Optional Quotations

Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character.

I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church.

I thought that we did very well. Some of the team were competing a full optional program for the first time. Chris Moore really worked hard and was rewarded for it. It will be a test (today).

Three of my horses got scratched in the optional races, and there was indecision on my part with the built-up emotions and nerves. Getting lunch compounded the problem. I was sick to my stomach.

We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream.

When it's an optional regulation, it's not that big of a deal, ... Next year it will be an issue: Investors will be asking the hedge funds, 'Why not register?'

We've seen limited reaction to the gas prices. We are much more of a necessity today than just an optional meal.

For scientists, reality is not optional.

The change we are in the middle of isn't minor and it isn't optional.

We conclude that learning improvement days are optional and are not necessarily a component of the basic education the state is obliged to provide to all children,

Optional is latin for 'Be There'.

Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional.

We're still discussing that with LPGA. In the meantime, they've said that the provision is optional for the Fields, and we've opted out.

We're making sure that the price changes we're taking are on optional services, not on broad-based services.

Benefits administrators have a tremendous amount to deal with that is very concrete (health care costs, pension plans, etc.). So, to expect them to look at something that is purely optional and unclear whether it is a good idea for most people, it is understandable that they might shy away from offering the benefit.

These changes are a response to hundreds of complaints from the public about glare from these optional devices. Older drivers should be particularly pleased with the proposed change because their eyes tend to be sensitive to glare.

You get involved with a studio, and optional pictures and sequel options and that sort of thing are becoming part and parcel with the roles they're handing out.

This is an optional service. Right now it's open to messages from businesses to their existing customers.

This is really the only formal black tie optional event that's held in Allen. We always have a lot of fun. A nice dinner, great opportunity for auction items and we have music for dancing.

The base in Congress is eroding as members worry about their own electorates, start to back away from him on immigration, start to back away on Iraq and start to consider the president as an optional ally rather than a vital one.

Canada Customs have guidelines that make it optional whether or not someone considered violent, armed and dangerous, or as having terrorist ties, will be recorded as such in the Customs lookout database. More often than not, those guidelines are used in a way that prevents Customs Officers from knowing they're dealing with someone dangerous, which unjustly places them at risk of grievous bodily harm and death.

All the user has to do is plug in an optional headset, which acts as the FM antennae. Then they can tune digital stations right on-screen.

The country has to pick between the optional components of nuclear-weapons spending and funding flood control and harbor construction to rebuild the country,

The games will be on TV (in Hawaii). We're going to have a lot of fun. Much of the day is optional but we'll practice on days we don't play.

For approximately half of those customers who purchase optional and basic insurance for their private passenger vehicle from ICBC, rates in 2006 will be lower than they were in 2004. However, we know we have significant challenges ahead of us as we work to keep rates low and stable in the long term.

It's love of the game. He comes down to optional skates. On off days he comes down and rides the bike. He just loves the game.

You can't make a million people happy. There's going to be a lot of debates. I don't think you can minimize the role Congress is going to play in what kind of legislation they formulate to guide the reconstruction. There will be enormous pressure to do something quickly. It's all new virgin territory, and it'll be tough to craft an optional strategy.

We will not be able to function as competitively in the worldwide economy if we are not a diverse legal team. It's not optional in my view.

Suffering is optional. You’re gonna have some pain but it doesn’t have to make you suffer.

Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.

Prayer is not optional for the Christian; it is required.

Struggling is mandatory. Suffering is optional.

Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed.

Reading is not optional.

God is not an optional extra, He's an absolute must!

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

Reality is not optional.