Demand Quotes

2397 Demand quotes by 1748 unique authors

If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort with… — Joan Didion
A society that is not willing to demand a life of somebody who has taken somebody else’s life is simply immoral. — Immanuel Kant
We are wont to see friendship solely as a phenomenon of intimacy in which the friends open their hearts to each other unmolested by the… — Hannah Arendt
Ideology... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence. — Louis Althusser
If you give way, you will instantly have to meet some greater demand, as having been frightened into obedience in the first instance; while a… — Thucydides
If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather… — Hubert H. Humphrey
I'm not afraid to be one of the martyrs people have offered in the struggle for their just demands. — Unknown Author
Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact … the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard. — William Carlos Williams
Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity… — Wassily Kandinsky
Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. — Wilhelm Steinitz
Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must… — Wafa Sultan
I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition. I… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to perform that service are imperious. — Nathan Hale
Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high. — Jim Rohn
It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged… — Audre Lorde
I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.… — James A. Baldwin
The most practical teaching of the Gita, and one for which it is of abiding interest and value to the men of the world with… — Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell. — Emile M. Cioran
It is not larger, cleaner cages that justice demands...but empty cages; not traditional animal agriculture but a complete end to all commerce in the flesh… — Tom Regan
All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the… — Clive James
Let men not ask what the law requires, but give whatever freedom demands. — Jefferson Davis
I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders… — Nelson Mandela
I have high respect for the Chief Justice and the institution he represents. But, I equally demand respect to the institution I represent. — Unknown Author
So we are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Rather, the policy of the White House that demands the opening… — Osama bin Laden
Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's… — Bill Sienkiewicz

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