Insisted Quotes

180 Insisted quotes by 157 unique authors

The transition state of manners and language cannot be too often insisted upon: for this affected the process at both ends, giving the artist in… — George Saintsbury
And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies.… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi
My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing. — James MacArthur
Looking back at the worst times, it always seems that they were times in which there were people who believed with absolute faith and absolute… — Richard P. Feynman
My mother insisted that her children read. — Jimmy Buffett
We may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be amply insisted on,… — David Hume
The body's habituation to walking as normal stems from the good olddays. It was the bourgeois form of locomotion: physicaldemythologization, free of the spell of… — Theodor Adorno
Be kindly and just in your dealings with your men. Never play favorites. Make them feel that justice tempered with mercy may always be counted… — John A. Lejeune
I scrambled to the top of the precipice where Nick was waiting. "That was fun," I said. "You bet it was," said Nick. "Let's climb… — Jack Handey
Because we weren't having success finding a CEO, our investors insisted that we hire these managers a temporary CEO and CFO. That didn't go great. — Unknown Author
I wrote Freak the Mighty because Max, the mighty half of Freak the Mighty, insisted and he's bigger than I am. — Rodman Philbrick
If you are to use Alexander Graham Bell’s product, which is to say the blower, you should, in all courtesy, use it as he would… — Mark Forsyth
Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex. — Barbara Tuchman
Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would… — Ludwig Quidde
My parents insisted that we should always be respectful, never forget where we come from and that we are part of the challenges facing our… — Patrice Motsepe
As a kid I had a dream - I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the… — John Lennon
It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and… — Lionel Trilling
But there's a fourth interpretation: Obama can't leave his comfort zone. No president since Woodrow Wilson has been as enamored of abstract ideas or more… — Jonah Goldberg
WASHINGTON - Ever since President Obama ordered American warplanes to begin bombing terrorist targets in Iraq and Syria last year, members of Congress have insisted… — Peter Baker
Fact is, the work place to a great extent is "where we live." We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new… — Tom Peters
He [Zampano] probably would of insisted on corrections and edits, he was his own harshest critic, but I've come to believe errors, especially written errors,… — Mark Z. Danielewski
The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference,… — Seth Godin
Since humans first huddled around campfires, stories have been told of wild horses with wind in their manes, fire in their eyes and freedom in… — Terri Farley
My wife and I met when each of us was dragged to a party we didn't want to go to by friends. I was coming… — Michael Chiklis
I didn't know it at the time, but Hitch didn't want to talk to me - he hated meeting with people he might have to… — Joseph Stefano

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