Insisted Quotes

180 Insisted quotes by 157 unique authors

In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted… — Robert Wagner
Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to preach hatred and… — Karen Armstrong
The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they… — Edward Albee
There's some that came here never believing they were dead. They insisted all the way that they were alive, it was a mistake, someone would… — Philip Pullman
If [a woman] insisted on becoming an architect, I would try to dissuade her. If then, she was still determined, I would give her my… — Pietro Belluschi
There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted… — Aberjhani
All you need to know about Arafat was that he insisted on wearing a pistol when he addressed the UN General Assembly. And all you… — James Lileks
The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did not love God. I insisted,… — Lucy Larcom
The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern, as… — William H. Seward
When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on… — Jo Nesbo
...Jabotinsky insisted that all energies be expended to force the Congress to join the boycott movement. Nothing less than a 'merciless fight' would be acceptable,… — Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of… — Josiah Warren
Fr. Amphilochios, the geronta or elder on the island of Patmos when I first stayed there, would have been in full agreement. Do you know,… — Kallistos Ware
Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history. — Todd Gitlin
It was my wife that insisted I do 'The Hangover. — Ken Jeong
I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted. — Kristin Kreuk
He was the mightiest of Puritans no less than of philistines who first insisted that beauty is only skin deep. — Louis Kronenberger
When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified-only our… — Jonathan Carroll
Krishna insisted on outer cleanliness and inner cleansing. Clean clothes and clean minds are an ideal combination. — Sathya Sai Baba
But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on. — Vladimir Lenin
In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate the Egyptians' scientific… — James Henry Breasted
Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister insisted… — Mira Bartok
There were times when I asked myself whether I was being principled or simply a coward.... I was wrapped in the cocoon of tennis early… — Arthur Ashe
As somebody who, in my second marriage, insisted on a prenuptial agreement, I can also testify that sometimes it is an act of love to… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a… — Cathy Guisewite

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