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Imperious Quotes

Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious Picture Quote #1

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious Picture Quote #1

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride Picture Quote #1

Wealth is an imperious mistress; she requires the whole heart and life of man Picture Quote #1

Habit is the most imperious of all masters Picture Quote #1

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world Picture Quote #1

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There is nothing so imperious as feebleness which feels itself supported by force Picture Quote #1

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still Picture Quote #1

I was the youngest; I had two imperious older brothers - I didn’t get to often complete sentences at the dinner table. So writing was a way of saying what nobody asked me to say Picture Quote #1

Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty of all nations to prepare themselves against its onslaught by taking proper precautions Picture Quote #1

There is in the voice of a menaced man, who calls you, something imperious, which subdues and commands Picture Quote #1

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others Picture Quote #1

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The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy, but he who disobeys the other is a fool Picture Quote #1

In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men’s characters to a level with their fortunes Picture Quote #1

Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell, and kill me again or take me as I am, for I shall not change Picture Quote #1

Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations of the soul, and the very being quivers and sways under the shock Picture Quote #1

Has it not... invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than general or remote considerations of policy, utility and justice? Picture Quote #1

For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim’s time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort Picture Quote #1

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Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious Picture Quote #1

The sole impulse which dictates and compels a man’s every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all costs... It is our only spur, our whip, our goad, our impelling power; we have no other Picture Quote #1

The biographies of great artists make it abundantly clear that the creative urge is often so imperious that it battens on their humanity and yokes everything to the service of the work, even at the cost of health and ordinary human happiness. The unborn work in the psyche of the artist is a force of nature that achieves its end either with tyrannical might or with the subtle cunning of nature herself, quite regardless of the personal fate of the man who is its vehicle Picture Quote #1

If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to perform that service are imperious Picture Quote #1

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions Picture Quote #1

Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, might stop a hole to keep the wind away Picture Quote #1

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Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, might stop a hole to keep the wind away. O, that that Earth which kept the world in awe should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw! Picture Quote #1

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Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious (Imperious Quotes) Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious (Imperious Quotes) There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride (Imperious Quotes) Wealth is an imperious mistress; she requires the whole heart and life of man (Imperious Quotes) Habit is the most imperious of all masters (Imperious Quotes) The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world (Imperious Quotes) There is nothing so imperious as feebleness which feels itself supported by force (Imperious Quotes) Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still (Imperious Quotes) I was the youngest; I had two imperious older brothers - I didn’t get to often complete sentences at the dinner table. So writing was a way of saying what nobody asked me to say. (Imperious Quotes) Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty of all nations to prepare themselves against its onslaught by taking proper precautions (Imperious Quotes) There is in the voice of a menaced man, who calls you, something imperious, which subdues and commands (Imperious Quotes) The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others (Imperious Quotes) The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy, but he who disobeys the other is a fool (Imperious Quotes) In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men’s characters to a level with their fortunes (Imperious Quotes) Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell, and kill me again or take me as I am, for I shall not change (Imperious Quotes) Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations of the soul, and the very being quivers and sways under the shock (Imperious Quotes) Has it not... invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than general or remote considerations of policy, utility and justice? (Imperious Quotes) For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim’s time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort (Imperious Quotes) Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious (Imperious Quotes) The sole impulse which dictates and compels a man’s every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all costs... It is our only spur, our whip, our goad, our impelling power; we have no other (Imperious Quotes) The biographies of great artists make it abundantly clear that the creative urge is often so imperious that it battens on their humanity and yokes everything to the service of the work, even at the cost of health and ordinary human happiness. The unborn work in the psyche of the artist is a force of nature that achieves its end either with tyrannical might or with the subtle cunning of nature herself, quite regardless of the personal fate of the man who is its vehicle (Imperious Quotes) If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to perform that service are imperious (Imperious Quotes) A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions (Imperious Quotes) Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, might stop a hole to keep the wind away (Imperious Quotes) Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, might stop a hole to keep the wind away. O, that that Earth which kept the world in awe should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw! (Imperious Quotes)