Inert Quotes

82 Inert quotes by 74 unique authors

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead. — Stanley Fish
A particular place in the land is never, for an oral culture, just a passive or inert setting for the human events that occur there.… — David Abram
So it is a good idea to start simple, I think, and be very careful. There is a spiritual opening in the Kosmos. Let us… — Ken Wilber
Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important… — Constance Hale
The fatal effects of sin can be removed only by the provision that God has made. The Israelites saved their lives by looking upon the… — Ellen G. White
The vast majority of psychopaths, like an iceberg, are underwater, and like an iceberg, they are inert. They do nothing. They're just there. They torment… — Sam Vaknin
Miracles are commonplace in religious scripture. Our ancient ancestors are said to have felt Jesus' wounds, verified Muhammad's ascent to heaven, and even interacted with… — David G. McAfee
The Democratic line is that the Republican House does nothing but block and oppose. In fact, it has passed hundreds of bills only to have… — Charles Krauthammer
Education with inert ideas is not only useless; it is above all things harmful. — Alfred North Whitehead
I hate, simply, to work. I just hate to work, period. I am profoundly slothful. Practically inert. — Fran Lebowitz
The secret to changing your life is in your intentions. Wishing, hoping and goal setting cannot accomplish change without intention. What is needed is a… — Wayne Dyer
As nonhuman animals, plants, and even 'inanimate' rivers once spoke to our oral ancestors, so the ostensibly “inert” letters on the page now speak to… — David Abram
What we want now is an immense awakening of Râjasika energy, for the whole country is wrapped in the shroud of Tamas. The people of… — Swami Vivekananda
A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's… — Minor White
If, on the other hand, we wish to describe a particular phenomenon without repressing our direct experience, then we cannot avoid speaking of the phenomenon… — David Abram
Imperishable moments and immortal deeds, death itself and love stronger than death, will be as though they had never been. The energies of our system… — Arthur Balfour
My books are inert as cordwood till a readers imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life. — David James Duncan
Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within. — Marcus Aurelius
History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring, she flows towards her goal. At every bend in her course she leaves the mud… — Arthur Koestler
The very opposite of freedom is cliche, and nothing is less free, more inert with convention and hollow brutality, than a row of four-letter words. — George Steiner
Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation… — Don Tapscott
Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the murder of doctors… — Amy Waldman
Construed as turf, home just seems a provisional claim, a designation you make upon a place, not one it makes on you. A certain set… — Richard Ford
I am afraid I shall have to give up my trade; I am far too inert to keep up with organic chemistry, it is becoming… — Friedrich Wohler
It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written… — Neil Jordan

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