I personally want to "do" death in the active and not the passive, and to be there to look it in the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We must relinquish our passive observation of the world outside; we can open the door to the world we want. In understanding… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Everybody after Fukushima had to reassess the safety of nuclear. When I set out to design a reactor, I knew it had… — Taylor Wilson Copy Share Image
It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Man ... put himself in a tight corner when he decided that woman was innately passive. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. — William Glasser Copy Share Image
Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye,… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
My mom is very good at being passive-aggressive, and my Dad is a total wiseass, so I think the mixture of the… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
Strong, proactive obedience is anything but weak or passive. It is the means by which we declare our faith in God and… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
We still (sometimes) remember that we cannot be free if our minds and voices are controlled by someone else. But we have… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.' — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as… — Mark Hertsgaard Copy Share Image
Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
Hegel held that the two sexes were of necessity different, the one being active and the other passive, and of course the… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Women have been brought up to be passive, accepting, not come forward and play a major role in life. And with age,… — Katherine Helmond Copy Share Image
Whatever Scotland was, it was not a matriarchy; whereas the United States was a profoundly matriarchal society - and much more feminine… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Think of how hard it would be to create a gender-based movement across racial lines as long as one group believes that… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
