Hostile Quotes

324 quotes by 277 authors

Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world. — Philip Yancey
It is inescapable that Ringo was the catalyst for the others. He certainly completed the jigsaw and The Beatles, with Ringo, became a magnet for… — Brian Epstein
As the excited passions of hostile people are of themselves a powerful enemy, both the general and his government should use their best efforts to… — Antoine-Henri Jomini
Sleeping in a bed -- it is, apparently, of immense importance. Against those who sleep, from choice or necessity, elsewhere society feels righteously hostile. It… — Rose Macaulay
I believe we should use all means necessary to prevent the acquisition or fabrication of nuclear weapons by countries or groups hostile to the U.… — Sandy Adams
We cannot blame other people for our troubles. We are not victims of the influx of foreign people into South Africa. We must remember that… — Nelson Mandela
I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be… — C.S. Lewis
However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so when they want to attack it they pretend to find… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Comedy springs from the ludicrous; but the ludicrous is stuck in the muck of reality, resolutely hostile to what is impossible. — Cynthia Ozick
I take notice of those who have argued consistently for the modernisation of the E.U., but so many of the skeptics in Britain are just… — Neil Kinnock
The wise man, the sage, is hostile to the new. Disabused, he abdicates: that is his form of protest. — Emile M. Cioran
Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us. — Haim Ginott
Anti-Semitism is dangerous for the toilers, for it is a false track which diverts them from the proper road and leads them into the jungle.… — Joseph Stalin
In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes… — Eric S. Raymond
I don't think massification and globalization and all those other 'izations' are necessarily hostile to regionalism. — John Shelton Reed
I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel that the people don't appreciate jazz. I don't think it's… — Sonny Rollins
Spiritual balance is the ability to remain happy, to not be hostile to your neighbor when they are being hostile, and not to get caught… — Frederick Lenz
We live in a world where no one believes. Enlightenment and knowledge are laughed at. Those who seek and teach the mysteries are scorned and… — Frederick Lenz
There are a lot of human beings out there who are very hostile towards anything that rocks their perceptual boat. — Frederick Lenz
Who is one's audience, the spiritually hostile professional art world or one's visually insensitive Christian neighbour? — John Walford

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