Requests Quotes
116 quotes by 106 authors
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I've always refused requests even from friends to employ a technique I know nothing about.
— Claude Monet
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It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People in the former…
— Kevin Mitnick
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I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I…
— Liz Phair
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In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good…
— Karen Joy Fowler
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If you’re not seeing God move in your life right now, one of two possibilities must be considered. Either your requests are not God’s best…
— Joel Osteen
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all his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil…
— Truman Capote
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Interviewer: Have you ever considered writing nonfiction? Mary Doria Russell: Oh, honey, I did! Let's see...There was "A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Cannibalism at…
— Mary Doria Russell
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Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Inasmuch as I am a spiritual man, I do believe in God - I think that He created an order for the world; I believe…
— Douglas Coupland
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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
— Victor Borge
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer…
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
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I hate requests. They make me feel unhappy. It's like when I take a book out of the library. As soon as I start to…
— Haruki Murakami
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Love makes requests, not demands.
— Gary Chapman
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If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self- interest, you can have practically…
— Napoleon Hill
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The object of our prayers should not be to present a wish list or a series of requests but to secure for ourselves and for…
— David A. Bednar
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When I was first elected to the House in 2006, it was important to me to send a clear message to the people of NY-20:…
— Kirsten Gillibrand
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All coffee shops now have WiFi. Why bring a book when you could be wittily attacking some idiot columnist on Twitter, or responding to your…
— Russell Smith
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I was obsessed with George Orwell for years. I remember going to the town library and having to put in interlibrary loan requests to get…
— Jill Lepore
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When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.
— Kathleen Battle
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I like getting requests from audience members.
— Steve Forbert
Who Wrote These Requests Quotes
106 authors contributed a total of 116 Requests Quotes, led by these top contributors: