Famous quotes containing the words imperative and/or form:
“To me Americanism means ... an imperative duty to be nobler than the rest of the world.”
—Meyer London (18711926)
“One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The very working of this economic system, which has bestowed these unprecedented liberties, most cherished in the form of physical mobility and material prosperity, depends on encouraging people to defy limits.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)