Insisting Quotes

103 quotes by 98 authors

Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good… — Chris Christie
Laughter is spiritual health. And laughter is very unburdening. While you laugh, you can put your mind aside very easily. For a man who cannot… — Rajneesh
Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it does a highwayman's… — William Shenstone
Feminism has led the way in demystifying personal relations, forcefully insisting they are political to the core. — Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
I believe it is important to go on insisting that normality is not what we are exposed to. Honestly, among my acquaintances there is no… — Kate Winslet
The faith religious believers have in God is small compared to the faith people put in politicians, knowing how many times they have been disappointed… — Jonathan Sacks
The overwhelming condemnation makes it clear we have made enormous progress in teaching everyone that racism is bad. Where we seem to have dropped the… — Jon Stewart
How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? . . . How… — Andrew Manis
I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If… — Jack Welch
Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat. — S. D Gordon
Proving one's freedom will often mean insisting on the most arbitrary, odd, unrepeatable aspects of one's behavior. — Ermanno Bencivenga
Insisting on living in your past will kill your future. Let it go. — Tony Evans
Hope is different from optimism. Hope is a tough virtue, not a psychological predisposition. Hope insists on taking facts and reason into account and still… — E. J. Dionne
[The Royal Society] is quite simply the voice of science in Britain. It is intellectually rigorous, not afraid to be outspoken on controversial issues such… — Bill Bryson
I believe we lose immortality because we have not conquered our opposition to death; we keep insisting on the primary, rudimentary idea: that the whole… — Adolfo Bioy Casares
The important thing, Jesus is saying (in Matthew 5:33-37), is to tell the truth and keep one's pledges without insisting that a certain form of… — D. A. Carson
Be a man. Discover where you are now, and go on from there, making the best of things. accept your life, and you might survive… — Robin Hobb
In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly. — James Q. Wilson
We tend to suffer from the illusion that we are capable of dying for a belief or theory. What Hagakure is insisting is that even… — Yukio Mishima
Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have a… — Philip Slater

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