What the British seem to like are television historians and naturalists, not public intellectuals. You can't help feeling that's because one supplies… — Will Self Copy Share Image
The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The disciple must have great power of endurance. Bear all evil and misery without one thought of unhappiness, resistance, remedy, or retaliation.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Dutch are still allowed to speak critically about Islam, and resistance against Islamization is not a crime. — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
When I heard Edward Snowden's story, it reminded me of my mother in a strange way. She was in the French resistance… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength.… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
Resistance to revelation, resistance to becoming conscious of all that dwells within us - high and low, light and dark - is… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
An aggressor will always push forward and do more until he meets resistance. We've seen that time and time again over history. — Mac Thornberry Copy Share Image
When we combine acceptance with self-responsibility we can then see that whenever we are in a painful or disturbing situation we have… — Lee L Jampolsky Copy Share Image
I have a profound resistance to the idea that a reader could say, 'Oh, well, that's her story.' We should all be… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
Sometimes we face resistance in Alberta and Canada because we already have other power sources, but this is a competitive alternative. — Alison Thompson Copy Share Image
I just find the people I want to work with and put it all together, and it's a lot of hard work,… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. [ These words are also… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and… — Roy Baumeister Copy Share Image
On that very night, the night of the greatest suffering that has ever taken place in the world or that ever will… — Jeffrey R. Holland 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
Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest… — Ulrike Meinhof Copy Share Image
“Only the toughest among women will make the necessary next moves, the revolutionary moves, and among prostituted women one finds the toughest… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Production of identity is a resistance element, an aggressive element. Both a refusal and an affirmation and an assertion, and certainly, we… — Mark McMorris Copy Share Image
“heeping (noun): a state of mindlessly following others when in fact you know the truth and the right actions you must take,… — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
Trying to avert foreclosures, once you can't just force the banks to do it as a condition of getting aid, means that… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights.… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
