#insist

In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war. ↗

— Robert M. La Follette

#making #party #peace #preparation #prepared

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word. ↗

— Ford Frick

#insist #last #sarcasm #word

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#boring #content #fool #future #future generations

Instead of raising taxes as some would insist, we need to reduce waste and inefficiency in government. ↗

— Tim Murphy

#inefficiency #insist #instead #need #raising

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. ↗

— Bill Murray

#counting #dance #does #doing #ended

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#early #everyone #given #had #i

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. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#assessment #criterion #insist #instead #largely

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#insist #knowing #limited #men #mere

Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#always #among #armaments #demand #disarmament

I like doing fight scenes. I always have, and I insist on doing as much of that action as they'll let me do. I think that's easy for me. ↗

— Noomi Rapace

#always #doing #easy #fight #i