(188 quotes found)
“Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.”
David Bohm
“If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?”
Will Rogers
“Who is a hero? He who conquers his urges”
The Talmud
“A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, ''At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.”
Claude Pepper
“We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what they teach. We urge that the preachers teach the truth, to teach our people the one important guiding rule of conduct - unity of purpose.”
Malcolm X
“The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.”
Doug Larson
“After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is a great urge to backpack in the woods and build a fire.”
Charles Krauthammer
“Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best.”
Robertson Davies
“Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained.”
Roger Williams
“It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.”
George Santayana
