I Insist Quotes
56 quotes by 48 authors
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
— James A. Baldwin
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I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they…
— Orlando Bloom
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I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I…
— Maya Angelou
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They mention that it's a nonstop flight. Well, I must say I don't care for that sort of thing. Call me old fashioned, but I…
— George Carlin
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In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free.…
— Abraham Lincoln
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But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which…
— John Calvin
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I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.
— Warren Buffett
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I insist on keeping a level head. I've maintained the same exact home life that I’ve had for 20 years. All I see is more…
— Leonardo DiCaprio
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I ask a million questions, and I insist on having answers. I think that is what we have to do. I have to know what…
— Mads Mikkelsen
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I like doing fight scenes. I always have, and I insist on doing as much of that action as they'll let me do. I think…
— Noomi Rapace
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I know I'm 38 but I insist that santa claus exists and he raped my mother when I was 9.
— Thom Yorke
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I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.…
— James A. Baldwin
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All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose;…
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks.
— Hunter S. Thompson
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I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played…
— Michel Legrand
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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're supposed to see "universal" love as heterosexual. What I insist upon in my work is that there is no such thing as universal love…
— Audre Lorde
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I insist that men shall have the right to work out their lives in their own way, always allowing to others the right to work…
— Giuseppe Garibaldi
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They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on
— Richard Armour
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I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple.
— Anne Tyler
Who Wrote These I Insist Quotes
48 authors contributed a total of 56 I Insist Quotes, led by these top contributors: