I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
But my belief is growing that our political and social evils are remediable, if only all of us who want a change… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
The inertia of the mind urges it to slide down the easy slope of imagination, rather than to climb the steep slope… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The essence of religion is inertia; the essence of science is change. It is the function of the one to preserve, it… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question. — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted… — W. Clement Stone Copy Share Image
Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An unchangeable colour rules over the melancholic: his dwelling is a space the colour of mourning. Nothing happens in it. No one… — Alejandra Pizarnik Copy Share Image
It is so much easier to rest contented with what we have already acquired than to change ever so slightly those routine… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
Let us live so we do not regret years of inertia and ignorance, so when we die we can say all of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“The principle of vis inertiae (...) seems to be identical in physics and metaphysics. It is not more true in the former,… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
How many have gone? How many more to go? The Admiralty is fast asleep and lethargy & inertia are the order of… — Winston Churchill 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
Galileo had already made a significant beginning toward a knowledge of the law of motion. He discovered the law of inertia and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Under a socialist mode of production all personal incentives which selfishness provides under capitalism are removed, and a premium is put upon… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day,… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Definition of inertia: 'The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
We're used to institutional-maintenance Catholicism, in which the institution ticks along by its own inertia and people are "born" into the Church.… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
Americans, more than most people, believe that history is the result of individual decisions to implement conscious intentions. For Americans, more than… — George Will Copy Share Image
I guess I realize that I don't want to die. I don't want to live either, but-there really isn't anything in-between. Depression… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
We'll look for almost any reason not to change our attitudes; the inertia of the established order is powerful. If we can… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of… — Simon Travaglia Copy Share Image
Just like those other black holes from outer space, Hollywood is postmodern to this extent: it has no center, only a spreading… — Arthur Kroker Copy Share Image
