Demand Quotes
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Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions. And that's what we have to change first. We have to change our politics, and come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans.
Barack Obama -
Art demands constant observation.
Vincent Van Gogh
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I certainly am not alone in the world with this demand; I am in the best of company. Let it be said that no self-respecting people and no responsible government would be able to think or much less act differently in such a case. The world has already seen a great many wars lost in the past.
Adolf Hitler -
The arrogant elimination of the Djaouts of our world must nerve us to pursue our own combative doctrine, namely: that peaceful cohabitation on this planet demands that while the upholders of any creed are free to adopt their own existential absolutes, the right of others to do the same is thereby rendered implicit and sacrosanct. Thus the creed of inquiry, of knowledge and exchange of ideas, must be upheld as an absolute, as ancient and eternal as any other.
Wole Soyinka -
The supply of government exceeds demand.
Lewis H. Lapham -
It is true of course, that I have a will of iron, but it can be switched off if the circumstances seem to demand it.
P. G. Wodehouse -
Sistani's office refuses the replacement of the law which excludes former Baath Party members from returning to public life because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.
Ali al-Sistani -
If you would not confront your neighbor and demand his money at the point of a gun to solve every new problem that may appear in your life, you should not allow the government to do it for you.
William E. Simon
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Today's complexities demand greater simplicity.
L. Tom Perry -
The universe contains vastly more order than Earth-life could ever demand. All those distant galaxies, irrelevant for our existence, seem as equally well ordered as our own.
Paul Davies -
[Pragmatism's] only test of probable truth is what works best in the way of leading us, what fits every part of life best and combines with the collectivity of experience's demands, nothing being omitted.
William James -
Following an extended boom in housing, the demand for homes began to weaken in mid-2005. By the middle of 2006, sales of both new and existing homes had fallen about 15 percent below their peak levels. Homebuilders responded to the fall in demand by sharply curtailing construction.
Ben Bernanke -
The laws of supply and demand drive up the price, inevitably, over time. But solar and wind are abundant and renewable resources.
Van Jones -
men demand everything and are not satisfied until sex blinds them into thinking they have got it.
Katharine Fullerton Gerould
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Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.
Cary Grant -
Know what your'e worth and demand three times that.
Trixie Mattel -
To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences is to invite the sterility of a cow shut away from the bulls.
Pafnuty Chebyshev -
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
Soren Kierkegaard -
We will ensure that nobody is above the law and demand an end to the instability and armed chaos.
Said Seyam -
Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant.
Paul Auster
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The worst thing you can do to anybody trying to be creative is to demand participation in their vision.
Chuck Klosterman -
There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is not the lack of supply. There's enough supply.
Barack Obama -
I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.
Jill Scott -
Those who are unprepared to demonstrate tolerance cannot expect or even demand tolerance for themselves.
Walter Kasper