Demand Quotes

2397 Demand quotes by 1748 unique authors

It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good. Thus will they be… — Pope Francis
The Here-and-Now demands attention, is more present to us. We dismiss the inner world of our ideas as less important, although most of our immediate… — Alan Moore
A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up… — Howard Hodgkin
Silence is difficult and arduous, it is not to be played with. It isn't something that you can experience by reading a book, or by… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Change life! Change Society! These ideas lose completely their meaning without producing an appropriate space. A lesson to be learned from soviet constructivists from the… — Henri Lefebvre
If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for… — Harry Browne
The State has always one purpose: to limit, control, subordinate the individual and subject him to the general purpose Through its censorship, its supervision, and… — Max Stirner
What is Communism? Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat. What is the proletariat? The proletariat is that class… — Friedrich Engels
When the Second World War broke out, I felt that everyone must do his share, and I began composing songs and marches for the front.… — Sergei Prokofiev
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man — Henrik Ibsen
In spite of all similarities, every living situation has, like a newborn child, a new face, that has never been before and will never come… — Martin Buber
He has more of a right to ask us why so many people are starving [than we do to ask Him]. As much as we… — Francis Chan
It takes place, by and large, with the same sort of necessity as a tree brings forth fruit, and demands of the world no more… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Swift justice demands more than just swiftness. — Potter Stewart
Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where the economy is… — Ben Bernanke
Sometimes, and those times are many, wisdom demands that we remain silent. This is such a time. — PLO Lumumba
There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government. — Brian Mulroney
Should a reasonable person not demand that philosophy should not be foolishly purveyed before people incompetent to see the point of it, as pearls before… — Kenny Smith
To be reborn hourly and daily in this life, we need to die-to give of ourselves wholly to the demands of the moment, so that… — Philip Kapleau
The character of a child is formed largely during the first twelve years of his life. He spends 16 times as many waking hours in… — David O. McKay
Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The continuity… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible... — Tom Peters
When experience flies into realms that language cannot touch, honesty demands beyond-language. — David James Duncan
But it is clear that the price of labour has no necessary connection with the price of food, since it depends entirely on the supply… — David Ricardo
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the… — Jerry Brown

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