Urging Quotes

78 quotes by 76 authors

Most of us are searching-consciously or unconsciously- for a degree of internal balance and harmony between ourselves and the outside world, and if we happen… — Walter Murch
Advertising has always been the Peck's Bad Boy of American business urging us to buy things we probably don't need and often can't afford. — Andrew Hacker
I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or… — Randy Newman
I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals. — Paul Fussell
The White House is now urging Americans not to 'read too much' into last week's jobs report. In fact, they said it would be best… — Jay Leno
To have a breakthrough, you must consciously connect with the invisible forces that are everywhere around you, urging you to go beyond your old conditioning. — Deepak Chopra
It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic… — Elihu Root
The trees called to me, urging me to abandon what I knew and vanish into the oncoming night. It was a desire that had been… — Maggie Stiefvater
Any man who criticizes my suicide and passes judgment on me with an expression of superiority, declaring (without offering the least help) that I should… — Osamu Dazai
You need to be in a church where the pastors are urging you, not so much to listen to what they say as to turn… — Alistair Begg
On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are… — Van Jones
Laissez Faire, laissez passer. Let it be, let it pass. The phrase is not readily translatable. It was widely used by the Physiocrats in urging… — Francois Quesnay
Night was falling. Birds were singing. Birds were, it occurred to me to say, enacting a frantic celebration of day's end. They were manifesting as… — George Saunders
Our music, whose eternal being is forever bound up in its temporal sounds, is not merely an art, enriching beyond measure our cultural life, but… — Bruno Walter
My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large group of beings:… — Peter Singer
There is an insistent tendency among serious social scientists to think of any institution which features rhymed and singing commercials, intense and lachrymose voices urging… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The Citizen's Petition reflects Vermont's spirit of pragmatism and across-the-board cooperation. I applaud the 'Campaign to Fix the Debt' for calling attention to one of… — Peter Welch
I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution. — Emmeline Pankhurst
You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This… — Paul Keating
Most people get overwhelmed by the insignificant decisions of their lives. I'm urging people to minimize the time spent on these when they're not critical… — Robert Pozen

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