Force Quotes

6532 Force quotes by 3688 unique authors

Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together. — James Cash Penney
Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces. — Richard Perle
Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. — Laurence J. Peter
For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer… — Tom Peters
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time. — Michael Phelps
When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname… — Joaquin Phoenix
Will is the dynamic soul-force. — Albert Pike
For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we… — Steven Pinker
As every student in Philosophy 101 learns, nothing can force me to believe that anyone except me is conscious. This power to deny that other… — Steven Pinker
I think that communism was a major force for violence for more than 100 years, because it was built into its ideology - that progress… — Steven Pinker
People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but… — Steven Pinker
A decent government with an effective, but not gratuitously violent, police force and a fair court system are essential. This deters and incapacitates psychopaths, bullies… — Steven Pinker
Probably Hobbes got it right when he said that a leviathan, a third party with a monopoly on the use of legitimate use of force… — Steven Pinker
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind.… — Max Planck
If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force. — Manuel Puig
The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces. — Jackson Pollock
The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash the forces of… — Rob Portman
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. — Colin Powell
In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party believes in intervention… — Lucy Powell
International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police. — Samantha Power
I've seen people spend days, if not months, researching and gathering data, but only at the end did they finally figure out what they were… — Robert Pozen
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no… — Terry Pratchett
I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I… — Terry Pratchett
I believe in divine forces and energies. — Richard Pryor
Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As… — Vladimir Putin

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