Require Quotes

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Useful undertakings which require sustained attention and vigorous precision in order to succeed often end up by being abandoned, for, in America, as elsewhere, the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
To a degree which is difficult to determine, the esoteric impulse in twentieth-century music, literature and the arts reflects calculation. It looks to the flattery… — George Steiner
All musical talent is absent in me, to the point of being unable to play board games that require you to hum a tune while… — Jeff VanderMeer
There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless… — Pope Francis
Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers. — Brian Greene
Rescuing women from their burden of unwarranted guilt is going to require 'educational practices and socializing agents' even more effective than the ones that have… — Germaine Greer
It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions. — Barry Commoner
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote… — Charles Caleb Colton
The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to… — John Cornyn
It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give… — Quentin Crisp
A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man. — Catherine Deneuve
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs. — Charles Dickens
For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh'… — Sylvia Earle
I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence. — Roger Ebert
The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers. — Umberto Eco
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive. — Albert Einstein
I live in New York City, so there's so much stimulation when you walk outside, it does not require a television in the home. — Jesse Eisenberg
I guess the more serious you play something, if the context is funny, then it will be funny and it doesn't really require you to… — Jesse Eisenberg
Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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