I Demand Quotes
45 quotes by 42 authors
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I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will…
— Louis Aragon
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I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
— Nina Simone
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I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action…
— Napoleon Hill
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Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have got them in…
— Subhas Chandra Bose
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I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect.
— Julius Erving
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I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I…
— Carl Linnaeus
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All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance…
— William Wells Brown
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My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I…
— Helen Keller
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I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.
— William Hurt
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Goat face is a horrible insult. My face is practically perfect in every way. In fact, from now on I demand to be called Beautiful…
— Daniel Bryan
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I demand a lot of myself. I want to learn. I can't sit back. I like a challenge, so I create a lot of challenges…
— Tom Cruise
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I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable...
— Louis Aragon
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I demand the best. Sleep is forbidden. If you work for me, you have to roll how I roll. Im not really human. Im like…
— Puff Daddy
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In order that our art may arrive at the degree of the sublime which I demand and hope for, it is imperative for dancers to…
— Jean-Georges Noverre
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I demand the independence of woman, her right to support herself; to live for herself; to love whomever she pleases, or as many as she…
— Emma Goldman
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In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents.
— Beryl Markham
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I want hard stories, I demand them from myself. Hard stories are worth the difficulty. It seems to me the only way I have forgiven…
— Dorothy Allison
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Black Power simply means: Look at me, I'm here. I have dignity. I have pride. I have roots. I insist, I demand that I participate…
— Whitney M. Young
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We are here to love, not to judge. I'd been blaming and raging. I certainly wasn't loving my daughter that afternoon as God loves me.…
— Susan L. Taylor
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This is what I think art is and what I demand of it: that it pull everyone in, that it show one person another's most…
— Felix Mendelssohn
Who Wrote These I Demand Quotes
42 authors contributed a total of 45 I Demand Quotes, led by these top contributors: