Experience teaches, that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the simplest and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
For many businesses, the fear behind their social media reluctance isn't just fear of failure but of blame and accountability - both… — Jay Baer Copy Share Image
I see too many men delay their exits with a sickly, slow reluctance to leave the stage. It's bad theater as well… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance… — Rodney Alexander Copy Share Image
Dogs display reluctance and wrath If you try to give them a bath. They bury bones in hideaways And half the time… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Fatal illness has always been viewed as a test of moral character, but in the nineteenth century there is a great reluctance… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Well, it's a problem in general with the American military. If you are the biggest and the strongest military power in the… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
We live in a time when people are increasingly skittish about evangelism - Christians and non-Christians alike. People are suspicious of evangelism,… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I should love to do a novel, about one abnormal character seeing present-day life, very ordinary life, yet arresting through it, abnormality,… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City -… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
“I guessed that only at the last possible minute did the soul in a determined fashion flee the dying flesh. Who could… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I was busy with my family, my budding career as a TV writer, my antipathy for the Los Angeles Lakers, and my… — Richard E. Robbins Copy Share Image
“I knew there’d be no coming back from this. When it happened, it happened not as I’d dreamed it would, but with… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I wish you may profit by my experience. Alas, how much time have I lost and wasted, which, had I been wise—I… — John Newton Copy Share Image
I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art, identifies this reluctance. He calls it resistance. He writes, “There is a force resisting… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Software never was perfect and won't get perfect. But is that a license to create garbage? The missing ingredient is our reluctance… — Boris Beizer Copy Share Image
“warm. It was with a deep sense of reluctance that he made the long swim back to the shore, back to dry… — Susan Mac Nicol Copy Share Image
We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a… — Janis Karpinski Copy Share Image
“In cases of distasteful occupation, the second day is generally worse than the first; we return to the rack with all the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
What we're learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We're learning technologies, we're getting information. There's a curious reluctance… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Facts were never pleasing to him. He acquired them with reluctance and got rid of them with relief. He was never on… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
In my madness I was actually in love with her for the few hours it all lasted; it was the same unmistakable… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
“Now naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways. But there is no… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
There is such a reluctance to address sex as an inherent part of the human experience in this country... The true perversion… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I wasn’t sure if I was charmed by his reluctance to share a bed with a girl or insulted that, apparently, I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety, with less reluctance than he took the first step while… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
My bravery however was the effect of assurance for could I have believed the current report, I should have fled as fast… — Henry Laurens Copy Share Image
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
“No,” he admitted, and my instincts sang out at his reluctance. “That’s across the hall.” Crutch swinging, I started for the door,… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management's reluctance to reward the shareholders. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
“Then I drop to my knees because I can't find a decent enough reason not to, because reluctance rarely stands a chance… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
“Writing too was a mighty consumer of energy, besides a task one often went to with reluctance - not solely on account… — Frank Sargeson Copy Share Image
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
