Quotes about Request

A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds. Votes: 3

Love is always freely given. Love cannot be demanded. We can request things of each other, but we must never demand anything. Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love. Votes: 3

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend. Votes: 3

Love makes requests, not demands. Votes: 2

Treat objections as requests for further information. Votes: 2

Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious. Votes: 2

I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so. Votes: 2

For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. Votes: 2

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. Votes: 2

The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant. Votes: 2

God is honored by large, difficult, and impossible requests when we ask, seek, knock, and trust our loving Father always to answer for our good. Votes: 2

Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process. Votes: 2

The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart. Votes: 2

It is winter time! Feed the birds! Teach your children to feed the birds! Request your neighbour to feed the birds! Encourage your friends to feed the birds! Votes: 2

Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you. Votes: 2

Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Votes: 2

When we're always connected, we allow others-colleagu es and celebrities, close friends and distant acquaintances, bloggers and news aggregators-set our life's agenda. Our ability to prioritize is paralyzed by the sheer volume of requests, demands, opportunities, and information. Votes: 2

The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration. Votes: 2

Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each other is futile. The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. That you practice this well is my only request. Votes: 2

Utility representatives will not show up at your door unannounced and will not ask for banking information in unsolicited phone calls. If you get a request for personal information that leaves you skeptical, contact my office and we can help determine if the call was legitimate. Votes: 2

A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.' Votes: 2

For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink. Votes: 2

To believe that He will preserve us is, indeed, a means of preservation. God will certainly preserve us, and make a way of escape for us out of the temptation, should we fall. We are to pray for what God has already promised. Our requests are to be regulated by His promises and commands. Faith embraces the promises and so finds relief. Votes: 2

Jesus reminds us that prayer is a little like children coming to their parents. Our children come to us with the craziest requests at times! Often we are grieved by the meanness and selfishness in their requests, but we would be all the more grieved if they never came to us even with their meanness and selfishness. We are simply glad that they do come--mixed motives and all. Votes: 2

An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information. Votes: 1

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. Votes: 1

The only thing I really love is Fiji water. That's like the only crazy request - I don't like any other water. Votes: 1

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches. Votes: 1

All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?' Votes: 1

Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world. Votes: 1

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress. Votes: 1

If God is slow in answering your request, or if you ask but do not promptly receive anything, do not be upset, for you are not wiser than God. Votes: 1

I feel like every woman is a queen, and we should be treated as such, and we should, you know, sort of request that sort of treatment from others. Votes: 1

God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us. Votes: 1

The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction - my final book never ends up looking like the synopsis. Votes: 1

Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics. Votes: 1

I would never call a neighbor an enemy. But I would request the neighbor to be a good neighbor, to see that the neighbor's interest is a stable prosperous neighbor, a neighbor that is doing well. Votes: 1

I love my family, I love my relatives. One special request I have is for the media back in Taiwan to kind of give them their space because they can't even go to work without being bombarded and people following them. Votes: 1

I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion. Votes: 1

Social engineering is using manipulation, influence and deception to get a person, a trusted insider within an organization, to comply with a request, and the request is usually to release information or to perform some sort of action item that benefits that attacker. Votes: 1

I went to Washington several times at the request of different parties to talk about education reform. I used to always say I felt like I needed to take a shower after I left, because it was so partisan that I just really hated it. Votes: 1

If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over to the FBI and other organizations at the request of President Roosevelt, and that's how the Japanese were rounded up and put into the internment camps. Votes: 1

In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 - just two months before the club was damaged and its outbuildings destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, which stacked up yachts at its docks like pick-up sticks. Votes: 1

There was a time when someone would get on a plane and request to move their seat just because the person sitting next to them was of a different ethnicity or religion or nationality. But I don't think my generation wants that. That's how it used to be. Votes: 1

Sometimes we pray in our heads and we never get a real opportunity to solidify what it is that we're praying for or what we're praying about. So once you write it down, it's like a flow. It comes out and you solidify the thought or the idea or the request. Votes: 1

I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray them, when I meet them in the street openly, they would abhor me; but if I pray them where they be appointed to meet me secretly, they will hear me and accept my request. Votes: 1

I got really, really sick with a spinal infection that put me in a hospital for a couple of months, and it was touch and go. I had my guitar with me, and as soon as I got well enough to play, there was nothing else to do in that hospital. The nurses would come in and request songs. Votes: 1

It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, where they can point to a glass of milk, or a jacket if they're cold, or the bathroom. If they want something, then they need to learn to request that thing. Votes: 1

The virtue in most request is conformity. Votes: 0

This liberty is all that I request. Votes: 0

Trust is not a request, Trust is earned. Votes: 0

Friend request from a cute girl is an automatic follow. Votes: 0

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. Votes: 0

My darling, pray daily for me, this is my special request. Votes: 0

The average dog has one request to all humankind. Love me. Votes: 0

Mission control, We have a UFO pacing our position, request instructions! Votes: 0

We shall never deny a guest even the most ridiculous request. Votes: 0

All bad behavior is really a request for love, attention, or validation. Votes: 0

A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds." Votes: 0

I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth. Votes: 0

EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom. Votes: 0

The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact. Votes: 0

Do this: hate him for me after I die. I beg you. Dying request. Votes: 0

I've never turned down an autograph request. I've never not taken a picture with someone. Votes: 0

A request not to worry is perhaps the least soothing message capable of human utterance. Votes: 0

My request is not for bliss of the Garden. I only desire to see You. Votes: 0

Making a request without revealing the feeling/need takes all the joy out of other's service. Votes: 0

A criticism is just a really bad way of making a request...so just make the request. Votes: 0

Words are an invitation to life, a request to bring energy into form. Choose your words carefully. Votes: 0

At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863. Votes: 0

At the request of the special counsel, Mr. Rove will not discuss the substance of his testimony. Votes: 0

I request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your ten commandments. Votes: 0

Pretend to be poor in reality and you'll notice a decrease in your friends list and request. Votes: 0

We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan Votes: 0

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling. Votes: 0

Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request. Votes: 0

My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not. Votes: 0

My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not Votes: 0

Can I request another peer guide, One who isn't so happy to be at school at 7:30 a.m.? Votes: 0

Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request. Votes: 0

If people all over the world, year after year, request that you do 'Revelations,' you do 'Revelations.' Votes: 0

From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request. Votes: 0

Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way. Votes: 0

People don't mind being challenged to do better if they know the request is coming from a caring heart Votes: 0

I have one last request. Don't use embalming fluid on me; I want to be stuffed with crab meat. Votes: 0

My only request is that I draw my last dollar and my last breath at the exact same moment. Votes: 0

Any time you throw pain at a Jackal without a clear present request, within a millisecond he'll jump in. Votes: 0

I am now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first request for my resignation. I look forward to many more. Votes: 0

When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word. Votes: 0

The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light. Votes: 0

God invites us to start and continue each day with Him. I have found it wise to accept His request. Votes: 0

Every moment is a moment. Every moment makes a certain request of us. The question is how we answer it. Votes: 0

Should we cry when the pope dies, my request we should cry if they cried when we buried Malcom X Votes: 0

Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? Votes: 0

At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement. Votes: 0

The end of the year! I draw the balance. Inquiry of conscience and request to the Spirit for progress and maturity. Votes: 0

I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness. Votes: 0

When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer. Votes: 0

One can say, 'Teach me what you know,' but the better request is, 'Teach me about what teaches you.' Votes: 0

The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount. Votes: 0

I will say yes to every favor, request, suggestion and invitation. I will swear to say yes where once I would say no. Votes: 0

It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect Votes: 0

If we are going to allow somebody to request a recount, the intent obviously is that you expect a recount to be included. Votes: 0

I am really high maintenance and won't walk through the microwave that fries your body. I always request a pat down [in airport]. Votes: 0

General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate. Votes: 0

So at the request of educators I wrote the World Core Curriculum, the product of the United Nations, the meta-organism of human and planetary evolution. Votes: 0

Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him. Votes: 0

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee. Votes: 0

For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial. Votes: 0

We were in negotiations, but then the Japanese side suspended them unilaterally. Now, at the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks. Votes: 0

The first of the request prayers in the daily Amidah is a fractal. It replicates in miniature the structure of the Amidah as a whole. Votes: 0

I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the week, but let me state that I don't want to leave Leicester. Votes: 0

I make no other answer than the act, the Master said: The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact. [XXIV] Votes: 0

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers. Votes: 0

My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they be read once. Votes: 0

Once you are able to make your request in such a way that you will be quite certain of its fulfillment, then the fulfillment will come. Votes: 0

We're taking requests from customers who are looking for certain used copies. We already found 18 to 20 Louis L'Amour books that were on a customer's request list. Votes: 0

Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a reform strategy which can be supported by the budget request. Votes: 0

Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a reform strategy which can be supported by the budget request. Votes: 0

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors. Votes: 0

The most influential of all the virtues are those which are the most in request for daily use. They wear the best, and last the longest. Votes: 0

Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is. Votes: 0

I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility). Votes: 0

If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do. Votes: 0

Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you. Votes: 0

Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God. It is a deposit slip - a way of depositing God's character into our bankrupt souls. Votes: 0

They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend. Votes: 0

Coincidental to my leaving the company, I would like to make one request: that Nintendo give birth to wholly new ideas and create hardware which reflects that ideal. Votes: 0

The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears." Votes: 0

Reverend Samuel H. Weed, at my request selected two Greek words, 'cheir' and 'praktikos', meaning when combined, 'done by hand.' From which I coined the word, 'CHIROPRACTIC.' Votes: 0

Democrats have a long history of utilizing the threat of a potential Ebola outbreak to request massive federal funds while attacking Republicans for expressing skepticism over their funding schemes. Votes: 0

Why should it be mandatory for people to give interviews. I request state governments to remove the process of interviews for minor jobs to end corruption in getting jobs. Votes: 0

It's a little different when you spend 30 years developing all these companies that we just ask [Donald Trump] to sell them. So I don't think that's a fair request. Votes: 0

Pamphlets on Sabbath writing are in request here I have been applied to for them by several of the old Methodists knowing that I had them to sell before. Votes: 0

And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different. Votes: 0

Professors of the Dismal Science, I perceive the length of your tether is now pretty well run; and I must request you to talk a little lower in the future. Votes: 0

No, I'm not one (of those) people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money. I did not request any stimulus money. Votes: 0

At the request of the Catholic Church, a three-day sex orgy to be held near Rio de Janeiro was cancelled last Friday. So instead I spent the weekend cleaning my apartment. Votes: 0

For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is a very unfortunate expression of insensitivity. Votes: 0

I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that. Votes: 0

For any filmmaker who has just released a film and who is experiencing some measure of success, the temptation can be great to respond to every screening request that comes in. Votes: 0

In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities, and to provide photographic evidence of my existence. Votes: 0

from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence. Votes: 0

I was very surprised when last I bought a packet of cigarettes and had to request a refund as I read a warning that told me 'smoking can cause fatal lung cancer'. Votes: 0

For 60 years you gave chance to Shasaks, now I request you to give a Sevak 60 months. I say give me 60 months and we will give you a life of peace and happiness. Votes: 0

I played with [Dwight Eisenhower] on the day after I won the Masters at his request. We became everlasting friends. I was with him the day before he died at Walter Reed. Votes: 0

Sultan Mehmet had good relations with the Medici family and other powerful Italian clans, especially in Venice and Florence, and at his request, they sent him artists and craftsmen by the dozen. Votes: 0

Some people fold after making one timid request. They quit too soon. Keep asking until you find the answers. In sales there are usually four or five "no's" before you get a "yes." Votes: 0

Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence in Him, even when facing the apparent denial of our request. Votes: 0

Pen and paper have been my life, now they may herald my death. But I asked for these, the traditional tools of my trade, and to my surprise my request has been granted. Votes: 0

While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing. Votes: 0

In Cincy, we're told how much Gatorade we could take home. In Houston, we get what we request. You get soap and deodorant at your request. You don't have a roommate on road trips. Votes: 0

I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings. Votes: 0

It was only after I untied my girlfriend from being face down on the bed that I learned her screaming, 'Asshole!' was a statement about my character and not an invitation or request. Votes: 0

I was in federal prison in West Virginia for three months for contempt of Congress for a refusing to comply with a request of a Congressional committee of Congress, the House Un-American Activities Committee. Votes: 0

I have not forgotten my story I want to tell Millennial women. I'm still waiting for them all to gather out there. I sent out a request for people to call Millennial that they know. Votes: 0

I have not forgotten my story I want to tell Millennial women. I'm still waiting for them all to gather out there. I sent out a request for people to call Millennial that they know. Votes: 0

Men generally pay for all expenses on a date ... either sex, however, may bring a little gift, its value to be determined by the bizarrness of the sexual request to be made later that evening. Votes: 0

If I would be made come to earth again, I would ask for the same mother again. If made to return 100 times to earth, I would request to be born through the same mother 100 times! Votes: 0

At Baalbek Nuts I bought pistachios from the Lebanese owners, who answered my request for their thoughts on the war with the typically Lebanese response of no problem. It's a lie, as we all knew. Votes: 0

I have a request to make,my lord."He held her gaze; she could see him trying to decide what she might ask, but eventually he surrendered."And that is?""Take me to your bed. Votes: 0

I have a request to make,my lord.He held her gaze; she could see him trying to decide what she might ask, but eventually he surrendered.And that is?Take me to your bed. Votes: 0

Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request. Votes: 0