“Passivity will bring you short-term popularity, assertiveness will bring you respect.” — Robin Parry Copy Share Image
Passivity is the dragon every woman has to murder in her quest for independence. — Jill Johnston Copy Share Image
“Many of us learned that passivity lessened the possibility of attack.” — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity your very effort fills you with activity. — Sengcan Copy Share Image
One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection. — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
“If you turn a blind eye to the world now, history will turn a blind eye to you later. Ignoring an issue… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“When you live countless stories in which you play a sedentary role, it's an odd feeling to switch stories.” — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Enough of passivity and passing time while waiting for the boy friend, the girl friend, the Goddess, or the Revolution. — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
“A patient's passivity must not be unilaterally interpreted as lack of motivation, resistance, lack of confidence, or the like. Many times, passivity… — Marsha M. Linehan Copy Share Image
It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“although in truth her passivity was calculated, because she knew passivity inflamed him. He had her, and to some extent she wanted… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow. — Dominique de Villepin Copy Share Image
Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination,… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
You're an evolving and transforming person, right? And how do we capture that dynamics of sexuality in that complex sense? There may… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Nothing remains intact without effort. Repetition of formulas does not assure the transmission of thought. It is not safe to entrust a… — Henri de Lubac Copy Share Image
In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists.… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life will be improved more by… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
We are hurtling towards self-destruction at an alarming rate thanks chiefly to an advertising and propaganda system that goads people from infancy… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. We are not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs or replace… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
One thing that has helped me personally in the past was to stop interfering with the people around me and getting frustrated… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The writer is the duelist who never fights at the stated hour, who gathers up an insult, like another curious object, a… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
When you're a trans woman, you are made to walk this very fine line, where if you act feminine you are accused… — Julia Serano Copy Share Image
“The genuflection toward 'fairness' is a familiar newsroom piety, in practice the excuse for a good deal of autopilot reporting and lazy… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
So go marry someone, provided you're equally yoked and you actually like being with each other. Go get a job, provided it's… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
The desirable virgin is sexy but not sexual. She's young, white, and skinny. She's a cheerleader, a babysitter; she's accessible and eager… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Across all Cinderella versions it was clear that the 21st century was not very much in evidence, particularly in the character of… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
The ordinary person senses the greatness of the odds against him even without thought or analysis, and he adapts his attitudes unconsciously.… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
