Force Quotes

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It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform… — Thomas Pynchon
What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of… — Nadine Gordimer
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand. — Oprah Winfrey
It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception. — Albert Einstein
There is between sleep and us something like a pact, a treaty with no secret clauses, and according to this convention it is agreed that,… — Maurice Blanchot
But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force… — C.S. Lewis
The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's… — John F. Kennedy
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident… — Joseph Conrad
In recent weeks, in true messianic style, it has come clear to her that her real identity is literally, the force of gravity. I am… — Thomas Pynchon
...it's my hypothesis that the individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power. The individual, with his identity… — Michel Foucault
In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For… — Rick Riordan
Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable. — Mahatma Gandhi
We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do… — Anne Rice
Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by force. man had… — Ayn Rand
A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my… — Haruki Murakami
Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal… — Victor Hugo
So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a… — Ayn Rand
Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? But though I have wept and fasted,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies. — Daniel Handler
Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy. — Michael Shermer

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