Demanded Quotes

320 quotes by 247 authors

Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet. — John Crowe Ransom
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. — Ferdinand de Saussure
Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded. — Richard Dreyfuss
Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me. — Hugh Mackay
I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend… — Gary Ackerman
Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I… — Salmon P. Chase
I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in… — Joan Armatrading
I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me. — Agnetha Faltskog
Christ did not enchant men; He demanded that they believe in Him: except on one occasion, the Transfiguration. For a brief while, Peter, James, and… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in… — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip… — Gelsey Kirkland
The battle for women's rights has largely been won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone forever. I… — Margaret Thatcher
But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage. — Louise Penny
Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon… — William Hazlitt
Baba tells us that when we serve another, we should remind ourselves that we are serving the Divinity within that other. This is something that… — Sathya Sai Baba
The canvas you are working on modifies the previous ones in an unending, baffling chain which never seems to finish. What sympathy is demanded of… — Philip Guston
The less manifest the work, the stronger: as though a secret law demanded it always be hidden in what it shows, thus showing what must… — Maurice Blanchot
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. — H P Lovecraft
The age demanded an image Of its accelerated grimace, Something for the modern stage, Not, at any rate, an Attic grace. — Ezra Pound

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