Insists Quotes

173 Insists quotes by 147 unique authors

For the Palestinians, efforts to delegitimize Israel will end in failure. . . Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if Hamas insists on… — Barack Obama
President Obama insists hes a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works. — Fred Barnes
The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyze the struggle between the different… — Salman Rushdie
Believe in no other God than the one who insists on justice and equality among men. — George Sand
Sometimes we and the members of Coldplay have an orgy together, (Martin) insists we don't invite any women, but I always invite a few. Usually… — Thom Yorke
In the dream life you don't deliberately set out to dream about a house night after night; the dream itself insists you look at whatever… — Jane Hirshfield
Any first-order, substantive normative theory worth its salt will require attention to the mental states of agents in a variety of quite complex ways. But… — Unknown Author
It must be that there is something in the hearts of human beings, some natural fluid perhaps, that insists on happiness, even confronted with the… — Ben H. Winters
Through the last few decades it [the art object] has been ripped off the wall and twisted through every conceivable permutation, yet back to the… — Unknown Author
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
Psychologism is, I believe, correct only in so far as it insists upon what may be called 'methodological individualism' as opposed to 'methodological collectivism'; it… — Karl Popper
You're trying to fight gravity on a planet that insists that love is like falling, and falling is like this. — Ani DiFranco
Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and… — Woodrow Wilson
The question may seem embarrassing, but it can be answered in a few words. For two people to live in peace they must both want… — Errico Malatesta
The best in art and life comes from a center - something urgent and powerful, an idea or emotion that insists on its being. From… — Roger Rosenblatt
To despair over one's sins indicates that sin has become or wants to be internally consistent. It wants nothing to do with the good, does… — Soren Kierkegaard
We crave a world of either/or, but the Dream says, Both/and. We build a wall between our social persona and our inner selves; the Dream… — Marc Ian Barasch
If you want a significant man, with absolutes, morality, and meaning, then you must have what the Bible insists upon - that God will judge… — Francis Schaeffer
If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better… — G. Gordon Liddy
A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things… — William Feather
Man spends a great deal of time making order out of chaos, yet insists that the emotions be disordered. I order my emotions: I am… — Nathanael West
The conspiracy community regularly seizes on one slip of the tongue, misunderstanding, or slight discrepancy to defeat twenty pieces of solid evidence; accepts one witness… — Vincent Bugliosi
If anyone stumbles then he must repent. If anyone errs then he must repent. And no one must insist on (the path of) destruction. If… — Uthman ibn Affan
The media insists on taking what someone didn't mean to say as being far closer to the truth than what they did. — Alain de Botton
The one who insists on never uttering an error must remain silent. — Werner Heisenberg

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