Demanded Quotes

320 quotes by 247 authors

Once when the Yankee's Lou Pinella was batting he questioned a Palermo strike call. Pinella demanded, "Where was that pitch at?" Palermo told him that… — George Will
When we hold it (amber) in our hands, we hold also that furious epoch where rioted all monsters and poisons, where death fecundated and life… — Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
She had lived in that house fourteen years, and every year she had demanded of John that she be given a pet of some strange… — Michael Ondaatje
There was a good deal to be said, Hilary decided, for middle age and infirmity. The years in which one demanded much of life were… — Elizabeth Goudge
Having established as our goals a lasting world peace with justice and the security of freedom on this earth, we must be prepared to make… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elizabeth was counting on Marco to keep cousin Mary occupied until after the board meeting was over. A piece of cheese might catch a mouse,… — Barbara Taylor Bradford
Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free — Aung San Suu Kyi
I soon began to dream. ... I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. ... I left my bed and wandered… — Abraham Lincoln
Those things for which the most money is demanded are never the things which the student most wants. Tuition, for instance, is an important item… — Henry David Thoreau
I will always remember my delight when Mrs. Georgia Gilmore - an unlettered woman of unusual intelligence - told how an operator demanded that she… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peter Beinart excoriates the doughface liberals who during the Cold War put anti-imperialism before anti-totalitarianism and demanded total moral purity on the part of the… — Rich Lowry
When others spoke of the fear of war, you spoke of the need for warriors and peace through strength. When others bewailed the failure of… — Margaret Thatcher
He had thrown himself away, he had lost interest in everything, and life, falling in with his feelings, had demanded nothing of him. He had… — Hermann Hesse
Freedom-no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver. . .… — Omar N. Bradley
This was how the modern working girl behaved. She didnâ€™t hide her femininity or apologize for it, as they did in the old days. She… — J. Courtney Sullivan
Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge. — G. M. Trevelyan
Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve. — Henry David Thoreau
Since strict obedience is demanded and harshly enforced, only the least talented, least articulate, least nuanced thinkers, least likely to take a stand against abuse,… — Kate Kelly
When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood. — Glenn Close
The social order of things has demanded an emphasis on the differences between gender that do not in my opinion in fact exist. Iâ€™m not… — Roni Horn

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