Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and…

“Few men can resist expressing their appetites when they're making a fantasy about themselves.”

— John le Carré

I've learned to start from a really sound argument, boil down the essence of what you're trying to say, then build your humor around…

— Hasan Minhaj

[T]here is only one sound argument for democracy, and that is the argument that it is a crime for any man to hold himself…

— H. L. Mencken

“Prominent opponents of the war, among them Dr. Spock and the Reverend William Sloane Coffin, openly counseled young men to resist the draft and…

— James T. Patterson

Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the…

— Honore de Balzac

There are houses in certain provincial towns whose aspect inspires melancholy, akin to that called forth by sombre cloisters, dreary moorlands, or the desolation…

— Honore de Balzac

Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to…

— Honore de Balzac

“People tend to resist a change into something new and different. But after it's succeded, they easily say that the change is a must.”

— Toba Beta

What you resist will persist; what you befriend, you will transcend.

— Robin Sharma

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that…

— Bashar al-Assad

...when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race; the same thoughts that impinge upon you are actually created by you.

— Dan Millman

“Life is a flow which we can either resist or go with it gracefully.”

— Tonmoy Acharjee

We must resist the temptation of once again turning America into the traditional bogeyman of the left.

— Giorgio Napolitano

Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense…

— Jon Krakauer

When you are what we call a 'minority writer,' a writer of color, a writer of any kind of difference, there is some kind…

— Rumaan Alam