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Whether the law of marriage be instituted or not, the dictate of nature and virtue seems to be an early attachment to one woman. — Thomas Malthus

I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do. — Henry James

Our thoughts dictate how we feel; so it is important to recognize that we are as we think we are — Jeremy Aldana

You dictate how people will treat you by how you treat yourself... — La La Anthony

Your mood shouldn't dictate your manners. — Turcois Ominek

Function influence but does not dictate form — Eero Saarinen

When I'm 75 years old, I want to say that I chased my dream. I didn't let other people's opinions dictate what I have in my book of my life. — Thomas Jones

I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes. — Al McGuire

Art reflects society. Cinema doesn't dictate - you portray what the society demands. — Sonam Kapoor

When the fighters are in the ring, they want to dictate the pace. I want to dominate, so I want to impose to the other fighter my actions. — Tomoki Kameda

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully. — Spike Lee

Public acceptance will never replace self-love. Nor will group membership add, create, or dictate your value. — Tiffany L. Jackson

I just want to show her that her life is worth living, that she can't let her past dictate her future. — S.A. Rolls

The laws of the universe dictate that for every positive action, there is an unequal and sucky reaction. — Laurie Halse Anderson

As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear. — Camille Paglia

History will dictate what my legacy is. And 'maverick' is fine, because I am. — Al Davis

Be the story teller in your life ... never let anyone dictate what you're about. — Robbie Thomas

I reckon it's more of an external perspective that on some level you really can control and dictate how your career's going to go. — Guy Pearce

Customers dictate how the firm organizes itself to best create the solutions they require. — Marion Debruyne

Your past doesn't dictate what your future will be. — Jillian Bullock

There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when. — Jane Leavy

As long as the enemy is not defeated, he may defeat me; then I shall be no longer my own master; he will dictate the law to me as I did to him. — Carl Von Clausewitz

It's a cliche, and in a way it's a conservative idea about fiction, but I did learn the hard way that plot does need to dictate the story. — Rachel Kushner

Don't let technology dictate your life. — Maria Ressa

Batman never questions the logic of letting a childhood experience dictate his entire life. — Chuck Klosterman

Love cannot stifle nor can it dictate. Either of those circumstances will turn a tender feeling into something ugly (Adam Ashworth). — Cynthia Wicklund

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. — Douglas MacArthur

We all have a tendency to use prayer to dictate to God. — Jen Pollock Michel

You know, I think it's one of those cases where the situation really does dictate your level of ridicule. — Michael McKean

If you wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's approval dictate your actions — Christopher Paolini

I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. — Ed Koch

Do not allow the Church or State to govern your thought or dictate your judgment — Matilda Joslyn Gage

Gen. de Gaulle is only concerned about history, and no jury can dictate the judgment of history. Georges Pompidou — Mark Kurlansky

Images are made palpable, ironed flat by technology and, in turn, dictate the seemingly real through the representative. — Barbara Kruger

I refuze (refuse) to allow society to dictate my limitations. — Tony Kates

The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but then become afraid. — Tanith Lee

The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be. — Bernie Worrell

I dictate entirely how the team is prepared, and I am a hands-on coach; I love to be out there with the players taking the sessions. — Brendan Rodgers

The average person lets their emotions dictate their actions, while achievers let their commitments dictate their actions. — Hal Elrod

No man has a right to dictate another man's inner life - the furniture inside his skull. — A.S. Byatt

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her. — D.H. Lawrence

The tendency when you dictate is to overwrite, because you're not counting pages, you don't really know what the hell the page count is. — Rod Serling

Northwest adage that "the weather doesn't dictate what you do - it only dictates what you wear while you do it. — M.D. Grayson

God works in mysterious ways so if you let the world dictate the way God works, you will miss God working. — Jonah Books

The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

I will not allow anxiety dictate the terms of my life — Jeanette Purkis

Should five slaves dictate to a king? If five baboons bark, must the black-maned lion tremble? — Wilbur Smith

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. — Denzel Washington

Human beings, regenerate or unregenerate, have neither the right nor the competence to dictate to a sovereign God how He is to be worshipped. — Joseph C. Morecraft III

Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals. — Jared Polis

We cannot allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings. — Otto Schily

From the first day we have been fighting the wrong enemy; our common enemy is religion which dictates upon us division and partition. — M.F. Moonzajer

Never let the details take over the story; let the story dictate what details to use. — Krista D. Ball

One cannot dictate an aphorism to a typist. It would take too long. — Karl Kraus

Did God dictate every single word [in Torah]? I don't know! — Dennis Prager

Your past does not have to dictate your future. You have the God-given power to make your life better and to heal from divorce. — Renee Smith Ettline

Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. — Dallin H. Oaks

What should dictate one's life? Money? Fame? No. Friends. Love. Your life's story is formed by those around you. Choose well and share. — James Maslow

Refuse to give up, your mistakes don't define you
They don't dictate where you're headed, they remind you — T.I. Harris

It is values that dictate your responses. — Sunday Adelaja

You can't tell someone to pursue their dream only if it's a good match for your own. You can't dictate what dream he should pursue. — Catherine Ryan Hyde

Sleep deficit and an anemic pocketbook dictate my erratic lifestyle. — Wanda Coleman

Under my plan, the state will be there to carry out the will of the people, not to dictate to them or to force them to do its will. — Mahatma Gandhi

Do not allow consumerism to dictate your spiritual practice. You need nothing more than your focused attention to gain enlightenment. — Gary Hopkins

To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God. — Thomas Aquinas

The sketch should lead the cutting pattern, which is to say content should dictate style, which is to say that in TV the writer is king. — Tina Fey

Your past doesn't have to dictate who you are, but it can help you discover who you're meant to be. — C.M. Stunich

Visualizing is meant to be used as a tool to trigger an emotional response within yourself. These emotions then dictate your vibration. — Jennifer O'Neill

Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs. — Don McLean

Don't let your society and environment dictate what you do with your time — Sunday Adelaja

Don't let your life outside of school dictate your future. — Simone Elkeles

Why does a government agency that has no connection with my community have the right to dictate what is appropriate for it? — Simon S. Tam

Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life. — Rumer Willis

Collaborate, don't dictate. — George A. Romero

If circumstances dictate that your disposable income has to come from eating ramen alongside your vintage Cantillon gueuze, so be it. — Patrick Dawson

I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life. — LaToya Jackson

Your situation does not dictate your direction. — Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.

Geography bends to the dictate of will. — Michelle Sagara

[T]o scorn the dictate of reason is to scorn the commandment of God (I-II,19,5). — Peter Kreeft

Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just work. — Sinclair Lewis

My dear Poirot, it's not for me to dictate to you. You have a right to your own opinion, just as I have mine. — Agatha Christie

in the absence of a biblical morality a new elite will always come forward to dictate arbitrary absolutes to society — Francis A. Schaeffer

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it. — Maya Lin

Don't be a leader to dictate, but be a person whom everyone wants to emulate and follow. — Debasish Mridha

I don't like to dictate the style to the customer, I believe people give something their own trend. — L'Wren Scott

the choices we make dictate the life we lead — Danny De Vito

When mind says it's impossible, don't dictate heart to comply. — Toba Beta

If you let fear dictate your decisions, you will live defensively, reactively, cautiously. Living by faith is playing offense with your life. — Mark Batterson

I don't think that it's up to government to dictate what people should wear. — Richard Dawkins

Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am. — Magic Johnson

You have the choice of deliberately directing your thinking, or allowing other forces to dictate your desires and attitudes. — Grant Von Harrison

You let women dictate your actions and they are not competent in this world, though certainly they will be saints in heaven while we men burn in hell. — Mario Puzo

Sometimes people have secrets that dictate the decisions they make. — Belle Ami

Never let others dictate the directions that you pick in your life since they are not the ones living your life. — John Rogers

I'm a jazz musician by education and vocation, but I don't think jazz should [ dictate] what I want to do. — Dave Douglas

Never say never, dear.
You might be surprised at what you can do, should circumstances dictate — Ellen Hopkins

People talk whether you're in school or not, but it doesn't dictate anything. You choose how much you allow people to rule you. — C.M. Owens

I look at scouting reports, but don't let them dictate what I'm throwing. — Tim Hudson

If the face appears, the picture is inevitably a portrait and the expression of the face will dictate the viewer's response to the body. — Charis Wilson