Request Quotes
307 quotes by 280 authors
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A sign of the times: there are no longer any chairs in the bookshops along the embankments. [Noël] France was the last bookseller who provided…
— Jules de Goncourt
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Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I…
— Louis XIV
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The first of the request prayers in the daily Amidah is a fractal. It replicates in miniature the structure of the Amidah as a whole.
— Jonathan Sacks
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From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
— Pharrell Williams
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Then God came to the woman and said to her, "Why did you not keep the commandment?" as if He wanted to say, "At least…
— Dorotheus of Gaza
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My 2005 calendar we actually did a shoot in Lake Las Vegas. Since I had requests do some swimwear and athletic shots we tried them…
— Natalie Gulbis
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
— Carl Spitteler
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The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.
— David A. Bednar
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Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy. Joy comes from surprise and connection and humanity…
— Seth Godin
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SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to…
— Fritz Sauckel
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The usability tests we have conducted during the last year have shown an increasing reluctance among users to accept innovations in Web design. The prevailing…
— Jakob Nielsen
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I will say yes to every favor, request, suggestion and invitation. I will swear to say yes where once I would say no.
— Danny Wallace
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Treat objections as requests for further information.
— Brian Tracy
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To know God as the sovereign disposer of all good, inviting us to present our requests, and yet not to approach or ask of him,…
— John Calvin
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So at the request of educators I wrote the World Core Curriculum, the product of the United Nations, the meta-organism of human and planetary evolution.
— Robert Muller
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The quotes are often poignant or funny (one man before the firing squad requests a bulletproof vest) and often don't register as much more than…
— Jonathan Messinger
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A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the…
— Benjamin Franklin
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If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you have already received, instead of requests for what you do…
— Napoleon Hill
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Your requests change history because your prayers change God!
— Max Lucado
Who Wrote These Request Quotes
280 authors contributed a total of 307 Request Quotes, led by these top contributors: