Confronted Quotes

296 quotes by 255 authors

Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite — Gillian Flynn
When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An intelligent group, especially… — James Surowiecki
I do not really like vacations. I much prefer an occasional day off when I do not feel like working. When I am confronted with… — Robertson Davies
At the end of the first half-century of engine-driven flight, we are confronted with the stark fact that the historical significance of aircraft has been… — Charles Lindbergh
No rage is equal to the rage of a contented right-thinking man when he is confronted in the marketplace by an idea which belongs in… — Thurman Arnold
Essayists, like poets, are born and not made, and for one worth remembering, the world is confronted with a hundred not worth reading. Your true… — William Ernest Henley
Young adults in their late 20s are confronted by so many choices - there are so many different paths to choose. Sometimes I think we… — Rachael Taylor
It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is… — Thomas Merton
Your Englishman, confronted by something abnormal will always pretend that it isn't there. If, however, you force him to look into it, he'll at once… — James Agate
Often people, when they're confronted with a poem, it's like someone who keep saying 'what is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of… — Billy Collins
My experience is that if the military didn't want to use force and was confronted with a president that did, the military would come back… — George P. Shultz
Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the… — Rocco Buttiglione
Someone who is perennially surprised that depravity exists, who continues to feel disillusioned (even incredulous) when confronted with evidence of what humans are capable of… — Susan Sontag
Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is in… — Bill O'Reilly
The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
After all the great religions have been preached and expounded, man is still confronted with the Great Mystery. — Luther Standing Bear
From the moment a New Yorker is confronted with almost any large city of Europe, it is impossible for him to pretend to himself that… — Edmund Wilson
When you are confronted with an opera, you have to keep an eye on everything: the musicians, the chorus, the ballet, the singers, the staging. — Placido Domingo

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