France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
I was reluctant to talk about my kids on the blog. I kept telling myself, "People aren't coming here for stories about… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
“I didn't really want to die; I just wasn't ready to live. I was merely surviving...one reluctant heartbeat at a time.” — Wendi Cassel Copy Share Image
Romney has become reluctant to say that human activity causes global warming, and even in his greener days he was always somewhat… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
It is impossible that anything will be well understood or well done that is taken into a reluctant understanding, and executed with… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
The welfare state that is built upon this conception seems to prove precisely away from the conservative conception of authoritative and personal… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I'm reluctant to get involved in science fiction, because I feel like I've done it and done it well, so unless something… — Jamie Bamber Copy Share Image
A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed...It feels an impulsion...this is… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
First, in order to build a business, you have to be able to sell because Sales = Income. When income is lacking,… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Spring had come. Despite the many wet and gusty days which April had thrust in rude challenge upon reluctant May, in the… — Ralph Connor Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the… — James L. Buckley Copy Share Image
Some Kennedy aides have always insisted that Johnson misread J.F.K.'s plans for Vietnam. They say that Kennedy had begun to rethink the… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
We're very reluctant to change, even though we know that all things change, and especially our relationships are just determined to change. — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
Love is the most important thing in our lives, a passion for which we would fight or die, and yet we're reluctant… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
But I can't stress enough how much talking helps. I was so reluctant at first; I didn't think it would help. But… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
People are reluctant to talk about old age and death because they are afraid of emotion, and they willingly avoid the things… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
The second thing I had to do was not to be reluctant as a leader...And when I started doing that, I realized… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I've been offered all the reality TV shows but have turned them down. If I did it as 'Johnny,' there'd be no… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
The good he scorn'd Stalk'd off reluctant, like an ill-us'd ghost, Not to return; or if it did, its visits Like those… — Robert Blair Copy Share Image
It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of… — Lee Grant Copy Share Image
Because poets feel what we're afraid to feel, venture where we're reluctant to go, we learn from their journeys without taking the… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private,… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And… — John Milton Copy Share Image
When I thought about why I was sometimes reluctant to push myself, I realized that it was because I was afraid of… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Mental health treatment is most likely available to the officers, but they may be reluctant to access it due to cultural beliefs… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
So you’re reluctant, I said to myself. Many, many people are reluctant. It’s like having feet. It’s nothing to brag about. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Though we face the facts of sex we are more reluctant than ever to face the fact of death or the crueler… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
People associate feminism with hate - with man hate - and that's really negative. I don't think that's what feminism is about… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
