Piet Mondrian

The most advanced minds as well as the least advanced are obliged to use the same words. If we adopt new words, it will be even more difficult - if not impossible - to make ourselves understood. The new man must therefore express himself in conventional language.

Dutch Artist

James Hillman

I can't read all the books I want to read, I can't watch all the phenomena that interest me in the world. The work calls me, and sometimes I wonder whether this is an obsession and I should drop it, or it's a necessity I'm obliged to fulfill.

American Psychologist

Gautam Rode

Fans come up to me to talk, shake hands, hug and click photos; I usually oblige because I can see how much they admire me.

Indian Actor

Benjamin Franklin

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

American Politician

Wilhelm Steinitz

When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.

American Celebrity

Susan Sontag

AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder.

American Author

Taiye Selasi

As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.

Ghanaian Writer

Mark Twain

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

American Writer

Baltasar Gracian

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Spanish Philosopher

Rene Magritte

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

Belgian Artist

Used when social norms or expectations compel someone to act in a certain way.

Social Expectation

Conveys a mild form of pressure rather than force or threat.

Subtle Pressure

Often indicates acting out of politeness, not just obligation.

Politeness

Implies a willingness to help or do a favor, not just duty.

Willing Assistance

Oblige here carries a positive tone, as the action meets a request or need.

Positive Outcome

Used when someone's actions fulfill another's expectations or desires.

Meeting Expectations

Emphasizes a legal duty, often with serious consequences if not followed.

Legal Requirement

Refers to an action dictated by one's morals or professional ethics.

Ethical Duty

 I'm not obliged to use any of those. I end up -- I pay only the winners, so I'm actually very cheapskate here, which is maybe not the best thing to do. But they consider it part of their education, too, which is nice. But these students have been able to produce amazing deep learning results.

What AI is -- and isn't...

 They're increasingly obliged to rebuild their lives in the face of xenophobia and racism. And all too often, they aren't permitted to enter the work force and are fully dependent on humanitarian aid. In addition, far too many refugee children are out of school

What does it mean to be...

 then resurrect him. The lords were so delighted that they demanded the same trick be performed on them. Still in disguise, the brothers were only too happy to oblige, and began killing the lords one by one. As the surviving lords realized who stood before them

The twins who tricked...

 but they would be obliged to pay for every evidence-based treatment option to return the customer back to health. Once the customer's healthy again, the health fee for that individual will be paid again. In effect, all players in the system

What if we paid doctors...

 got a lot of respect for the little hairs so I just managed to get really close to a mountain here it's very obliged very polite little hair it has sort of wandered off now and you can see behind me that's why I was filming because

Sophisticated Mountain...

 right now without insulting the speaker yes I saw the horrified looks on your faces even through the glare of these spotlights so this is how so many introverts feel about the team-building exercises we are forever obliged to

Blueprint for a quiet...

 are now asking the same Is consciousness obliged to materiality? I accept that machine intelligence will challenge human intelligence. But the mythos of the world is built around a group of stories

Is Humanity Smart Enough...

 this Hornet is the advanced guard of an attack force the bees could never withstand but this time the bees set a trap they want the Hornet inside and the Hornet obliges

Hornets From Hell PIPE...

 this Hornet is the advance guard of an attack force the bees could never withstand but this time the bees set a trap they want the Hornet inside and the Hornet obliges

Hornets from Hell PIPE...

 would be so obliging so these guys are quite big I must say if you're looking at them in real life

Oblige

To make someone feel that they must do something.

Often appears as...

To do a service or favor for.

Often appears as...

To satisfy or fulfill.

Often appears as...

To make someone legally or morally bound to an action or course of action.

Often appears as...

Social Expectation

Subtle Pressure

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