Demanding Quotations

We grew up in a very demanding environment. Dad expects us to prove ourselves... so my siblings and I worked hard to reach what we have today, and I guess we have to continue working hard to maintain it.

When I initially committed to joining 'Dancing with the Stars,' I didn't realize just how physically demanding it would be for me. Unable to put forth my best effort, I felt it appropriate to step aside and give someone else the opportunity.

Foreign languages was the only thing that interested me when I was at school, so playing in another language... it is quite demanding because if it is not your mother tongue, you are missing some connotations and some emotional depth of certain things.

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.

Just being able to get paid to do something you love is a wonderful thing. That said, a writer's daily routine, unless you're Dominick Dunne, isn't exactly glamorous. Much of it amounts to drudgery, staring at a computer screen all day in a room by yourself, juggling nouns and verbs to make a demanding editor happy.

Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III.

It had never occurred to me to write a historical novel, but then I found Hadley in the pages of Hemingway's 'A Moveable Feast' and wanted to know more about her - who she was, how she and Ernest met and fell in love, what it was like for her to be married to such a demanding and stormy force of nature.

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.

Self-sabotage is the proverbial hammer over the head that finally wakes us up, demanding that we pay attention. For most of us, it takes something devastating to crack us open, to get us out of our minds and into our hearts.

Libraries have had a long history of dealing with authoritarian organizations demanding reader records - who's read what - and this has led to people being rounded up and killed.

I find writing for children much easier. I don't mean it's less demanding - you've got to have a talent for it and you've got to work very hard - but you don't have to pull your guts out and lay them on the line in quite the same way as when you're writing for adults.

Why would we start demanding negotiations over sovereignty of the Falklands right now, 30 years since the war, and not 31 years or any other date?

Death created the modern American union, not just by ensuring national survival, but by shaping enduring national structures and commitments. The work of death was Civil War America's most fundamental and most demanding undertaking.

I've seen a big shift, especially in my classroom, with women standing up and demanding respect. That's in every woman, whether 16, 26, 56.

At school, I was a shy lad and still am. But acting gives me licence to be up there, demanding the focus. It's the one time in my life where I don't have to shout to be heard.

I'm very low-maintenance, and that is a problem. I'm not demanding at all, and sometimes I feel that I should be throwing tantrums. But since I don't party or socialise, and am very low-key, I think that makes me very low-maintenance. Actually, I'm the most boring person at a party.

I had always wanted to become a neurologist, which is one of the most demanding vocations in medicine. Where do you stop, after all, with the brain? How does it function? What are its limits? The work seems unending.

I think the main influence has been living in New York City. Aside from all the crap around 9/11, I find it very demanding to think amid all the noise and visual pollution.

The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the best efforts of others. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, this wooing was a sufficiently fine art in itself to be the central focus of education.

I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time.

I've grown as a person. The dynamics on this set are very demanding because we work a lot of hours, it's very sad material, so there's always someone upset because it's really heavy stuff.

I was really fascinated by politics. It always has been part of my view that politics really is a calling or you wouldn't go into it, because it's demanding and potentially has a toll on you and your family.

'On demand' is more than just a series of clicks on your still-too-complicated remote control. In fact, it is now the best way to describe what the cable industry - from programmers to content makers to distributors - imagine their world is. Services and content available to very demanding consumers, wherever, whenever, however.

As an announcer, 'The Price Is Right' is the mother of all shows not only because of its legacy, but because it is by far the most demanding game show.

Unlike other enduring characters such as 'Sherlock Holmes' or 'Tarzan,' being the 'Doctor' allows you a certain freedom that is both very demanding and very thrilling. It allows you to make the character using elements of yourself.

I just coach the way I was coached when I was young, in my formative years. I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

When you hear people demanding that the Ten Commandments be displayed in courtrooms and schoolrooms, always be sure to ask which set. It works every time.

As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington.

Being a prime minister is a very demanding job. And as long as I have the strength, I will continue to do this and be of benefit to my country.

For Pocketbook Environmentalists, financial savings are the primary motivator. However Pocketbook Environmentalists are changing the face of the market and the planet for the better by demanding that going green saves you money.

You know, even with the 'Awkward Black Girl' episodes, they come out once a month. That's great for me, it's comfortable, it gives each time to digest, time for new people to get on to it and caught up, but oftentimes I have people who are almost demanding a higher output from me.

Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical.

Can Israelis be wistful? It is not the characteristic we usually associate with them; more typically they are said to be tough, sweet, angry, thoughtful, demanding - not wistful.

American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.

We hear many persuasive voices demanding freedom from restrictions, particularly from moral restraints. However, we learn from the history of the earth that any successful society has had boundaries.

As an actor, I endeavor to find the reason in the unreasonable. Because no one thinks they are being unreasonable or unrealistic or demanding or behaving madly. We all see ourselves as being justified.

Until I got older, I never dreamed of what a demanding responsibility it is to keep food in the pantry, to keep clothing neat and presentable, to buy all that is needed to keep a home running.

Maybe the future isn't so bright. There's a lot of comfort in wrapping ourselves in a simpler time, and also in clothes less demanding of the perfect body. And perhaps it's a bit of a bow to a boomer population that has a little bit of a hard time with spandex.

Now you have hundreds of networks that have customers that are demanding original programming. All of these cable networks have some level of original programming.

Now Wall Street has turned more cautious. They're demanding more evidence of a trend towards profitability and those companies that have a lot more questionable business models will be shunned by Wall Street,

I don't know anything about the diva thing. To play receiver in this league, sometimes you have to be demanding and selfish.

I have been told that a young would-be composer wrote to Mozart asking advice as to how to compose a symphony. Mozart responded that a symphony was a complex and demanding form and that it would be better to start with something simpler. The young man protested, 'But Herr Mozart, you wrote symphonies when you were younger than I am now.' And Mozart replied, 'I never asked how.'

I have had demanding jobs since I was 18 years old. I have had two sick days in all my working life.

I don't have the physical stamina to conduct a good campaign and, if elected, to serve in office because the City Commission is a pretty demanding position.

If they want to vote against him, you know darn well they're captives of these ... very liberal outside groups ... and they're demanding they vote against him even though they don't have one good reason to, ... I really don't believe that's the case but if that happens, then you can see why we're in such a partisan gridlock here in Washington, because the Democrats can't even support someone this good.

We made a lot of planning during the early period and now we are in a more demanding stage of implementing the plans. We need more talents and assistance to help us accomplish the whole work.

When Warren is gone, the market will start demanding coverage. People will want a lot deeper level of analysis.

Mrs. Eckert was a strong force in my life. She helped to develop in me a strong work ethic. She was a demanding teacher, but I didn't mind doing what she assigned. She taught her students to work hard and to accomplish whatever they set out to do, in spite of the obstacles. She taught us to never back down when we knew what we were doing or saying was right. She was very much a people person - she didn't forget anyone.

Mr. Blumenthal stated that Monica Lewinsky had been a 'stalker' and that the president was 'the victim' of a predatory and unstable sexually demanding young woman, ... Referring to Ms. Lewinsky, Mr. Blumenthal used the word 'stalker' several times.

Mr. Wilf and I spoke by phone on (Tuesday) and we each shared our concerns about my present situation. He told me that the Vikings have not yet spoken to other teams about trading me. I shared my disappointment with the lack of communication and the false reports about me demanding more money coming out of Minnesota. I have requested further talks so that we can explore options for the future.

She screamed and shouted at her, demanding a refund.

The only thing that could come to mind is that he's politically pandering to the far right, which has been demanding that he make a statement, ... I'd like to take her at her word that he only considers the policy implications, which means there's no need to make such a hurried decision.

I feel that every day, all of us now are being blasted by information design. It's being poured into our eyes through the Web, and we're all visualizers now; we're all demanding a visual aspect to our information. There's something almost quite magical about visual information. It's effortless; it literally pours in.

Freshman year, he was real hard. Scary at times, for sure. Every year he's loosened up, and that's because people started to buy in. You've got to be tough at first if you can't get guys to buy in. That's the kind of coach he is, and that's the kind of coach he should be. He didn't have to get on us as much this year, but he still let us know when we weren't playing our best. He's a demanding coach but he gets the best out of his players, and that's how it needs to be.

From number seven on I played very well. I knew just to stay in the tournament I would need to shoot three- or four-under. Fortunately, a 66 was good enough on a very demanding golf course.

I don't think it's easy, but if we keep on demanding that we need to have it all, then we'll get there, I'm sure. "-Julia Stiles

For the service, obviously, you have to stay in shape. You?re going to get yelled at and it?s very demanding. Marathons are very demanding too.

Forty-one days being expired, the emperor caused me to be brought before him again, demanding of me many questions more, which were too long to write.

For us the organizers of the vigil are phony-baloney, betraying the sacrifices that those, men and women make in Iraq, by demanding that we pull our troops out now and leave Iraq to go to hell. This is a publicity stunt.

I expect so much out of her. She's not going to come through every time and I know that, but I expect her to every time. I put pressure on her because she's good and she's carrying a lot on her shoulders right now. Catcher is a pretty demanding position in my mind and I stay on her pretty hard, and putting her in the three hole, when we have runners in scoring position I expect her to drive them in every time.

If American customers are demanding that wireless operators offer it, I'm sure somebody eventually will, but that doesn't mean it's going to be us.

Cecil B. DeMille was a very demanding man. But he was demanding on himself as well.

Business customers today are demanding a wider range of data and video networking solutions to link their employees and their locations, ... Clover's capabilities are an outstanding addition to Ameritech's already strong portfolio of data services. By teaming Clover and Ameritech, we'll be able to deliver more of the solutions business customers want today.

To coincide with Valentine's Day we were making a statement demanding roses and the dignity they stand for and bread in the form of affordable food for everyone.

Today, end users are demanding 24x7 global access to their inboxes from a broader range of devices. At the same time, organizations are faced with spam and virus threats, and the demands of maintaining compliance with emerging regulatory requirements. Exchange '12' is a highly available messaging solution that allows IT administrators to address these challenges.

Having barely moved off their original positions, union negotiators were demanding more than $1 billion more than what was in our best and final offer,

Have we been cryptic? Right-wingers said Clinton was a lying, unscrupulous traveling salesman. It turned out he was a lying, unscrupulous traveling salesman. Now liberals scratch their heads demanding to know: So what was it about him you didn't like?

He requests absolute confidence, patience and maximum focus. He's not demanding a victory, simply that we play our best. Baseball delivers truth in the end.

We have to be better defensively. We gave up too many good shots. We were not guarding them close enough and gave them some easy shots. We have to be more demanding defensively.

We look forward to building on our own demanding high standards and our excellent working relationship with Shell to deliver this new MEG plant safely and successfully. This award further confirms Foster Wheeler's position as one of the leading engineering, procurement and construction contractors in Singapore.

He was constantly demanding that we write negative stories about nonadvertisers and positive stories about advertisers - which, of course, we didn't do. He wasn't averse to quality journalism; he just thought it should go on someplace else.

. if we accept the reality that life is difficult, demanding and often painful, then the day-to-day living of it is no longer so onerous. In accepting life as it really is, we transcend it. Or, as they say on Wall Street, The market has already discounted the bad news.

He has an honest appraisal of himself. He's hard on himself and he's demanding of himself. That's what makes special players. You talk to anybody who is a special player in the league... They put more pressure on themselves than anybody else does.

He is demanding that there be Internet access in Cuba like in the other countries of this hemisphere, a free access to the Internet.

He was demanding and you had to play hard, but he was also fair. He got results - winning covers a lot of stuff.

His mechanics in his golf swing are breaking down dramatically. If he plays a golf course that is demanding off the tee, he has a real hard time.

Going out early is never a good thing. We made our car as fast as we could in practice so that is a good thing. It didn't help us by going out third, but there is nothing we can do about that. You just start where you start, and get the most out of it. It is a tough race track, demanding race track.

The P25 public safety technical standard is driving accelerated growth for land mobile radio (LMR) equipment as government and public safety radio users nationwide increasingly migrate to compliant digital radio equipment. RELM is one of only a few manufacturers with functioning products that presently meet the demanding P25 specifications.

He's hit ten different businesses in Lynnwood, Edmonds and unincorporated Snohomish County. He runs in with this mask on, waving around a gun and demanding money, then running out.

He's demanding to the bitter end. There is no prevent defense in our book. He expects a lot but you want to do it for him. You understand where he's coming from.

He's a very demanding coach, whether you're young or old. He might be a litter harder on the younger guys because he's trying to teach us how to play the game, but you can't blame him.

He does need to get more selfish and start demanding the ball. If you want the touches then you need to go and get them.

There is a great deal of concern that there is a fundamentalist religiosity emerging that is demanding that we suspend our right to free expression.

There is a huge difference, especially in the rough. The ball either sits up or sits down and have to hit a 58-degree wedge out. It is just one of those things. Like Natalie said, it is a great golf course and a very good test of golf. You are going to have to hit demanding shots out there. You can't just hit it anywhere and you have to be on your A game.

He expressed that he watched the entire event. He sent us a message congratulating the team. He's not demanding a victory, simply saying that we play a good game, let the game decide who the best team is.

He grabbed her and was trying to strike her with the brick, demanding money,

Terrorism is a global challenge demanding a global answer.

I was always telling myself I could handle a more complex role, I could handle something bigger and more interesting than the work I was doing. But I wasn't demanding that of myself. At a certain point, I realized it was never going to come my way unless I started taking more control of it. That's what I realized I had to do.

Labor will start demanding bigger pay increases and will get them.

Long ago the country bore the country-town and nourished it with her best blood. Now the giant city sucks the country dry, insatiably and incessantly demanding and devouring fresh streams of men, till it wearies and dies in the midst of an almost uninhabited waste of country.

Marty confronts Don, ripping into him and demanding to know what's going on, ... Don looks at him and says, 'I'll get 'em on the next hole.'

Maryland's working families have sent a clear message to local governments across the country and corporate America by demanding health care fairness -- and winning.

Plato's cave is full of freaks, demanding refunds for the things that they see.

Our position on that is that these are people who are demanding rights that they don't have any right to demand. We have immigrants here illegally, who are demanding that they be given rights that U.S. citizens have, when their first act in coming into this country was to break the law by coming in illegally. So, that's something that most Americans are angry about.

Our new video player is designed and engineered to deliver on the promise of bringing the TV experience to the Internet, ... As broadband penetration increases and users become accustomed to watching online video, they are demanding a high-quality and compelling viewing experience similar to what they experience from their TVs. Our new video player delivers on those demands by providing an exciting and TV-like experience on their computer screens.

Our New York customers are among the most demanding and tech savvy in the nation and, while other wireless carriers play catch-up, we will continue to deliver the reliable and innovative services our customers demand. In 2006, we'll continue to focus on the fundamentals of our business -- providing the best network, superior customer service and advanced, innovative products and services -- day in and day out, one customer at a time.

I see an explosion in grass-roots initiative where people just want change and they're truly demanding it.

I will not give up on demanding proper accessible services for the people of this community and I am convinced this will be achieved if we collectively take this fight to the powers that be in the health authorities.

I think what you've got to do is keep simplifying it and demanding it,

I think we see the leadership every day at practice and she works extremely hard, she's dedicated to basketball and it's contagious. She's very demanding of herself and her teammates...and she's going to be a leader for a long time on this team.