Quotes having the keyword Insist
Instead of raising taxes as some would insist, we need to reduce waste and inefficiency in government.
by Tim Murphy (Politician, Canadian , born in 1952) keywords: government, inefficiency, insist, instead, need, raising, reduce, some, taxes, waste , would All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.
by Bill Murray (Actor, American , born in 1950) keywords: business, counting, dance, does, doing, ended, five, four, insist, kids, mom, nun, show, sister, tried, up , us I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.
by Howard Nemerov (Poet, American , born in 1920) keywords: always, argument, coherent, follow, hope, insist, making, narrative, reader , sense If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
by John Henry Newman (Clergyman, British , born in 1801) keywords: along, being, conceivable, content, creep, ground, insist, must, never, soar , sure Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality.
by John Charles Polanyi (Scientist, Canadian , born in 1929) keywords: applying, assessment, criterion, insist, instead, largely, lend, our, ourselves, quality, routinely, scientists, sham, should, socio-economic, though , worth Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
by Ezra Pound (Poet, American , born in 1885) topics: Education keywords: education, insist, knowing, limited, men, mere, must, real, rest , ultimately The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
by Terry Pratchett (Author, English , born in 1948) keywords: along, coming, course, having, insist, mind, open, put, things, trouble, trying , will We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.
by Ludwig Quidde (Critic, German , born in 1858) keywords: armaments, ceased, curtailment, danger, grave, insist, pacifists, point , their No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
by Franklin D. Roosevelt (President, American , born in 1882) keywords: ahead, class, consciousness, destinies, general, government, help, insist, putting, sectional , weal When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.
by Tommy Shaw (Musician, American , born in 1953) keywords: attorney, certain, competent, insist, label, protected, rights, sign, upon, will , your Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany.
by Gustav Stresemann (Politician, German , born in 1878) keywords: british, despite, england, faults, germans, germany, greatness, helped, her, insist, just, loves, must, old, part, present-day, recognize, shape, subject , were I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.
by Alfredo Stroessner (Statesman, Paraguayan , born in 1912) keywords: complete, country, exercised, fully, had, independence, insist, judiciary, justice, order, power, resident, status , think Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.
by Mother Teresa (Leader , born in 1910) keywords: come, first, funds, given, god, insist, kindness, kingdom, love, money, more, peace, raising, rest, seek, understanding, us , will I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can.
by Benjamin Tucker (Activist, American , born in 1854) keywords: forbids, human, insist, invaded, invader, life, nothing, principle, protect, sacred, society, themselves, valid, way , whatever I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted.
by Christy Turlington (Model, American , born in 1969) keywords: children, insist, living, never, nothing, shifted, then, though, understand , why It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served.
by Diane Watson (Politician, American , born in 1933) keywords: actions, activities, constituency, deeds, duty, government, insist, interests, nation, our, over, primarily, served, ultimately, watch, well , words Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.
by August Wilson (Playwright, American , born in 1945) keywords: attitude, away, forget, history, insist, itself, jazz, music, our, plays, should, struggling, toss , trouble If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: benefits, between, cannot, country, fighting, gratify, insist, instinct, our, probably, procure, protect, rationally, sex, share, shared, understood, upon, us, where, which , will
