Such a letter was not to be soon recovered from. . . . Every moment rather brought fresh agitation. It was an overpowering happiness. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I don't want to be agitated so much on television. I don't need to watch any more agitation. — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
Wind is the heart of the wave, the spoon of the sea and the angry bull of the ships. Without wind, there… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“We become tight and constricted in our minds, which can easily lead to agitation and restlessness.” — Gyalwa Dokhampa Copy Share Image
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'. — David Hume Copy Share Image
The risk is enormous to Democrats. Even talking about censure or impeachment threatens to really agitate the Republican base. — Charlie Cook Copy Share Image
Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. — Robert Peel Copy Share Image
To know how to distinguish the agitation arising from covetousness, from the agitation arising from principles, to fight the one and aid… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals.… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Strong mental agitation and disturbance was no novelty to him, even before his late sufferings. It never is, to obstinate and sullen… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The hands of the guilty don't necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Progress is dependent upon a productive and dynamic tension between institutionalism and insurrectionism. Insurrectionists keep our institutions honest. Insurrection us are stewards… — Christopher Hayes Copy Share Image
He went to bed early, but could not fall asleep. He was haunted by sad and gloomy reflections about the inevitable end-… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
The systematic, wanton, and long continued agitation of the slavery question, with the actual and threatened aggressions of the Northern States and… — Isham G. Harris Copy Share Image
The nearer we come to the full military suppression of the bourgeoisie, the more dangerous becomes to us the high flood of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never… — Amos Elon Copy Share Image
Any revolutionary agitation exacts enormous sacrifices, not so much in terms of prison sentences and years of incarceration - which have been… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“Mirabeau: “If you have been told to clear us from this hall, you must ask for orders to use force. We shall… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“If lies comfort, and truth disturbs - self is being agitated as a result of prideful living.” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
Agitation is that part of our intellectual life where vitality results; there ideas are born, breed and bring forth. — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
To see a man get over his fear and trepidation is like viewing a child remember something to them believed to be… — Denise Clark Copy Share Image
The big discoveries raise questions that make astronomers work feverishly and argue with an agitation that verges on rudeness. — Nigel Calder Copy Share Image
“Creative agitation can serve you well. Embrace it. Look into that dark hole for answers, not fear.” — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty. — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
There have always been grievances and youth has always been the agitator. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“The Marxist maxim is 'agitate, agitate, agitate', and that is precisely what today's reds are doing with race.” — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
The party in Alobar’s head, which agitation and anxiety were throwing, now was crashed by a notion: existence can be rearranged. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation? — Stanisław I Leszczyński Copy Share Image
Our agitation, you know, helps keep yours alive in the rank and file. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
