Impose Quotes

405 quotes by 345 authors

Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and inhuman… — Mahatma Gandhi
Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with anguish. The real… — Saul Bellow
I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society â€” because once you marry within a… — Bell Hooks
... A CLOCKWORK ORANGE- and I said: 'That's a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?' Then I read a malenky bit… — Anthony Burgess
There would be no one there to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will… — Kate Chopin
What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want and the Constitution… — Thomas Sowell
You shouldnâ€™t act as a spokesperson for someone whoâ€™s trying to impose his will on you. — Elie Wiesel
Time isn't made of anything. It is an abstraction. Just a meaning that we impose upon motion. — Anne Carson
The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by… — Naomi Klein
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
You have to be grateful to existence that it has chosen you to be a passage for a few beautiful children. But you are not… — Rajneesh
A Christian community should do as Jesus did: propose and not impose. Its attraction must lie in the radiance cast by the love of brothers. — Jean Vanier
The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature--: and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others — Confucius
Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose. — Alan Moore
i understand that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. i understood… — John Gardner
I sometimes subscribe to the belief that all historical events occur simultaneously, like a dream in the mind of God. Perhaps it is only man… — James Lee Burke
Now I know there are ways to belong to someone that donâ€™t take anything away. A relationship shouldnâ€™t impose limitsâ€”and if it does, then itâ€™s… — Ann Aguirre
Sorry,â€ she said, â€œI got out as fast as I could, but I had to stay and socialize. Protocol, you know.â€ â€œExplain protocol,â€ Nell said.… — Neal Stephenson
[T]he state should not impose a preferred way of life, but should leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and… — Michael Sandel

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