Friction Quotes

126 quotes by 116 authors

If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth--certainly… — Henry David Thoreau
Shooting stars are not stars at all. They re just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction. What we wish on when… — Jodi Picoult
We were trying to make our lives easier, trying, with all our rules, to make life effortless. But a friction began to arise between Nothing… — Jonathan Safran Foer
When I was little, I had this science book. There was a section on 'What would happen to the world if there was no friction?'… — Haruki Murakami
Love is the very essence of life. It is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Yet it is more than the… — Gordon B. Hinckley
It is simple to follow the easy and familiar path of personal ambition and private gain. It is more comfortable to sit content in the… — Daniel Webster
What is it about fire that's so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?...The thing man wanted to invent, but… — Ray Bradbury
The fire you rubbed left its brand on the most vulnerable, most vicious and tender point of my body. Now I have to pay for… — Vladimir Nabokov
I tensed, waiting for the fury - both his and mine - but it was only quiet and calm in the darkness of his room.… — Stephenie Meyer
I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather… — Anne Fadiman
This time of year, I live and breathe the beach. My cheeks feel raw with the wind throwing sand against them. My thighs sting from… — Maggie Stiefvater
If the regular length of a shot is increased, one becomes bored, but if you keep on making it longer, a new quality emerges, a… — Geoff Dyer
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can… — Erich Fromm
I was reading that lightning is a negative charge that comes from the friction that clouds carry. And since opposites attract, I would like to… — Chris Colfer
I was looking for someplace to store all the things I was feeling - the friction, the contradictions, the unmerciful truth - but my heart,… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials. — Confucius
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear.… — Henry Ward Beecher
Change means movement. Movement means friction. — Saul Alinsky
In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. — Eva Burrows
Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance, what Buddha called 'the greatest evil in the world.' The friction… — Nikola Tesla

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