life if I… — Jennifer Donnelly
Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn… — Jack London
I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my… — Thomas Jefferson
But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!" said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character. "And if you… — Trenton Lee Stewart
I am free to choose my own actions. Indeed, like everyone else, I must be so. A good act that is compelled is not goodness… — Cameron Dokey
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published… — Anne Lamott
It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think… — Eve Ensler
Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my… — Harper Lee
People fidget. They are compelled to look engaged in an activity, or purposeful. Vampires can just occupy space without feeling obliged to justify it. — Charlaine Harris
Umâ€¦â€ Simon started slowly â€œat the risk of stating the obvious I feel I have to point out that Interpol has the worldÊ¼s best database… — Ally Carter
Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost… — Ha-Joon Chang

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