The idea of salvation through some one or some thing outside of ourselves came from love of inertia. We want God or… — Alice Moore Hubbard Copy Share Image
We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country, or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses,… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
There is an enormous inertia that prevents people from change. You must always remember that it is impossible to make something better… — Amar Bose Copy Share Image
“If non-linear leaps in intelligence and ability are possible, why haven't these effects been observed in our schools? I believe the answer… — John Mighton Copy Share Image
I don't think America needs 28,000 men on Okinawa. I don't think we need an army in Germany. What's it for, to… — Kevin Gutzman Copy Share Image
Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spiritual movements are revolts of thought against inertia, of the few against the many; of those who because they are strong in… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
You must be prepared for further efforts of mind and body and further sacrifices to great causes, if you are not to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
What I secretly longed for was to disentangle myself of all those lives which had woven themselves into the pattern of my… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples… — Henry Franklin Floyd Copy Share Image
“Most of us probably fall several times a day into a fit somewhat like this: The eyes are fixed on vacancy, the… — William James Copy Share Image
If the oncoming mutation to interstellar immortality is screwed up by the politicians, it will be because those of us who see… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“When describing me, Tracy often refers to a well-known concept of physics: 'inertia.' As Newton avers in his first law: 'An object… — Michael J Fox Copy Share Image
The different policies reduce damages by only a modest amount. Indeed, one of the surprises is how little the policies affect the… — Henry Sylvester Jacoby Copy Share Image
“We know how ninety-nine percent of the universe works," he told Carter shortly after they met, "and that's the clockworks, that's what… — Glen David Gold Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of discontented in this world, the discontented that works and the discontented that wrings its hands. The first… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of… — K. Eric Drexler Copy Share Image
In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of… — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
The core of a scientific lifestyle is to change your mind when faced with information that disagrees with your views, avoiding intellectual… — Max Tegmark Copy Share Image
Change is not overcoming inertia as much as it is redirecting, guiding, tweaking what already is and what has already happened. We… — Max McKeown Copy Share Image
If we always take the path of least resistance, if we embrace inertia, if we never leap, if we never accept accountability… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot… — Christine Vachon Copy Share Image
In bed our yesterdays are too oppressive: if a man can only get up, though it be but to whistle or to… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
People naturally tend toward inertia. That's why self improvement is such a struggle. But that's also why adversity lies at the heart… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“People love each other for many reasons, not all of them good [...]. They love each other because it's easy. Or because… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
We know - intellectually - that confronting an issue is the only way to resolve it. But any resolution will disrupt the… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
The content and forms of American communications-the myths and the means of transmitting them-are devoted to manipulation. When successfully employed, as they… — Herbert Schiller Copy Share Image
Technology has made it easier for different firms to coordinate their activities with one another, and they don't have to be part… — Erik Brynjolfsson Copy Share Image
Our practical choice is not between a tax-cut deficit and a budgetary surplus. It is between two kinds of deficits: a chronic… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The more passive one's life in the field, the greater the need to reverse the situation when one returns home, which is… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The most dangerous enemy to Israel's security is the intellectual inertia of those who are responsible for security. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image