Require Quotes

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
-Henry David Thoreau

"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."
-Henry David Thoreau

"I foresee the time when industry shall no longer denude the forests which require generations to mature, nor use up the mines which were ages in the making, but shall draw its materials largely from the annual produce of the fields."
-Henry Ford

"I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself."
-Oprah Winfrey

"God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try."
-Mother Teresa

"I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad."
-Seneca

"We require from buildings, as from men, two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it; which last is itself another form of duty."
-John Ruskin

"I am no more humble than my talents require."
-Oscar Levant

"The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law."
-Andrew Jackson

"The studies that were done don't demonstrate that there will be gridlock. The important thing here is that you can't require one project to solve all the ills that have accumulated in the city and the county over years that are unrelated to that project."
-Brian Finegan

"I've directed traditional operas and it's been wonderful. But despite all the work they require, operettas are just plain fun."
-Chris Alexander

"I've assured them that the campuses would be treated fairly, that they have an open, direct line to me, and that the needs of Edwardsville will not go unmet. All of this is going to require openness and inclusiveness."
-Glenn Poshard

"This is a race in a heavily Democratic state that, for a Republican candidate, will require full-time devotion in order to win, ... I could not be a senator and a father during this campaign. I could only be a candidate."
-Peter Fitzgerald

"For the local economy, it would mean almost immediate inflationary and economic growth risks, and would require a cautious response from the monetary authorities."
-Goolam Ballim

"It's going to be a long and expensive process that will require a lot of reframing and reconstruction to make it work."
-Todd Duncan

"We are ready for the fourth quarter. Reaching pro forma profit does not require heroics, just execution."
-Warren Jenson

"We expect more states to require us to sell emergency contraceptives in the months ahead."
-Ron Chomiuk

"Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery."
-Thomas Moore

"Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction."
-Anne Sullivan

"In Europe, the stronger growth and reductions in unemployment are now arriving, ... But for better performance to endure, Europe will require substantial structural reforms."
-Lawrence Summers

"A national food supply requires a national approach to food safety. This is what this common-sense legislation would require."
-Melissa Carlson

"There can be situations, but they would be rare, where if we felt the case was at risk, to not require registration."
-Bob Ellis

"I don't know of any bills we have. My pension and Social Security aren't huge, but between them we do nicely. We don't require a whole lot."
-Bill Brockmann

"Royal Caribbean's crimes -- including dumping oil into our oceans, lying about it and trying to cover it up by obstructing justice -- are serious offenses that require serious punishment."
-Lois Schiffer

"If you don't have permission ? and we require written permission ? than you're not allowed to ride in an area."
-Angelo Bitsis

"We don't require that people compete here. I'm here for the people who want to get really, really good at this and compete in it, but we're also here for the people who just want to come in and get some exercise, blow off some steam, or just come in and have a really good time."
-Dion Shively

"All of this is creating great, great decentralization and a failure to provide services. Until they get a real central government, they're not going to provide any effective central authority. This is going to require some time, a long time."
-Phebe Marr

"The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone."
-Robert Heilbroner