#insists

I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever considered me for in the '80s. I never objected to that because I love doing comedy, and I'm not the kind of actor that insists that unless you're doing a serious dramatic role, you're not acting. ↗

— Curtis Armstrong

#actor #as far as #because #comedy #considered

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#differs #good #good breeding #gracefully #high

If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture. ↗

— Brian Eno

#believe #big #decide #forget #hurdle

I've never met or spoken to David Lee Roth, yet it's rather ironic that even he's saying Eddie's lying about things. I'm saying he's not telling the truth, yet Eddie insists that the two of us are lying! You be the judge. ↗

— Sammy Hagar

#david #eddie #even #i #insists

The Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#case #escape #hard #insists #poverty

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

Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept. ↗

— Nan Hayworth

#afford #cannot #care #doctors #insists

My girlfriend is much better than I am at working hard then resting, and she demands that from me, too. She insists on having time when we don't do anything. We leave the housework and watch a movie. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#anything #better #demands #girlfriend #hard

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

#always #cookie #does #everybody #insists

A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn't but still insists on running interferes with the paying customers. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#customers #enter #event #fundamental #insists