Obliged Quotes

420 Obliged quotes by 288 unique authors

To be a man, to have been born without knowing it or wanting it, to be thrown into the ocean of existence, to be obliged… — Ivo Andric
And donâ€™t you say that it is very kind and obliging of him, sir, like Jessamy, because if you donâ€™t like a person, you donâ€™t… — Georgette Heyer
He felt all the torment of his and her position, all the difficulties they were surrounded by in consequence of their station in life, which… — Leo Tolstoy
There aren't many such enthusiasts born. The average person is not especially curious about the world. He is alive, and being somehow obliged to deal… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Make them free, and they will quickly become wise and virtous, as men become more so; for the improvement must be mutual, or the injustice… — Mary Wollstonecraft
I hate Technicolor. Everybody in a Technicolor movie seems to feel obliged to wear a lurid costume in each new scene and to stand around… — Sylvia Plath
It's Russell Montgomery the Third, actually," said Rusty, still grinning. "But I'd be obliged if you keep that bit of information to yourself." "I don't… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high… — Samuel Johnson
Every period of life is obliged to borrow its happiness from time to come. — Samuel Johnson
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego… — Galileo Galilei
Dancing is, in itself, a very trifling and silly thing: but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes… — Lord Chesterfield
It is...idle to pretend, as many do, that there is no contradiction between religion and science. Science contradicts religion as surely as Judaism contradicts Islam-they… — Bryan Appleyard
We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to "like" one another. — Thomas Merton
May those who enjoy the faithful ministry of the Word feel exceedingly thankful for it. There are few blessings on Earth greater for a believer;… — George Muller
We owe each other a debt and we owe each other an obligation, and because of these fundamental American imperatives, there are things that we… — Charlie Pierce
I want to have different Ferraris for different Ferraristi. We have a lot of parallel activities that can increase revenues without being obliged to produce… — Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
I never resorted to the spitter until I was obliged to. I nearly ruined my arm throwing curves. — Unknown Author
The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium the Chinese state has not… — Martin Jacques
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
The development of quantum mechanics early in the twentieth century obliged physicists to change radically the concepts they used to describe the world. — Alain Aspect

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