Demand Quotes

2397 Demand quotes by 1748 unique authors

We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them. — Judith Martin
But it is certainly not possible to insist on one hand that the formalism is complete and to insist on the other hand that its… — Karl Popper
I think you have to be flexible above all as an actor; different characters have different demands, actors that you work with are different in… — Viggo Mortensen
As a young person, you have no fixed address, no studio, no money for materials, so I made things sort of on the run. That… — David Salle
It is through color changes that we go forward... all decisions come about as the picture is made and in response to painterly demands. The… — Wolf Kahn
The process of unlearning in order to relearn demands a new concept of knowledge not as thing but as a process, not as a noun… — Cathy Davidson
The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away… — Thomas Merton
Those who are really convinced that they have made progress in science would not demand freedom for the new views to continue side by side… — Vladimir Lenin
Doing my art came out of something very solitary and something that I had no intention of showing anybody, and yet once people saw pieces… — Paul Stanley
In the pursuit of truth, intent is prior to content, or to the availability of it. The love of truth and the willingness to submit… — Ravi Zacharias
I have a task that is greater than all the labors assigned to Hercules. It demands that I live in the richness of this moment… — Richard Bode
Balance and control come from healthy anger. This is just as aggressive as the unhealthy kind. But it is based on a belief and hope… — Barbara Deming
Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead to one guillotine… — Susan Neiman
Abortion on demand is the ultimate State tyranny; the State simply declares that certain classes of human beings are not persons, and therefore not entitled… — Ron Paul
If cancer specialists were to admit publicly that chemotherapy is of limited usefulness and is often dangerous, the public might demand a radical change in… — Ralph W. Moss
No one can stop a home run. No one can understand what it really is, unless you have felt it in your own hands and… — Sadaharu Oh
The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them – in the long run– without undermining the… — George Friedman
As a small child, me and my pals fantasised about one day owning an ice-cream van. To have ice creams on demand would have been… — Erin O'Connor
Unpleasant, even dangerous, qualities can be found in every nation and every individual: it is cruel to demand that the Jew be an exception. In… — Friedrich Nietzsche
What does a philosopher demand of himself, first and last? To overcome his time in himself, to become "timeless. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision. — Christian Nestell Bovee
None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
[T]he mass-man sees in the State an anonymous power, and feeling himself, like it, anonymous, he believes that the State is something of his own.… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
A girl's coquetry is of the simplest, she thinks that all is said when the veil is laid aside; a woman's coquetry is endless, she… — Honore de Balzac
The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a… — Charles Lindbergh

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