#compel

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion. ↗

— Fred Allen

#been #comedian #comedy #compelled #compete

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them. ↗

— B. R. Ambedkar

#been #come #compel #conflict #divested

We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean. ↗

— Michelangelo Antonioni

#concepts #go #know #live #longer

We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us. But we're presumably acting in such a way that people feel morally compelled to continue our mission, not to screw it up. ↗

— Julian Assange

#come #compelled #continue #dissidents #feel

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me. ↗

— Alain Badiou

#compels #evil #good #i #lack

I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us. ↗

— Leslie Banks

#between #compelling #condition #draw #dynamics

I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#compulsion #cute #draw #found #i

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. ↗

— Clara Barton

#danger #face #fear #feed #fight

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. ↗

— John Dewey

#beliefs #compelled #compromises #even #hangs

It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home. ↗

— Mary Kay Blakely

#deliver #every #every time #expand #god