Insisted Quotes

180 Insisted quotes by 157 unique authors

But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only work at a… — Robin Sloan
Bes had indeed put on his ugly outfit. He climbed onto the roof of the limbo and stood there, legs planted, arms akimbo, like superman-exept… — Rick Riordan
There’s less violence in my world compared to yours,” she insisted. Spade sighed. “No, darling. There are only different reasons for it. — Jeaniene Frost
It's HE-RO," the boy argued. "No," the girl insisted, "it's HER-O. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Vanity, right?" Nash reappeared in the living room with an open bag of potato chips. "I nominate my venerable brother. He likes to play hero,… — Rachel Vincent
But if it was always a point of speculation, where one person insisted it was a certain way and another denied it, how would anyone… — Kiera Cass
The others strapped themselves below - except for Coach Hedge, who insisted on clinging to the forward rail, yelling, "YEAH! Bring it on, Lake! — Rick Riordan
I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low. 'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was… — Veronica Roth
Just as I have insisted on his worth, he has always insisted on my strength, insisted that my capacity is greater than I believe. And… — Veronica Roth
My father was a doctor, but he was what I would call an intellectual - very well-read and very interested in knowledge. He insisted that… — Shirin Neshat
My parents homeschooled my sister and me for many years. Why? Because the local school insisted that I, being three, should go to preschool, and… — Adora Svitak
In the name of feminism, we denied some essential aspects of our authentic selves. While feminism should have been nothing if not a celebration of… — Marianne Williamson
I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also going to musical… — John Cullum
Orthodox theologians insisted that the rest of humankind were only transitory creatures, lost in sin - a view that would support what would become their… — Elaine Pagels
Often, I grow irritated before the first tile has been placed on the Scrabble board. This generally occurs when one of my opponents has insisted… — Craig Brown
When I went to high school, I wanted to be a designer of airplanes. But flunking out of the science high school brought me to… — Unknown Author
There was a three hour differential in performances because the sponsor insisted it be done live for California. You would go on at 8 pm… — Dick York
At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book,… — Jhumpa Lahiri
With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has… — John Bright
Priests, she insisted, could not sin. It was a thing impossible. Everything that they did, and wished, was of course right. She hoped I would… — Maria Monk
So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record… — Jon Secada
My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house. — Vin Diesel
We're kidding on that. One of the things I insisted upon when we went into this project was that we are full partners, going fifty-fifty,… — Robert Asprin
Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't… — Dick York
We certainly could have voted on making the middle-class tax cuts and tax cuts for working families permanent had the Republicans not insisted that the… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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