Insistence Quotes

What she accomplished -- the insistence that she, at great personal cost and sacrifice, be accorded the dignity that all humans seek -- will always be her true legacy, whatever happens in the future. - Grif Stockley

We've submitted our resignation due to the insistence of the prime minister's office that members of the security forces vote in their own barracks instead of going to vote in their districts. - Hanna Nasser

We'll work hard to meet the schedule laid out in court and appreciate the court's insistence on full cooperation [from witnesses for the holdout states]. - Vivek Varma

We weren't happy with the language, but that was put in at the insistence of the personnel director. - Bob Stevens

We regret the need to sue the city, but the city attorney's insistence that all records pertaining to the malfeasance of its employees are secret from the public cannot go unchallenged. - Bill Johnson

Waste Management has proven its commitment to developing innovative ways to handle solid waste and recyclables in America. With a customer service-centered approach that filters up from the bottom, and an unwavering insistence on keeping recycling and other environmental protections at the forefront of everything we do, Waste Management's North Bay market area is leading the way to our industry's future. - James Devlin

To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the part of the president, for example, that we should extend all of his tax cuts, make all of them permanent. - Barack Obama

They had a sort of quiet insistence that you keep alive the memory of those who marked the path. - David Anderson

There's no surprise in the numbers coming so close to the profit warnings. The story here is the company's insistence it can pay a dividend. - Gregory Melich

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. - Todd Gitlin