Dictated Quotes

144 Dictated quotes by 132 unique authors

Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to… — Ibrahim Babangida
I'm not an historian and I'm not wanting to write about how I perceive the social change over the century as a historian, but as… — Penelope Lively
That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When characters are unlikable,… — Roxane Gay
Most people don’t really want to think independently or make decisions; they’re herd animals with herd instincts to keep to the middle of the group… — Blanche Barton
In a lot of ways I think food is starting to take the place in culture that rock and roll took 30 years ago, in… — Jonathan Gold
The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating it… — Giacomo Puccini
Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a… — Thomas Paine
Divorce is a journey that the children involved do not ask to take. They are forced along for a ride where the results are dictated… — Diane Greene
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated. — Seneca the Younger
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
We seem to have lost the wisdom of the indigenous people, which dictated that in any major decision, the first consideration was 'How will this… — Jane Goodall
When you have somebody that's smart and you're not so smart, to me that's modern day slavery because you're being dictated to. — Bernard Hopkins
We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers. — Mitt Romney
There have been many people for whom limitations, failure, loss, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them… — Eckhart Tolle
One of many ways to be useful is to inspire people to forget some rules imposed by society. IMPORTANT rules are dictated by our hearts. — Paulo Coelho
Scientific progress on a broad front results from the free play of free intellects, working on subjects of their own choice, in the manner dictated… — Vannevar Bush
America has not dictated to other nations. We have freed other nations from dictators. — Mitt Romney
The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions.... We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of… — Barry Goldwater
The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a… — Isaac Asimov
This [minimum wage] legislation, passed by the 81st Congress at its first session, is an important addition to the laws we live by. It is… — Harry S. Truman
I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you… — James Salter
Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner… — Andre Breton
It was God who dictated what man should believe and do, leaving man the freedom to accept or scoff, to obey or disregard. — Israel Shenker
Prayer is always acceptable to God when dictated by the heart, for the intention is everything in his sight; and the prayer of the heart… — Allan Kardec
Let a person only approach his or her own self with a deep respect, even reverence for all that the creative soul, the God-mystery within… — D. H. Lawrence

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