“I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have come out with signs saying, "Please give us better roads. Please give us new prenatal clinics. Please give us a new sewage system." I'm sure they'd like those things, but it's not what they demand in the demonstrations. In the demonstrations, they talk about justice, they talk about an end to Israeli occupation.” PeopleGivingEndsJusticeStreetsPleaseDemandWestOccupationPakistanIsraeliDemonstrationGazaClinicSewageSaying PleaseIsraeli OccupationSign Sayings Author:Robert Fisk
“What Republicans have actually put on the table is almost nothing. All of the rest is just big talk. So how is the president supposed to negotiate with people who say, 'Here's my demands. By the way, I can't give you any specifics. Just make me happy'?” PeopleWayGivingI CanBigsPresidentRepublicanDemandTablesMake Me HappySpecifics Author:Paul Krugman
“It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.” PeopleIfsHumansAsksDemandEquine Author:Viggo Mortensen
“North Korea is making several demands in exchange for giving up their nuclear program, including a promise from America not to attack them. Which is a little strange because for us to attack them we would have to have slam dunk proof that they have weapons of mass destruction. I mean, for Gods sakes people, we're not maniacs. It would have to be an air-tight case. We wouldn't just come in there and start bombing you.” PeopleGivingMeanLittlesAmericaCasesAirStrangePromiseDemandGiving UpWeaponsMassProgramDestructionIncludingSakeProofNuclearKoreaNorth KoreaWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionBombingSlamManiacsSlam Dunk Author:Jon Stewart
“And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.” PeopleGrowsDemandDawnHeight Author:Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
“When I was writing the memoir, every page was a battle with myself because I knew I had to tell the truth. That's what the memoir form demands. I also had to figure out how much of the truth do I tell, how do I make the truth as balanced as I possibly can? How do I make these people as complicated and as human and as unique and as multifaceted as I possibly can? For me, that was the way I attempted to counteract some of that criticism.” PeopleWayWritingHumansFormFiguresBattleDemandPagesUniqueCriticismComplicatedMemoirTelling The TruthBalanced Author:Jesmyn Ward
“You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to that truth.” PeopleWantDemandReconciliationReconcile Author:Bryan Stevenson
“Sustainability requires that we demand enduring quality. Steve Strong has a slide presentation pointing out that much of Oxford was built 800 years ago. What are we building today that will be here 800 years from now? If something like that emerged from this recession, it would help justify the hardship so many people are currently experiencing.” PeopleIfsYearsHelpingTodayStrongQualityBuildingDemandBuiltYears AgoEndureJustifyHardshipSustainabilityPointingSlidesPresentationRecessionsOxford Author:Denis Hayes
“Ugh, puppy mills. These commercial breeding facilities are horrendous. The animals are kept in tiny wire cages, with little to no human interaction throughout their lives. They are rarely, if ever, seen medically and are forced to breed over and over again and watch as their babies are taken away from them and sold to pet stores. It is a supply-and-demand business, so the more people stop going to pet stores and choose to adopt instead, the quicker we can put an end to these puppy mills.” PeopleIfsHumansLittlesEndsAnimalWatchesTakenBabyDemandStoresTinyPetInteractionCagesWireFacilityPuppyBreedingMillsUghSupply And Demand Author:Beth Ostrosky Stern
“I am a runner. Last October, there was a marathon here in Beijing. I didn't participate this time, but friends told me that the run wasn't prepared too well. The organizers had only arranged about three hours' worth of food and water supplies. Most people don't finish within three hours, however. Too bad for them - or so it seemed. In fact, however, even those finishing last were perfectly taken care of, particularly during the fourth and fifth hour when demand is highest.” PeopleWellsFactsCareRunningLastsThreeWaterHoursTakenDemandHighestPreparedFourthRunnersFifthMarathonFinishingOctoberSuppliesOrganizerBeijing Author:Zhang Xin
“Because people along the route had realized that there was demand and quickly organized supply. That's so Chinese. In a well-organized country like Germany, such a problem may not have arisen in the first place, but in China people immediately recognized an opportunity.” PeopleFirstsWellsMayCountryProblemOpportunityDemandChinaChineseGermanyOrganizedRoutes Author:Zhang Xin
“As I said in my State of the Union address ensuring the security of the United States and the safety of our people demands a smart, patient and disciplined approach to the world.” PeopleWorldSaidStatesUnitedUnited StatesSecurityDemandApproachSmartSafetyUnionsPatientAddresses Author:Barack Obama
“The reality is we that have a corrupt campaign finance system which separates the American people's needs and desires from what Congress is doing. So to my mind, what we have got to do is wage a political revolution where millions of people have given up on the political process, stand up and fight back, demand the government that represents us and not just a handful of campaign contribution - contributors.” PeopleNeedsMindRealityGovernmentPoliticalDesireFightingGivenProcessMillionsRevolutionDemandCongressCampaignsFinanceContributionHandfulGiven UpContributorsCampaign FinancePolitical RevolutionCampaign Contributions Author:Bernie Sanders
“If we take the pope at his word and socialism is highly preferable to capitalism and he was really concerned about these people, he would demand they go home. He would demand they return to their homelands wherever they are, if they were socialist.” PeopleIfsHomeReturnDemandCapitalismConcernedSocialismSocialistPopeHomeland Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I am the voice of the people in Iran whose voices are silent and whose demands cannot be heard by the rest of the world.” PeopleWorldVoiceHeardDemandSilentIran Author:Shirin Ebadi
“There are certainly lots of jobs in computer coding, but coding doesn't really require advanced mathematics. And engineering jobs, they vary widely in the amount of demand that we actually need. So, you know, the number of people for whom the job description includes Newton's calculus is not perhaps that high.” PeopleKnowsNeedsJobsNumbersAmountDemandComputerMathematicsDescriptionEngineeringVaryNewtonCalculus Author:Anya Kamenetz
“The rise of video on demand will make it possible for small movies to earn back costs via $9.95 24-hour rentals and for people in cities without independent cinemas to see the kind of movies they never have before. That's great - but on the other hand, that's TV.” PeopleKindHandsHoursCitiesTvsCostDemandIndependentVideoCinema Author:David Edelstein
“I believe that the demand for long-form quality journalism is strong and I think that despite all of the changes in technology over the past few years, people still want in-depth, rigorous reporting.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsBelieveLongStillsPastFormStrongI BelieveQualityTechnologyDemandDepthDespiteJournalismOver The Past Author:Chris Hughes
“It does demand a certain space in order to read it and I think that space is somewhat threatened by the lack of attention that people have and the amount of time that they give to things.” PeopleThinkingGivingDoeCertainOrderSpaceAttentionAmountDemandThreatened Author:Edward Hirsch
“People are always trading their excess for somebody else's excess. One country has a lot of aluminum so they trade aluminum for sugar. It's the law of supply and demand.” PeopleCountryLawDemandTradeExcessSugarTradingSupply And DemandAluminum Author:Carl Andre
“It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often those most eager to violate animal life at the first opportunity.” PeopleFirstsFactsOpportunityAnimalDemandHuntingUnfortunateConservationEloquentAnimal Life Book:Animal rights: a Christian assessment of man's treatment of animals Source: Animal rights: a Christian assessment of man's treatment of animals
“I visit the island [Puerto Rico] as often as I humanly can. And I visit with community as frequently as possible, given the demands on me. I meet with kids. I meet with adults. I try to spend time and to listen to people talk about their lives.” PeopleTryingKidsGivenCommunityDemandAdultsIslandsEnd TimesSpend TimePuerto RicoRico Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“People can demand someone they've never met be arrested and thrown in jail forever because they know it's never going to happen and they're never going to see this person.” PeopleKnowsPersonsHappensForeverMetsDemandThrownJailArrested Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I think as women, you know, if you are considered a pioneer in these things, you can get really distracted by these other things - you know, people's demands of you reflecting on your otherness. And for this white critic to say, "I don't understand why she doesn't do that" - and you're like, "It's because I'm running a show on a major network and I want the show to continue" - and to sort of guilt me.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantShowsRunningWhiteDemandMajorsGuiltCriticsDistractedReflectingGet RealPioneersOtherness Author:Mindy Kaling
“Debt deflation is when there's less money that people have to spend out of their paychecks on goods and services, because they're paying the FIRE sector. Oil going down is a function of the supply and demand of oil in the market. It's a separate phenomenon.” PeopleFireDemandFunctionDebtOilGoodsPhenomenonPaychecksGoods And ServicesSupply And DemandDeflation Author:Michael Hudson
“Almost all of the demand for oil that suddenly pushed prices up was speculative demand. People began to speculate not only in stocks and bonds and real estate, but also in commodities. The market went up for old tankers, which were used simply to store oil in. A lot of the oil was simply being stored for trading, not used.” PeopleRealUsedDemandOilStoresEstatesCommodityTrading Author:Michael Hudson
“I have changed the focus of the work of my Commission so that we no longer concern ourselves with trivial details and concentrate on the key issues instead. By doing that, we met a large number of the legitimate demands made by the British people. The Commission really did do everything it could to create the conditions for a positive campaign.” PeopleMadeNumbersIssuesFocusConditionsChangedKeysMetsDemandConcernDetailsBritishCampaignsLarge NumbersI Have Changed Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“I think in theater it demands that you say the same words every night and make it feel fresh and new. Improv demands that you be operating at the highest level of your creativity intelligence. So these two skills are both very important but I've seen people who are very skilled at one area struggle with the other. Either improvisers feel constrained by having to say the same thing over and over again or people who are really good at doing scripted work feel intimidated and exposed doing improvisation.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTwoImportantNightLevelsCreativityStruggleSkillsDemandHighestAreasTheaterExposedEvery NightImprovisationIntimidated Author:Gillian Jacobs
“People are always pleased to indulge their religiosity when it allows them to stand in judgment of someone else, licenses them to feel superior to someone else, tells them they are more righteous than someone else. They are less enthusiastic when religiosity demands that they be compassionate to someone else. That they show charity, service and mercy to everyone else.” PeopleFeelsShowsDemandJudgmentMercyCharitySuperiorsCompassionateRighteousLicenseIndulgeEnthusiasticLicenses Author:Leonard Pitts
“I certainly am not alone in the world with this demand; I am in the best of company. Let it be said that no self-respecting people and no responsible government would be able to think or much less act differently in such a case. The world has already seen a great many wars lost in the past.” PeopleThinkingWorldSaidWarSelfGovernmentWould BeAblePastLostCompanyCasesDemandResponsibleGreat MenNot AloneResponsible Government Author:Adolf Hitler
“There's an increase in serious weight disorders from cellphone use. And people who don't sleep have serious other consequences for their health that can be associated with it. There may be as well increases in problems with their memory. And all of those things are not as sexy and don't demand as much attention as cancer, but they can be very, very important from a public health point of view.” PeopleWellsMayImportantUseProblemMemoriesSleepViewsAttentionSeriousDemandConsequenceWeightIncreaseCancerSexyPoint Of ViewDisorderPublic HealthCellphone Author:Devra Davis
“Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some delusions and rationalisations about what harms are good for people themselves (prison punishment, hysterectomies for unhappy 1950s wives); and readjusted our for-the-good of others criteria so as to demand only reasonable sacrifices (ceasing to use children as handy chimney sweeps).” PeopleChildrenMadeUsePastAnimalSawsWifeProgressSacrificeMoralityDemandPrisonHarmPunishmentUnhappyReasonableDelusionCategoriesCriteriaHandyInfidelChimneysHysterectomyChimney Sweeps Author:Catherine Wilson
“We should demand that Donald release all of his tax returns so that people can see what are the entanglements and the financial relationships that he has with the Russians and other foreign powers.” PeopleShouldReturnDemandTaxesFinancialReleaseEntanglementTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton
“A lot of people believe, including Howard Dean is looking at this, that the Democratic party demands a full-time chair.” PeopleBelievePartyDemandDemocraticIncludingChairsDemocratic PartyDean Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.” PeopleBelieveSituationDemandNormalVotingThreshold Author:Alan Kay
“Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were flocking to Sochi before; they just didn't have enough hotel rooms and arenas to fill the need. So that's what we'll look at when we go there. But we'll wait a few years until things kind of return to normal.” PeopleKnowsNeedsYearsLooksKindMeanEnoughLife IsWaitingSpaceRoomsReturnDemandNormalHotelArenaHotel RoomsSochi Author:Gary Hustwit
“We have seen very clearly over these past years that there are quite a few people who are sceptical, or let us put it another way, are cautious about the development of Russian-American relations, but the underlying fundamental interests of the United States and Russia demand that our relations be normalised.” PeopleWayYearsStatesPastInterestUnitedUnited StatesDevelopmentDemandRelationFundamentalsRussiaAnother WayCautious Author:Vladimir Putin
“It's the reason why I am always interested in engaging in people who are pushing us and pushing against the status quo. But having been an activist, the only thing that I'm always encouraging activists to do is, once you have raised the issue, and even through controversial means, you have to come behind it with an agenda and the possibility of reconciliation if power meets your demands.” PeopleIfsMeanReasonBehindsIssuesPossibilityDemandRaisedReason WhyAgendasPushingActivistStatus QuoEngagingReconciliationControversial Author:Barack Obama
“I just want to remind people that the task of those who support reproductive rights and reproductive justice didn't change based on who is in the White House. We have leadership that is not supportive of what we're trying to do, but the demand for justice shouldn't be modulated.” PeopleWantTryingHouseJusticeWhiteSupportRightsDemandTasksWhite HouseSupportiveReproductive Rights Author:Willie Parker
“Some trans people thought that in claiming that gender is performative that I was saying that it is all a fiction, and that a person's felt sense of gender was therefore "unreal." That was never my intention. I sought to expand our sense of what gender realities could be. But I think I needed to pay more attention to what people feel, how the primary experience of the body is registered, and the quite urgent and legitimate demand to have those aspects of sex recognized and supported.” PeopleThinkingFeelsPersonsBodyRealitySexFeltPayAttentionFictionNeededDemandAspectIntentionGenderPrimariesUrgentUnrealTrans Author:Judith Butler
“I currently perform the most important political duties an American has the responsibility to perform - I experiment in self-government on a daily basis, fulfilling my "we the people" duties to monitor and guide our elected employees to adhere to their oath to the U.S. Constitution and demand accountability from them.” PeopleImportantSelfGovernmentPoliticalResponsibilityDutyDemandBasesConstitutionGuidesExperimentsEmployeeAccountabilityFulfillingOathSelf-government Author:Ted Nugent
“Politically, sometimes you get situations where rent control will go through. It is especially true in an emergency, where there is a sudden, sharp increase in demand for housing or a cut back in supply. People will simply not allow the marketplace to allocate housing resources and so you get pressures for rent control. Once you have it, it is hard to eliminate.” PeopleSometimesHardSituationCuttingDemandResourcesIncreasePressureEmergenciesHousingMarketplaceRent Control Author:James M. Buchanan
“Governments must not run only for elections. The government should be a bona fide attempt of meeting the demands and expectations of the common people. Elections should just be a bi-product.” PeopleShouldGovernmentRunningCommonProductsDemandExpectationsElectionMeetings Author:Narendra Modi
“All that means to me is that people who have a vision of a better world have a responsibility to open their eyes, to pay attention, to act on what the moment demands, and to be humble about that action.” PeopleWorldMeanMomentsEyeActionPayAttentionResponsibilityVisionDemandHumblePay AttentionBe Humble Author:Bill Ayers
“We're in a classic demand-shortfall recession. There aren't enough jobs because total spending is too low. Consumers won't lead the way because they're busy paying down debt and are fearful they'll lose their jobs, if they haven't already. Businesses, which are currently sitting on mountains of cash, won't spend either, because they already have sufficient capacity to produce more than people are willing to buy.” PeopleIfsWayEnoughJobsLosesHavensProduceWillingDemandMountainLowsSittingCapacityBusyDebtSpendingConsumersClassicSufficientCashFearfulRecessions Author:Robert H. Frank
“We have to be realistic about the brutal demands a money culture puts on the psyche, and there is a great cost to this in terms of creativity. Look at the state of people at 65. How many of them become creative after having to survive in the money culture?” PeopleLooksStatesCultureTermCreativityCreativeCostDemandRealisticBrutal Author:Michael Ventura
“If you say that the gospel lays a claim upon people, then you are invading their personal space, and they feel as though you have no right to be there. Now we don't even begin preaching the gospel until we get into their personal space and they feel the demands of God upon them.” PeopleIfsFeelsSpaceDemandClaimsLaysPreachingInvadingPersonal SpacePreaching The Gospel Author:Mark Dever
“How much of what people say in politics is for the moment, meant for the moment, meant only to satisfy an emotional demand or requirement of the moment, but it is not really sincere? My view of people in politics is that most of what they say is not sincere during campaigns about other Republicans.” PeopleMomentsViewsEmotionalRepublicanDemandCampaignsSincereRequirements Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In my opinion, peace has not come to America, to Nicaragua, or to El Salvador. A hungry people is a people without peace. If the demands of the people are not met, what kind of peace are we talking about?” PeopleIfsKindAmericaTalkingOpinionMetsDemandHungryNicaraguaEl Salvador Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“A lot of the people in history who I really admire lived before the hyperinformation age we're living in. Even if they were governing or solving problems in consequential periods, like the Civil War or the world wars or the Great Depression or the Cold War, they had a period of time and space to actually think, to be private and you read their biographies, and they had time to think about what was happening and how to respond. I don't think human nature has changed in the last 50-150 years, but the stresses, the demands on those of us in public life have just exploded.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldYearsHumansWarProblemAgeLastsSpaceHuman NatureChangedColdPeriodsDemandHappeningsStressAdmireWar Of The WorldsCivil WarProblem SolvingCold WarBiographiesTime And SpaceGoverningPublic LifeGreat DepressionTime To Think Author:Hillary Clinton