Quotes of Mandatory - somelinesforyou

“ Poetry is indispensable — if I only knew what for. ”

- Jean Cocteau

“ Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required. ”

- Bible

“ The Palestinian Authority managed to prevent any confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis as the settlers were leaving and this is an indication that the police can do their job. ”

- Mahmoud Abbas

“ Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self. ”

- Blum Ralph

“ Whenever he was required to use his reason he felt like someone who had always used his right hand but was now required to do something with his left. ”

- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

“ Only useless things are indispensable. ”

- Francis Picabia

“ For of those to whom much is given, much is required. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Pleasure is not required for happiness. ”

- Saint Thomas Aquinas

“ Democracy is indispensable to socialism. ”

- Vladimir Lenin

“ I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say. ”

- Jean Cocteau

“ I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15. ”

- Victoria Adams

“ There is no such thing as accidental failure. All failure is at least half imposed. ”

- Unknown

“ There are situations in which torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory. ”

- Michael Levin

“ Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required. ”

- The Holy Bible

“ I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does. ”

- Eddie Murphy

“ Do anything, even the impossible; it may only take a little longer when a miracle is required. ”

- Unknown

“ Do anything, even the impossible; it may only take a little longer when a miracle is required. ”

- Unknown

“ All limits are self imposed. ”

- Unknown

“ Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. ”

- Kin Hubbard

“ While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things. ”

- St. Francis De Sales

“ Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. ”

- John Kenneth Galbraith

“ Getting to the top is optional, but getting down is mandatory. A lot of people get focused on the summit and forget that. ”

- Ed Viesturs

“ The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything. ”

- Bill Lee

“ There is a continuing, mandatory need for heresy in its most profound sense; for freedom to choose and follow truth wherever it leads. ”

- William Edelen

“ How long can you broadcast on radio? Is there a mandatory retirement age? Can you go on forever? ”

- Tucker Carlson

“ Binding ties are imposed not from above (by fiat of God) but from ahead. The radiant future stretches forth its arms toward us, and binds us to be willing servants to its work, willingly to accept those limitations of the individual will which are indispensable in the service of a far-off cause, a service which at the same time disciplines and ennobles the individual himself… ”

- Felix Adler

“ We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem. ”

- Yasser Arafat

“ There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind… ”

- Jan Ashford

“ We call upon him (Arafat) to be responsible for the destiny of the Palestinians because if the Palestinians will be divided, time and time again, into different armed groups, they will be able to do nothing really. ”

- Shimon Peres

“ We call on the Palestinians to begin to take immediate and decisive action to eradicate the infrastructure of terrorism and violence that has wrought such tragic bloodshed for both Palestinians and Israelis and has undermined Palestinian aspirations. ”

- Colin Powell
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