Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own. Whether it… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided me with… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Hence when a person is in great pain, the cause of which he cannot remove, he sets his teeth firmly together, or… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
“That many good men have believed this strange fable [Christianity], and lived very good lives under that belief (for credulity is not… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me… — Ellen Barkin Copy Share Image
To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer,… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
There's a completely new culture out there. I'm not a participant of texting and driving - or texting at all - but… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
A fundamental mistake to call vehemence and rigidity strength! A man is not strong who takes convulsion-fits; though six men cannot hold… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
It seems to me it's perfectly possible to vehemently disagree with a piece of work and to say that it's offensive and… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When my heart is cold and I cannot pray as I should I scourge myself with the thought of the impiety and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When any prevailing prejudice is attacked, the wise will consider, and leave the narrow-minded to rail with thoughtless vehemence at innovation. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
It is now 14 years since I first suggested that organic farming might have some benefits and ought to be taken seriously.… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Desire to know why, and how curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The greater your real strength and power, the quieter it will be exercised. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There can be no freedom for Africa without justice; and no justice without declaring war on Africa's poverty, disease and famine with… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
What makes divorce happen is that you can't be in the same space any more, for whatever reason - but the love… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his… — David Hume Copy Share Image
What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
