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Imperiousness Quotes By John Locke

If you punish him for what he sees you practise yourself, he ... will be apt to interpret it the peevishness and arbitrary imperiousness of a father, who, without any ground for it, would deny his son the liberty and pleasure he takes himself. — John Locke

Imperiousness Quotes By Stephen Moyer

I'm an English boy. I played a lot of sports growing up, but I never had any kind of workout regimen. — Stephen Moyer

Imperiousness Quotes By Ignacy Jan Paderewski

If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Imperiousness Quotes By Kimberlee Roth

Borderline parents with an insecure sense of self may use jewelry, clothes, and other trappings as proof of their attainment of the idealized happy family, regardless of their means. Rather than unconditional love, nurturance, and open communication, the emphasis may have been on how things appeared to outsiders. Thus the need for expensive cars, respectable jobs, obedient children, well-groomed pets, a carefully landscaped yard.
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Imperiousness Quotes By Edith Wharton

Any rapidly enacted episode ... should be seen through only one pair of eyes. — Edith Wharton

Imperiousness Quotes By Thomas Pynchon

Each day the mythical return Enzian dreamed of seems less possible. Once it was necessary to know uniforms, insignia, airplane markings, to observe boundaries. But by now too many choices have been made. The single root lost, way back there in the May desolation. Each bird has his branch now, and each one is the Zone. — Thomas Pynchon

Imperiousness Quotes By Winston Churchill

Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in the future. — Winston Churchill

Imperiousness Quotes By Kasie West

But then I think: my guitar is just a thing. You know? And my brother is a person. A thing is not more important than a person... — Kasie West

Imperiousness Quotes By Bertrand De Jouvenel

The man who has dedicated himself to the success of the protect, the master builder, no longer has any freedom: his conduct is now determined altogether by the constraining force of the end. Logically, therefore, he is bound to require at every moment from his companions whatever will best serve that end, and he demands of them imperiously whatever he thinks is of that nature. This imperiousness, though to immediate view that of the master, springs ultimately from the project itself, for it is the project which is in command. In the eyes of those under him, however, it is the master who hustles them, and they think him inhuman by reason of his disregard of their moods and personalities and his inability to see them other than as servants of the project (like himself). — Bertrand De Jouvenel

Imperiousness Quotes By Stephen F. Hayes

In that sense, Obama is America's first postmodern president. If his predecessors tended to see the world in terms of good and evil, Obama sees the world in terms of victims and victimizers - with the United States often in the role of victimizer. In that view, long favored by the academic left that shaped a young Barack Obama, American foreign policy is one long train of abuses, marked by casual aggression and eager imperiousness. — Stephen F. Hayes

Imperiousness Quotes By Madeleine De Souvre, Marquise De ...

There is a certain imperiousness, in the manner of speaking and in actions, which makes itself felt everywhere, and soon wins attention and respect. This commanding quality is useful in all affairs, and even for obtaining what we ask for. — Madeleine De Souvre, Marquise De ...

Imperiousness Quotes By P.G. Wodehouse

Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely to the fact that, never having played golf, they never knew that strange chastening humility which is engendered by a topped chip shot. If Cleopatra had been ousted in the first round of the Ladies' Singles, we should have heard a lot less of her proud imperiousness. — P.G. Wodehouse