Force Quotes

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For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is… — George Orwell
Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force! — Charlotte Bronte
Why do people resist [engines, bridges, and cities] so? They are symbols and products of the imagination, which is the force that ensures justice and… — Mark Helprin
Every thought of yours is a real thing â€“ a force. (Prentice Mulford) — Rhonda Byrne
Weak thoughts, weak desires: he felt their force. — Maurice Blanchot
Once you have been in an earthquake you know, even if you survive without a scratch, that like a stroke in the heart, it remains… — Salman Rushdie
Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do. — Anne Bishop
Any sensible ruler would have killed off Leonard, and Lord Vetinari was extremely sensible and often wondered why he had not done so. He'd decided… — Terry Pratchett
Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I was gushing and I knew it. I surprised myself with my eagerness to please, felt myself saying too much, explaining too much, overinvolved and… — Philip Roth
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as… — Albert Einstein
Well Vin says that there's something behind all this, right? Some evil force of doom or whatever? Well, if I were said force of doom,… — Brandon Sanderson
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. — Robert A. Heinlein
The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier… — Isabel Allende
She was chosen,' Mae insists. No, you're wrong,' I say. 'She was only a girl.'... She was gone for some time. You were the only… — Libba Bray
I don't think pandemics make us afraid of death, I think they make us afraid of oblivion. They force us to grapple with the futility… — John Green
Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can. — John Irving
You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. — Victor Hugo
Everything rests on the poisoned wine. If it were just the queen, I could force it down her gullet, but Declan Broekhart would run me… — Eoin Colfer
At some thoughts one stands perplexed - especially at the sight of men's sin - and wonders whether one should use force or humble love.… — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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