Friction Quotes

126 quotes by 116 authors

Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction of free sociability… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Change is the law of life and of relations between nations. When two great peoples such as ours, energetic and optimistic, live side by side… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament. — Herbert Hoover
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely… — Clare Boothe Luce
Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes… — Asa Gray
The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction and malperformance. — Peter Drucker
Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership. — Peter Drucker
Leaders are fascinated by future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with… — Marcus Buckingham
In a culture, manners are the lubrication that ease the frictions of social contacts. — L. Ron Hubbard
If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no fire.… — P D Ouspensky
Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile. — Nathanael West
Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together. — Mariella Frostrup
The man who is egoless is the man who has no ideals. Let this be the criterion, and you have stumbled upon a fundamental. The… — Rajneesh
"The ego is created by the rift. When you are fighting, the ego comes in; when you are not fighting, the ego cannot come in.… — Rajneesh
We have nearly complete misunderstanding between people of different faiths in Lake Wobegon, and that's probably one reason why we get along so very well.… — Garrison Keillor
Hawaiian to me is a feeling of getting somewhere, without stepping on anybodys toes, without causing friction with anybody. — Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
There are no frictions between us, there is only rivalry. — Edward VII
I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of… — Hjalmar Branting
Either you will have harmony with God and friction with people, or you will have harmony with people and friction with God. — Greg Laurie
FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat. — Ambrose Bierce

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