Force Quotes

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Prejudice and bigotry are brought down...by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice… — Condoleezza Rice
I was in the Air Force a while and they had what they call "policing the area." That's where you looked around and if there's… — Willie Nelson
Eventually scientists will discover something that explains ghosts, just like they discovered electricity, which explained lightning, and it might be something about people's brains, or… — Mark Haddon
Our technology forces us to live mythically — Marshall McLuhan
At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince… — Miguel de Unamuno
My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like the world is… — Wendelin Van Draanen
I've crossed these sands many times," said one of the camel drivers one night. "But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant,… — Paulo Coelho
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all… — Thomas Jefferson
We have to be there at the birth of ideas, the bursting outward of their force: not in books expressing them, but in events manifesting… — Michel Foucault
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and… — Edmund Burke
I was usually filled with a sense of something like shame until I'd remember that wonderful line of Blake's- that we are here to learn… — Anne Lamott
Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force. — Gregory Maguire
The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more… — Deepak Chopra
I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If… — Max Lucado
Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social… — Malcolm Gladwell
It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently… — Dave Barry
You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked… — Tom Robbins
...at the time, King Herbert felt that to remain safe, the kingdom needed an effective intelligence force." "An intelligent force?" said Will. "Not intelligent. Intelligence.… — John Flanagan
You were my last chance' she's said but don't all women say that? - But can it be by 'last chance' she doesn't mean mere… — Jack Kerouac

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