Imposed Quotes

410 quotes by 354 authors

A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphereThe ideas of a time are… — Wyndham Lewis
I'll impose upon you the same arrogance that was imposed on me, and on my mother, my grandmother, my grandmother's mother: all the way back… — Oriana Fallaci
Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally… — James E. Faust
There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting. — Van Day Truex
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if… — Immanuel Kant
Creativity is the ability to identify self-imposed constraints, remove them, and explore the consequences of their removal. — Russell L. Ackoff
We have abolished human bondage because it cursed those who imposed it. It is now our bounden duty to oppose cruelty to those creatures of… — S. Parkes Cadman
Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take on mind-boggling challenges.… — Marshall Ulrich
A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every manâ€™s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every manâ€™s… — Richard E. Byrd
Soaring prescription drug costs have placed a tremendous strain on family budgets. They have also imposed a heavy burden on employers - both public and… — Susan Collins
It's not good to live so much inside oneself. It's a self-imposed exile, really. It makes you different. — Nancy Horan
I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it. — Elaine de Kooning
We resist mindlessness of any kind. Again, drugs, like television, are fine for other people. The more enslaved they are, the easier it is for… — Blanche Barton
Iâ€™ve always been a sort of self-imposed outsider, not a geeky outsider or a snobby outsider but, I just have a natural desire to live… — Sara Quin
The fact of the matter is, we really and truly need each other. Women naturally seek friendship, support, and companionship. We have so much to… — Bonnie L. Oscarson
Intelligent men do not decide any subject until they have carefully examined both or all sides of it. Fools, cowards, and those too lazy to… — James Hervey
The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. We can, and should, engage in it to the extent we can and encourage others to… — Noam Chomsky
The inner censor of the mind of the true believer completes the work of the public censor; his self-discipline is as tyrannical as the obedience… — Arthur Koestler
Capacity building originally meant helping people to help themselves. Now it means required training to deliver imposed policies. — Andy Hargreaves

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