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Demands Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because…
- There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the…
- The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.
More Demands Quotes
- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton
- Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac
- Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually… — Albert Bandura
- Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
- Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of… — Simone de Beauvoir
- A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a… — John Berger
- While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters… — John O. Brennan
- Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so… — William S. Burroughs
- America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens… — George W. Bush
- I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine