#dictates

It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#arises #being #branch #dictates #higher

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#brook #compulsion #dictates #disposed #englishmen

I just sit at the drawing board most of the time. I am used to talking to people. I love going to conventions, getting feedback and talking to people. Some artists don't. Some artists sit at their drawing board because their personality actually dictates that. ↗

— David Lloyd

#am #artists #because #board #conventions

I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really. ↗

— John Mayall

#dictates #goes #i #i write #mood

The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#country #dictates #every #our #policy

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#enviable #enviable position #i #i do #mostly

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. ↗

— Colin Powell

#approach #best #chase #dictates #fads

Fracking is doable if there's full disclosure of all chemicals used. Secondly, science dictates the policy rather than politics. Third, there's collaboration between environmental groups and the natural gas industry. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#chemicals #collaboration #dictates #disclosure #environmental

It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#color #dictates #form #out

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#after #any #anybody #argument #authoritarian