Demand Quotes - Page 20

Memory demands an image.

It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a demand for more danegeld. But they can be curbed. Their very belief in force makes them more susceptible to the deterrent effect of a formidable opposing force.

It is evidently equally foolish to accept probable reasoning from a mathematician and to demand from a rhetorician demonstrative proofs.

Altruism demands that an individual serve others, but doesn’t stipulate whether those others should be one’s family, or the homeless, or society as a whole. Collectivism states that, in politics, society comes first and the individual must obey. Collectivism is the application of the altruist ethics to politics.

You are the only woman who ever answered the demands of my imagination.

I'm not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up.

It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.

I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here.

There is just now a great clamor and demand for "culture;" but it is not so much culture that is needed as discipline.

The sincere artist is usually his own best critic, but continuous and prolonged work on one painting will sometimes dull his judgment... The critic is in demand, but he must be competent.

It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.

In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don't.

And sometimes, if you want the truth, you have to demand it.

Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats.

A broad and joined-up approach is needed if we are to match human demands with the capacity of the planet

When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life almost as deep-seated as the fear of death

Fashion is harder than the film industry. You have to constantly be able to crank out hit after hit after hit on demand and on a very tight calendar. I've come back, I've lost it, I've come back again. It's really as good as your last collection.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and with a willingness to respond to the earth's demands that we cease our industrial assault, that we abandon our inner rage against the conditions of our earthly existence, that we renew our human participation in the grand liturgy of the universe.

There are those who believe that a new modernity demands a new morality. What they fail to consider is the harsh reality that there is no such thing as a new morality. There is only one morality . All else is immorality.

Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced.

Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is.

I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.

The users are not going to be in the position of accepting what's been collected; they're going to be in the position of being able to demand collection.

Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself.