Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought,… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Paradox is an overrated threat. There is...a quality similar to inertia at work. Once an event has occurred, there is an extremely… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Adroit geo-strategists take new realities into account as they try to imagine how global politics will unfold. In the foreign policy business,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
But when we face the great questions about gravitation Does it require time? Is it polar to the 'outside of the universe'… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing… — Guy Vanderhaeghe Copy Share Image
What is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and… — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
You might find it necessary to 'snap' out of your mental inertia, moving slowly at first, then increasing your speed, until you… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
One curious result of this inertia, which deserves to rank among the fundamental 'laws' of nature, is that when a discovery has… — F. C. S. Schiller Copy Share Image
As a cultural-intellectual power and a moral ideal, collectivism died in World War II. If we are still rolling in its direction,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
My opinion about Miller's experiments is the following. ... Should the positive result be confirmed, then the special theory of relativity and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
The longer you're stuck in a position that doesn't truly challenge you, the less likely you'll be able to leave it. Inertia,… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
It is the nature of the Kali Yuga that most human beings are now held back from spiritual liberation due to the… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Progress is slow partly from mere intellectual inertia. In a subject where there is no agreed procedure for knocking out errors, doctrines… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
Like Disneyland, luxury retailers have long had to figure out how to overcome customers' natural inertia. Unlike less pricey stores, they tend… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Business leaders must not cling to old ways of doing business, or allow inertia or complacency to prevent them from making the… — Patricia Hewitt Copy Share Image
