Obligatory Quotes

39 quotes by 38 authors

Although many, we might even say most, strangers in this world become easily the victim of a fearful hostility, it is possible for men and… — Henri Nouwen
I'm not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year and… — James Spader
At best, the relationship between drama critic and playwright is a pretty twiggy affair. When I'm asked whom I write for, after the obligatory, I… — Lanford Wilson
You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist. — Anton Chekhov
Where there is happiness, there is found pleasure in nonsense. The transformation of experience into its opposite, of the suitable into the unsuitable, the obligatory… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic… — John Cusack
A man's 'original and natural right' to make all contracts that are 'intrinsically obligatory,' and to coerce the fulfillment of them, is one of the… — Lysander Spooner
The mental capacity of a person to make reasonable contracts, is the only criterion, by which to determine his legal capacity to make obligatory contracts.… — Lysander Spooner
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations for… — Umberto Eco
Jenk shook his head as he headed for the rental car counter. He felt his shoulders tightening as he walked away, certain that Izzy wasn't… — Suzanne Brockmann
The minute our correspondence becomes obligatory, there's no point in keeping touch at all. — Megan McCafferty
Tell me about yourself, Miss Russel." I started to give him the obligatory response, first the demurral and then the reluctant flat autobiography, but some… — Laurie R. King
The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world. — Jeffrey Toobin
Ships are obliged to take on harbor or river pilots - who provide specialized local navigation - when they approach a port, but in the… — Rose George
Circumcision is obligatory for Jewish-born males - it must be performed on the eighth day after birth and is only postponed in the case of… — Brad Sherman
If you have a sense that your money is somehow, even indirectly, contributing to a cause that you find morally problematic, then it seems somewhere… — Blake Mycoskie
Even these [obligatory] works should be performed without attachment to the fruits. This is My definite supreme advice, O Arjuna. — Bhagavad Gita
When you DIE, all of the people who acted like you didnt exist unless they wanted/needed something from you will come out of the woodwork… — Jonathan Tees
Wajibun lahus sujud (Obligatory it is to prostrate to Him) — Unknown Author

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