Top 877 Insist Quotes & Sayings

If people insist on living as if there's no tomorrow, there really won't be one.

Nature does not have to insist.

It is generally my thesis then to insist on the importance of imagination in sex, to insist that the practice of sex, as performed among human beings, be accorded the same deliberate and playful application of fancy, imagination and intelligence as any other significant human activity.

You can insist on a different end to the story.

If you insist, how can I resist?

This must be the mission of every man of goodwill: to insist, unflaggingly, at risk of becoming a repetitive bore, but to insist on the achievement of a world in which the mind will have triumphed over violence.

Do not insist that the universe comply with your understanding of it.

The integral sage, the nondual sage, is here to show us otherwise. Known generally as "Tantric," these sages insist on transcending life by living it. They insist on finding release by engagement, finding nirvana in the midst of samsara, finding total liberation by complete immersion.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

No need to continually insist upon your unshakable masculinity.

Workers insist that they are not disgruntled. They are very gruntled.

Sometimes doubting is not a lack of faith, but an expression of it. Sometimes to doubt is to merely insist that God be taken seriously not frivolously, to insist that our faith is placed in and upheld by something other than seeming conjuring tricks.

All my lovers have been geniuses; it's the one thing that I insist.

If there are any souls in hell, it is because that is where they insist on being.

I always insist on my jeans being ironed. Is that a problem?

You know the troubles I've had with my two older children. I can't understand why it turned out so badly. I tried to give them everything. I loved them and tried to keep them near me, even when they didn't return my love. Well, I couldn't make them love me, but they could have shown some respect. I couldn't insist on love, but I could insist on respect.

I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.

I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell the truth about controversial issues. And secondly, we should be sure to encourage our political leaders, after they're elected, to preserve the peace.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

The devil! what beastly things our memories insist on cherishing!

I get a lot of letters from women who insist that 'Fight Club' is not just a guy thing. They insist that women have the same rage and need the same outlet.

It is a kind of self-projection of our sins when we insist on other people becoming good. In reality, we wish to become good, but because we are unable to, we demand it of others and insist on this.

[D]on’t cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go. . . . Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of others as well. (90)

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

I have enough energy to insist on saying what I think.

It is urged that the use of the masculine pronouns he, his, and him in all the constitutions and laws, is proof that only men were meant to be included in their provisions. If you insist on this version of the letter of the law, we shall insist that you be consistent and accept the other horn of the dilemma, which would compel you to exempt women from taxation for the support of the government and from penalties for the violation of laws. There is no she or her or hers in the tax laws, and this is equally true of all the criminal laws.

In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free. I insist that they found the institution of slavery existing here. They did not make it so, but they left it so because they knew of no way to get rid of it at that time.

Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?

The ministers are in duty bound to denounce all intellectual pride, and show that we are never quite so dear to God as when we admit that we are poor, corrupt and idiotic worms; that we never should have been born; that we ought to be damned without the least delay.... The old creed is still taught. They still insist that God is infinitely wise, powerful and good, and that all men are totally depraved. They insist that the best man god ever made, deserved to be damned the moment he was finished.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love.

Why do you insist upon destroying yourself?

I insist upon the view that 'all is waves'.

They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on

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

Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not?

We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction

I insist on group singing of the names of the Lord.

To insist that I am not forgiven is a kind of inverse arrogance.

Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.

When my mother was around, she would insist on celebrating my birthdays.

But it is certainly not possible to insist on one hand that the formalism is complete and to insist on the other hand that its application to 'the actual' actually demands a step which cannot be derived from it.

Ultimately, to insist that rock criticism be political is first to insist that the humans who make and enjoy music are embroiled in politics whether they like it or not - and whether they know it or not.

What a funny thing painting is. The abstract painters always insist on their connection with the visible reality, while the so called figurative artists insist that what they really care about, is the abstract qualities of life.

Insist on yourself. Never imitate.

Jews can't serve on juries because they insist they're guilty.

I absolutely insist that all my boys are in bed before breakfast

If the world powers are not prepared to insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least they should insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal expires.

Why do you insist on talking about what does not exist?

I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface.

Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

I'm an unelected adviser. I can't insist on my way.

To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.

I didn't want to be captain, I wanted to have more free time. I didn't want that added pressure at that particular time, but they actually insist, insist, insist, so I said OK. So I thought, just get on with it.

We have seen the civil rights movement insist on re-writing many of the textbooks in our universities and schools. The labor unions likewise insist that textbooks be fair to the viewpoints of organized labor. Other interested citizens groups have not hesitated to review, analyze and criticize textbooks and teaching materials.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

We insist, it seems, on living.

Support charters; insist on change for failing schools.