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Being rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be. -- Charlie Munger
Every walk of life falls under the Testicular Imperative: Either you have the world by them, or it has you. -- Colin Fletcher
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. -- H. G. Wells
Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples. -- Henry A. Kissinger
Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside. -- Kim Dae Jung
The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else - men, guns, ammunition. -- Ida Tarbell
Rich or poor, every child comes into the world with some imperative need of its own, which shapes its individuality. -- Lucy Larcom
A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose. -- Immanuel Kant
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. -- Henry Miller
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. -- E. B. White
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Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of 'maternal imperative' is part of the reason progress is stalled for family-friendly policies. -- Jessica Valenti
When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something... but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, that is when we join the fashionable madmen. -- Joan Didion
It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads. -- Jon Porter
In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls. -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous. -- Margot Fonteyn
Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country. -- Giuseppe Garibaldi
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion. -- Rene Daumal
If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable. -- E. O. Wilson
I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do. -- Steve Kerr
A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads. -- Michelle Malkin
I have been very encouraged by President Obama's call to action on climate change both at his Inauguration and in the State of the Union Address. This is a global imperative. I also welcome President Obama's intention to pursue reductions in nuclear arsenals. -- Ban Ki-moon
The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative. -- John Linder
If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours. -- Tariq Ramadan
Like probably a lot of people, I came away from watching films like 'Miss Representation' and 'Half the Sky' with the realization that the battle for women's rights is not over, especially not globally, and that the moral imperative of our century is to achieve full rights for everyone regardless of gender. -- Adora Svitak
Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense. -- Dionne Warwick
In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike. -- Maya Angelou
Does management resist the institutional imperative? -- Warren Buffett
I think optimism is a moral imperative. -- Marianne Williamson
In a concurrent world, imperative is the wrong default! -- Tim Sweeney
Of hunger and thirst, thirst is the greater imperative. -- Yann Martel
Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan. -- Abdallah II
Legislators consistently put the political imperative before the national interest. -- Doug Bandow
Laws that require equal protections reinforce the moral imperative of equality. -- Hillary Clinton
America is just so imperative that we have the right justices. -- Donald Trump
Innovation no longer remains a choice but has become an imperative. -- Narendra Modi
The imperative is to define what is right and do it. -- Barbara Jordan
Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is. -- Bear Bryant
Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
It's imperative that we opt out of the fossil fuel endgame. -- Mark Ruffalo
I believe that it is imperative that we learn from the mistakes. -- Hillary Clinton
Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside. -- Kim Dae Jung
Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember! -- Abraham Joshua Heschel
The typical imperative from biology is not "Thou shalt... ," but "If ... then ... else. -- Steven Pinker
Science is fundamentally a moral enterprise, following the moral imperative to seek the truth. -- George Lakoff
On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act. -- Pope Francis
The Green Party is no longer the alternative, the Green Party is the imperative -- Rosa Clemente
We play because we are wired for joy; it is imperative as human beings. -- John Thorn
The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative. -- Gary Vaynerchuk
My imperative is to seek every moment and to live so God is in control. -- Joel Salatin
Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. -- Andrew Mitchell
The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest. -- Peter Watts
Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there. -- David Hackworth
To me, hope is a moral imperative. I have hope and faith in forces unseen. -- Marianne Williamson
Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative. -- Vandana Shiva
I find the scientific mind horrendous. All those brains and not a moral imperative between them. -- Lucille Kallen
Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one. -- John Yarmuth
Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties. -- Mahatma Gandhi
It is imperative to base your life on yourself, to take responsibility for your own happiness. -- Josei Toda
Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game. -- Mira Nair
"Faith" as an imperative is a veto against science-in praxi, it means lies at any price. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women. -- Herbert Hoover
The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations. -- Lionel Jospin
Making the case (for same-sex marriage) from a conservative values perspective is an imperative, not an option. -- Ken Mehlman
It is imperative that women have quality affordable day care available to them because without it, families suffer. -- Sander Levin
Reducing consumption is imperative, but it's pointless to cut out meat and cars while having lots of children -- Madeleine Bunting
The entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained. -- Noam Chomsky
Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combined with the imperative of accomplishing nothing. -- Alexander Theroux
Corporations are mandated, in effect, to 'grow or die,' a rule also called 'the growth imperative.' -- Michele Simon
Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence. -- Daniel Barenboim
The music and the message, to me, is something that is imperative and that's what drives me know. -- Robert Davi
It's not imperative that I graduate in four years, and it's not imperative that I get all A's. -- Kellie Martin
The creation of a nuclear weapons convention is not only achievable, it is imperative if civilisation is to survive. -- C. G. Weeramantry
It is imperative that those who name the name of Christ would be instructed in the truth of Scripture. -- Alistair Begg
Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity. -- Jeffrey R. Holland
Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else -- men, guns, ammunition. -- Ida Tarbell
She really was pretty, for a grown-up, but when you are seven, beauty is an abstraction, not an imperative. -- Neil Gaiman
Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself. -- Igor Stravinsky
There is nothing so important, so imperative, as the delivery of the divine message that has been entrusted to us. -- Orson F. Whitney
The willingness to listen and act on your inspiration is imperative if you're going to live the life you desire. -- Wayne Dyer
There is only one categorical imperative in golf, and that is to hit the ball. There are no minor absolutes. -- Charles Walter Simpson
I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others. -- Tinie Tempah
If you truly want to become a better you, it is imperative that you learn to feel good about yourself. -- Joel Osteen
In health care, the biggest imperative is: Fix those who cannot get insurance without changing the world for everyone else. -- Eric Massa
Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis. -- J. B. Pritzker
Morality, after all, has nothing to do with selflessness. On the contrary, self-interest is precisely the basis of the categorical imperative. -- Frans de Waal
Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril. -- Woodrow Wilson
The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us. -- Woodrow Wilson
All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. -- Ayn Rand
To play is to listen to the imperative inner force that wants to take form and be acted out without reason. -- Michele Cassou
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. -- bell hooks
Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church. -- Dallin H. Oaks
The profits of oil, coal, and natural gas companies will have to yield to the imperative of sustaining life on earth. -- Robert Pollin
In my spiritual and academic journeys, I have learned that it is imperative for Christians to pursue truth at all costs. -- Daniel B. Wallace
Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevant. -- Jack Welch
As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly. -- Jo Ann Davis
My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you. -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Unknown objects are operating under intelligent control... It is imperative that we learn where UFOs come from and what their purpose is... -- Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children -- Al Gore
Thinking carries a moral imperative. The searcher for truth must be ready to obey truth without reservation or it will elude him. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. -- John Major
With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive. -- Baba Kalyani
God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant. -- Elisabeth Elliot
Theere is an imperative to be in a process, the energy & consciousness of life means for us to be constantly observing, learning & becoming. -- Jay Woodman
Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. -- John Major
This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter -- Eric Hoffer
As our country increasingly relies on electronic information storage and communication, it is imperative that our Government amend our information security laws accordingly. -- Jo Ann Davis
Most of the time, I regard the judgment of people as a waste of time. I regard the judgment of behavior as imperative. -- Nathaniel Branden
Treating other people as you would like to be treated. It is an ancient, universal ethical imperative. And it requires no supernatural beliefs. -- Phil Zuckerman
The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative. -- Eugene McCarthy
With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings. -- Jim Cooper
It is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead. -- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative. -- Paul Ricoeur
Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. -- Desmond Tutu
To Jane Jacob's three traditional urban values of civic space, human scale and diversity, the current environmental imperative adds two more: conservation and regionalism. -- Peter Calthorpe
Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others -- Ezekiel Emanuel
In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule. -- Friedrich Durrenmatt

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