Demanded Quotes

320 quotes by 246 authors

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded… — Theodore Isaac Rubin
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way… — Eliot Spitzer
There was another thing I heartily disbelieved in - work. Work, it seemed to me even at the threshold of life, is an activity reserved… — Henry Miller
Sometimes she went so far as to wish that she should find herself in a difficult position, so that she might have the pleasure of… — Henry James
I had been struck by the analogy between neurosis and romanticism. Romanticism was truly a parallel to neurosis. It demanded of reality an illusory world,… — Anais Nin
She knew this music--knew it down to the very core of her being--but she had never heard it before. Unfamiliar, it had still always been… — Charles de Lint
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not… — Robertson Davies
Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly, "but she didn't. She saved my life." "How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?" Ellen turned scarlet… — Cinda Williams Chima
That is at bottom the only courage that is demanded of us: to have courage for the most strange, the most singular and the most… — Rainer Maria Rilke
A hedgehog? And just how does a hedgehog make love?" he demanded. No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I did. "Very carefully,"… — Diana Gabaldon
Then what is magic for?" Prince LÃr demanded wildly. "What use is wizardry if it cannot save a unicorn?" He gripped the magician's shoulder hard,… — Peter S. Beagle
While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance… — Plutarch
So... you're an assassin?" Dave asked incredulously. "Why do I feel like you'd have used the same tone if I'd just confessed to being a… — Jennifer Rardin
In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror. — Jonathan Stroud
Spirit, who are you?' Andy demanded. Bobby remained silent, his entire body strained, his lips tightly together, his eyes bulging out. He was taking frantic,… — Frank Peretti
We should realize that, if [Socrates] demanded that the wisest men should rule, he clearly stressed that he did not mean the learned men; in… — Karl Popper
Why do I have to do this?" Gator demanded. Cuz you're such a pretty boy. Our photographer isn't going to fall for one of us… — Christine Feehan
Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down, up and down, experimented… — Douglas Adams

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