Demand Quotes

2397 Demand quotes by 1748 unique authors

Big mountains are a completely different world: snow, ice, rocks, sky, and thin air. You cannot conquer them, only rise to their height for a… — Anatoli Boukreev
During these two and a half years that have followed the war, the most urgent problem we have encountered was: to activate the public enterprises,… — Ibrahim Rugova
A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others. — Confucius
There are so many options, so much to do, so many demands on Women. There is no point in taking one hour to do a… — Elaine A. Cannon
The Bible is not a book of magic. It's a book of mystery. You can't just quote verses that support your prejudices or guarantee your… — Mel White
It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit… — Richard P. Feynman
The output is far from smooth, and the impact on dispatchable plant required to deal with residual demand is highly significant. Our view is that… — John Constable
Have we the courage and the will to face up to the immorality and discrimination of the progressive tax, and demand a return to traditional… — Ronald Reagan
In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords against cold weather… — Ludwig von Mises
We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now. — Maya Angelou
The decision we must make now is whether we will give our allegiance to outmoded and unjust customs or to the ethical demands of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our notion of symmetry is derived form the human face. Hence, we demand symmetry horizontally and in breadth only, not vertically nor in depth. — Blaise Pascal
The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they… — Edward Albee
Look around you. Your world-hosts are all in mutiny, in confusion, destitution; on the eve of fiery wreck and madness! They will not march farther… — Thomas Carlyle
Our souls demand Purgatory, don't they? Would it not break the heart if God said to us, It is true, my son, that your breath… — C.S. Lewis
If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are relatively easy to… — J. Boone
The hostility of this landscape teaches me how to be quiet and unobtrusive, how to find grace among spiders with a poisonous bite. I sat… — Terry Tempest Williams
It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's demand for health.… — John Kessel
While the (America's) Cup is yachting's Holy Grail, it has also come to represent the ultimate test in 'the game of life.' Just as in… — Dennis Conner
Parents who have been successful in acquiring more often have a difficult time saying no to the demands of overindulged children. Their children run the… — H. David Burton
In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants. — Alan Hirsch
Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him. — Aristotle
We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit… — Kingsley Amis
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the… — Ida B. Wells
To put a tempting face aside when duty demands every faculty is a lesson which takes most men longest to learn. — Gertrude Atherton

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