Obliged Quotes

420 Obliged quotes by 288 unique authors

She looked away. Her attitude seemed to suggest that she had finished with him, and would be obliged if somebody would come and sweep him… — P.G. Wodehouse
I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's… — Nora Roberts
Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge - that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and… — Jane Austen
The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when he did he wore his mother's glasses. They tired his… — Flannery O'Connor
There are no moments more painful for a parent than those in which you contemplate your child's perfect innocence of some imminent pain, misfortune, or… — Michael Chabon
In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work. — Carl Sagan
We are all of us obliged, if we are to make reality endurable, to nurse a few little follies in ourselves. — Marcel Proust
Often in the search for your destiny you will find yourself obliged to change direction — Paulo Coelho
Mother Mary of Anabolic Grace, we got Teras incoming?” He levels angry blue eyes on me. “You’re a hex, lady, dark luck, powerful bad juju,… — Ann Aguirre
But just as he knew the sun was obliged to rise each morning in the east, no matter how much a western arisal might have… — William Goldman
I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding — Beatrix Potter
There are persons whom in my heart I despise, others I abhor. Yet I am not obliged to inform the one of my contempt, nor… — John Adams
She wanted to be herself again, to recover all that she had been obliged to give up in half a century of servitude that had… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He was obliged however to throw over Christianity. Those who base their conduct upon what they are rather than upon what they ought to be,… — E. M. Forster
But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!" said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character. "And if you… — Trenton Lee Stewart
For a man who finds life tolerable only by staying on the surface of himself, it is natural to be satisfied with offering no more… — Paul Auster
In order to arouse sympathy, the aristocracy was obliged to lose sight, apparently, of its own interests, and to formulate its indictment against the bourgeoisie… — Karl Marx
At that time, he was satisfying a sensual curiosity by experiencing the pleasures of people who live for love. He had believed he could stop… — Marcel Proust
People fidget. They are compelled to look engaged in an activity, or purposeful. Vampires can just occupy space without feeling obliged to justify it. — Charlaine Harris
No, it's not that they're bad. It's that they're obliged to pretend they're good. They've been brought up to deceive and be cunning, to protect… — Carlos Fuentes
THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her. Depart, before… — Emily Dickinson
The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our… — Andre Gide
She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry. — Jane Austen
But he found that a traveller's life is one that includes much pain amidst its enjoyments. His feelings are for ever on the stretch; and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Some philosophers can't bear to say simple things, like "Suppose a dog bites a man." They feel obliged instead to say, "Suppose a dog d… — Daniel Dennett

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