Thrust Upon Quotes

50 quotes by 39 authors

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes. — Martin Buber
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them ... They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly by doing… — John W. Gardner
Some are born to fail. Others have it thrust upon them. — Strother Martin
I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness… — Shaquille O'Neal
I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of… — Bea Arthur
I have long held firm to my suspicion that some people are just evil. In some cases I'll concede it seems as though it is… — Jeremy Kyle
"Civilization" has been thrust upon me since the days of the reservations, and it has not added one whit to my sense of justice, to… — Luther Standing Bear
Any impatient student of mathematics or science or engineering who is irked by having algebraic symbolism thrust upon him should try to get along without… — Eric Temple Bell
Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one. — Pervez Musharraf
Never had there been such an opportunity for the dissemination of knowledgeâ€¦. But the obverse is also true. We can have thrust upon us a… — Howard E. Koch
America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it. — Ernest Gellner
From what deep springs of character our personal philosophies issue, we cannot be sure. In philosophers themselves we seem always able to notice some deep… — William Barrett
Some are born leaders, some achieve leadership, and some have leadership thrust upon them. Which of these are you, or would you rather not bother? — Maurice Flanagan
Before the advent of Hitler or Stalin, who took their power from the German and the Russian people, measures were thrust upon the free legislatures… — Edwin Arthur Hall
I think for most Americans, knowledge of the Islamic world was pretty slight before 9/11, and then it was thrust upon us in one of… — Thomas P. Campbell
At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon… — Olympia Snowe
Is a civilization naturally backward because it is different? Outside of cannibalism, which can be matched in this country, at least, by lynching, there is… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them. — Gary Saul Morson
Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this… — Jon Fishman
This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war thrust… — Francis Spellman

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