I, for one, still insist on ordering a "small" coffee, not a "tall," and on shutting out most of the 24/7 sales messages that attempt to invade my personal space.
Though his head falls regularly to one side and his eyes will sometimes go dead and absent, he insists on ordering chateaubriand for breakfast in a voice that suggests God as a gourmand.
Isadora Duncan came when she was broke and insisted on ordering Champagne.
Scott, whose salary is more than triple Robin's, insisted on ordering the biggest package.
And if you insist on ordering ahead, you will pay a penalty when the dealer refuses to budge on price.
Although I was sated with food and wine, I insisted on ordering tea, if only to satisfy my curiosity.
This is from Casino Royale: Bond insisted on ordering Leiter's Haig-and-Haig "on the rocks" and then he looked carefully at the barman.
And then the creature in front of you at the coffee shop insists on ordering a banquet for 40 rather than a single cappuccino.
When a steak-devouring opponent urges her to try the porterhouse at a fancy Washington restaurant, she demurely refuses and insists on ordering the penne.
Della's husband had insisted on ordering something different, and when Della tasted her husband's food, he refused to eat it.
