Imposed Quotes

410 quotes by 355 authors

The cross is not only imposed upon the saints as their burden, but bequeathed unto them as their legacy. It is given unto them as… — Richard Alleine
My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from… — Ahmet Zappa
No logo, and you don't advertise for anyone. I don't believe in imposed luxury. I believe in built luxury. Something you refine with your own… — Lapo Elkann
Mathematics is man's own handiwork, subject only to the limitations imposed by the laws of thought. — Edward Kasner
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. — Bianca Jagger
Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within. — Dawson Trotman
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. — Lord Chesterfield
Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and left freely, rather… — Ernest Gellner
Only when the mind is tranquil-through self-knowledge and not through imposed self-discipline-only then, in that tranquillity, in that silence, can reality come into being. It… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Love is hot a higher power which descends upon mn nor a duty which is imposed upon him; it is his own power by which… — Erich Fromm
Having confidence in a free society is to focus on the process of discovery in the marketplace of values rather than to focus on some… — Ken Schoolland
Try to imagine a system of labor imposed by force that is not a violation of liberty; a transfer of wealth imposed by force that… — Frederic Bastiat
Reduced employment opportunities is one effect of minimum wage legislation. The minimum wage law has imposed incalculable harm on the disadvantaged members of our society.… — Walter E. Williams
We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level with a European… — Margaret Thatcher
It was not until the Abraham Lincoln administration that an income tax was imposed on Americans. Its stated purpose was to finance the war, but… — Walter E. Williams
Mathematics is an activity governed by the same rules imposed upon the symphonies of Beethoven, the paintings of DaVinci, and the poetry of Homer. — Edward Kasner
ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth. — Ambrose Bierce
The entire force of the Conciliar revolt comes from the fact that it has apparently been imposed by the authority of the Church. How many… — John Lane
I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think… — Cate Blanchett
An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows… — Antonio Tabucchi

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