Try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What kind of Dv would it take to escape history, to escape an inertia that powerful, and carve a new course? The… — Kim Stanley 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
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
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 Law of Inertia states that a body in motion will remain in motion, and a body at rest will remain at… — HaveYouSeenThisGirl Copy Share Image
“In this world is not the creative act of the genius always a protest against the inertia of the mass?” — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“At times, staying in the same functional area and in the same organization creates inertia and limits opportunity to expand.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Inertia is depression's best friend. There's always a hump to get over before you can actually change. So pushing yourself over the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
As each man's strength gives out, as it no longer responds to his will, the inertia of the whole gradually comes to… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Our self discoveries make us each a microcosm of the larger pattern of history. The inertia of introspection leads toward recollection, for… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
There were two unpleasant surprises [about Washington]. One was the inertia of Congress, the length of time it takes to get a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Though we may never be able to comprehend human life, we know certainly that it is a movement, of whatever nature it… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change.… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The other producer of old age is habit: the deathly process of doing the same thing in the same way at the… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast away whole epochs in which we are… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
It is not inertia alone that is responsible for human relationships repeating themselves from case to case, indescribably monotonous and unrenewed: it… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
You can't work at a relationship; you can't control it. You have to be lucky and go through your life. If you… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The city might be savage, stray dogs might share the streets with grimy urchins whose blank eyes reflected the knowledge that they… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Life cannot be destroyed for good, neithercan history be brought entirely to a halt. A secret streamlet trickles on beneath the heavy… — Vaclav Havel 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
“Sin and the effects of sin are similar to the laws of inertia: a person (or object) in motion will continue on… — Lindsey A. Holcomb Copy Share Image
“To be reborned many times over, you must unleash the power of inertia. But must you go out every time and reach… — C.C. Wyatt Copy Share Image
To end slavery, you must overcome the mental and physical inertia of the masses and quicken their intelligence and creative faculty. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. But once this inertia has been overcome and underway they… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Inertia, when first encountered, appears to be an immovable force. We are creatures who like comfort, patterns, and repetition… Yet change is… — Laurie Beth Jones Copy Share Image
“Young adults rebel against the pre-invented/ packaged world, but sooner or later they stop and they also become proponents of the tried… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
If you want a robot to maneuver aggressively, it has to be small. As you scale things down, the 'moment of inertia'… — Vijay Kumar Copy Share Image
“Loss aversion helps produce inertia, meaning a strong desire to stick with your current holdings.” — Richard H. Thaler Copy Share Image
I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I… — Ridley Scott 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
We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
“The laws of physics that deal with inertia also apply to humans, such that situations tend to remain the same over time.” — Del Suggs Copy Share Image
It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image