#demand

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

#become #block #building #building block #constantly

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#any #art #command #course #demand

Women have to be very vigilant, and demand the very best in public schools, health care and pay, those things that men and women of this state value are at risk. ↗

— Bev Perdue

#care #demand #health #health care #men

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#been #death #demand #human #i

But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated. ↗

— Roger Sessions

#being #communicated #communication #concentration #demands

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. ↗

— Brendan Francis

#demand #engagements #go #immediate #inspirations

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.' ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#demanding #evidence #ketchup #like #makes

Our age is before all things a practical one. It demands of us all clear and tangible results of our work. ↗

— Theodor Svedberg

#all things #before #clear #demands #our

It's impossible to translate Wall Street greed into one or two demands. ↗

— Cornel West

#greed #impossible #into #street #translate

By continually pushing the message that we have the right to gratification now, consumerism at its most expansive encouraged a demand for fulfillment that could not so easily be contained by products. ↗

— Ellen Willis

#contained #continually #could #demand #easily