Exaction Quotes & Sayings

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government. — Grover Cleveland

The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder it was once regarded as an aphrodisiac. It had no place in the troll's world of instant gratification. It makes no appeal to the meat-and-two-veg mentality. — Jane Grigson

The fact they could check becomes the prophecy they must believe. — Nicola Griffith

Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction. — Ambrose Bierce

Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident. — Eric Hoffer

God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide. — Saint Ambrose

Waiting in hospitals is as close as we get to being in hell before our time, — James Patterson

The people = government doctrine is equivalent to political infantilism
an agreement to pretend that the citizen's wishes animate each restriction or exaction inflicted upon him. — James Bovard

It's hard enough to make a film without everyone saying, "Hang on, is this version as good as the one Kubrick would have made?" In peoples' minds they'll always think if Kubrick had done it it would be so much better. You don't need that extra stress. — Chris Cunningham

However, no matter what the size, color, or shape is, the point is still to lean toward the discomfort of life and see it clearly rather than to protect ourselves from it. — Pema Chodron

That rebellion of mine was an important turning point in my life. — Agatha Christie