Insisting Quotes

103 quotes by 97 authors

But can we please stop insisting that if low-wage workers earn a little bit more, unemployment will skyrocket and the economy will collapse? There is… — Nick Hanauer
It is not the practice, now will I allow subversives to get away by insisting that Iâ€™ve got to prove everything against them in a… — Lee Kuan Yew
Most actors make themselves unhappy by searching for their sanity, by insisting on their normalcy; it's a grave mistake. — Michael Shurtleff
I don't believe in hitting a bad shot and then insisting it's no big deal. No, you just messed up, so react. I'm not saying… — Camilo Villegas
Students of popular science... are always insisting that Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism. This is generally believed, and I believed it… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Hammond is insisting SG-1 needs a sociopolitical nerd to offset our overwhelming coolness. — Jack O'Neill
For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready… — Margaret J. Wheatley
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
Creativity can replace conformity as the primary mode of social being. . . . We can cling to that which is passing, or has already… — Stephen Nachmanovitch
What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a… — Erica Jong
By not having sex before marriage, you are insisting on your right to take these things seriously, when many around you do not seem to.… — Wendy Shalit
A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm… — Henri Matisse
So I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting… — Brian Eno
It is clear that we must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its own way, establishing… — Rainer Maria Rilke
In a true partnership, the kind worth striving for, the kind worth insisting on, and even, frankly, worth divorcing over, both people try to give… — Amy Bloom
But when I say it isn't meant for anyone's eyes, I don't mean it in the sense of one of those novel manuscripts people keep… — Katharine Weber
To the extent that we honor all aspects of ourselves, we remove revulsion, self-hate, horror, and terror from our lives. As whole human beings we… — Theodore Isaac Rubin
My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be as near me as could… — Fritz Kreisler
Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform or even maintain civilization, and capable too… — Rebecca West
In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the… — Terry Eagleton

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