Impose Quotes

405 Impose quotes by 345 unique authors

He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you. — William Blake
I was definitely looking for a reason to impose rules in the story during the writing process... a set of reasons that you could graph… — Jonathan Nolan
Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change your character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose it. — Alexander Shulgin
I have to really think hard about how to structure sentences, and do more mapping when I sit down to write, so it does impose… — Daniel Alarcon
The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose on others. — Anais Nin
One of the most important things as a writing instructor is to provide a lot of different entry points to subjects. To not impose your… — Jeff VanderMeer
The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese. — Charles de Gaulle
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. — Confucius
For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a concrete form of lived experience. — Rachel Cusk
It is well known that I am pro-life... but I would not seek to impose my views on the Canadian people. — Stockwell Day
We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure. — Shirin Ebadi
The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my… — Oriana Fallaci
The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan. — Chuck Hagel
I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her… — Salma Hayek
No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one. — Ernest Hemingway
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. — Eric Hoffer
Never impose your language on people you wish to reach. — Abbie Hoffman
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant,… — Simon Hoggart
A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much. — Anthony Hopkins
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to… — Edward Hopper
Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name… — Jesse Jackson
Liberals always exempt themselves from the rules that they impose on others. — Rush Limbaugh
Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It… — Rush Limbaugh

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