Insistent Quotes

67 quotes by 63 authors

Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects,… — Sara Teasdale
I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best. — Lionel Abel
The presence of the present has become insistent, undeniable, and I dare not look away. — Wendell Berry
Our stories about our own lives are a form of fiction, I began to see and become more insistent as we grow older, even as… — Roger Angell
Sadat provides an important, insistent voice for continued advancement in peace and social justice. — Jehan Sadat
Love is insistent on its own continuation. Every fraction of a second, someone somewhere falls in love, a former enemy becomes a friend, and a… — Marianne Williamson
Fasting deals with the two great barriers to the Holy Spirit that are erected by man's carnal nature. These are the stubborn self-will of the… — Derek Prince
When you die, you know, you hear the insistent pounding that defines all things, whether of matter or energy, since there is nothing in the… — Mark Helprin
Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The continuity… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The intellectual is not defined by professional group and type of occupation. Nor are good upbringing and a good family enough in themselves to produce… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
There is an insistent tendency among serious social scientists to think of any institution which features rhymed and singing commercials, intense and lachrymose voices urging… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise… — Joseph Conrad
I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the… — Bill Bruford
The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you make tax concessions,… — Peter Maxwell Davies
I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a… — Amanda Hocking
Human nature loses its most precious quality when it is robbed of its sense of things beyond, unexplored and yet insistent. — Alfred North Whitehead
The only remarkable thing about Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part II is the insistent manner in which it recalls how much better his original… — Vincent Canby
The fundamentalists are insistent that they know best. It's a dictatorial attitude towards personal morality, which is a modern creation that came about in the… — Steve Coogan
Ignoring fame was my rebellion, in a funny way. I was insistent on being normal and doing normal things. It probably wasn't advisable to go… — Emma Watson
We need limitations and temptations to open our inner selves, dispel our ignorance, tear off disguises, throw down old idols, and destroy false standards. Only… — Helen Keller

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