Imposed Upon Quotes

72 Imposed Upon quotes by 63 unique authors

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
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
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 power of theocrasy or exercise of government rule over the masses by a hierarchy of priests or adepts rested on its dual system of… — Edith Starr Miller
There are cases where the slave does not know his servitude and where it is necessary to bring the seed of his liberation to him… — Simone de Beauvoir
The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath of… — Joseph Story
We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order… — Major Owens
Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas imposed upon them… — Dick Morris
Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the title… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation. — Edith Wharton
A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed… — Confucius
Modern American literature was born in protest, born in rebellion, born out of the sense of loss and indirection which was imposed upon the new… — Alfred Kazin
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all. — Edward Sapir
Knowledge is also borrowed. It is not a flower that grows in your soul, it is something plastic that has been imposed upon you. — Rajneesh
Religion that is imposed upon its recipients turns out to engender either indifference or resentment. Most American religious leaders have recognized that persuasion is far… — William F. Schulz
A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles of careful modesty… — J. B. Priestley
The feelings of another person should never be imposed upon us as a law. — Caspar David Friedrich
Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon what would otherwise… — Anthony Storr
In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be imposed upon us… — Federica Montseny
Slavery is a condition imposed upon individuals or races not sufficiently able to protect or defend themselves, and so long as a race or people… — Marcus Garvey
I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties… — Daniel Inouye
I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it,… — Mark Knopfler
There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have allegiance imposed upon… — Lysander Spooner
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people. — Dalton Trumbo
To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else. — David A. Bednar

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