Obstinate Quotes

77 Obstinate quotes by 70 unique authors

He walked on without resting. He had a terrible longing for some distraction, but he did not know what to do, what to attempt. A… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them. — Agatha Christie
She would simply wait on the bridge, calm and obstinate, until events, real events, not her own fantasies, roe to her challenge, and dispelled her… — Ian Mcewan
You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?' I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not… — Marcel Proust
He repeated until his dying day that there was no one with more common sense, no stone cutter more obstinate, no manager more lucid or… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
For the life of her, she couldn't understand how such an obstinate, boneheaded chauvinist could make her pulse race and her insides turn to jelly. — Joanne Fluke
Obstinate are the trammels, but my heart aches when I try to break them. Freedom is all I want, but to hope for it I… — Rabindranath Tagore
My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality. — Oscar Wilde
And she hates being managed - that is not the word I want. What is it, Maturin?' 'Manipulated.' 'Exactly. She is a dutiful girl -… — Patrick O'Brian
Taking the line of least resistance, we lump the most different people together under the same heading. Taking the line of least resistance, we ascribe… — Amin Maalouf
Obstinate, headstrong girl! — Jane Austen
Skye kissed her forehead. "You saved my life." Katsa smiled. "You Lienid are very outward in your affection." "I'm going to name my firstborn child… — Kristin Cashore
Every returning New Yorker asks the question: Is this still my city? I have a ready answer, cloaked in obstinate despair: It is. And if… — Gary Shteyngart
An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obstinate, sure and self-sufficient place. Within their shores, everything… — Tove Jansson
It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them… — Michael Faraday
The two commonest mistakes in judgement ... are, the confounding of shyness with arrogance - a very common mistake indeed - and the not understanding… — Charles Dickens
Charlotte slammed the paper down onto her desk with an exclamation of rage. “Aloysius Starkweather is the most stubborn, hypocritical, obstinate, degenerate—” She broke off,… — Cassandra Clare
The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people. — Mary Roberts Rinehart
Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign… — Samuel Johnson
It was always remarkable to me how ignorant the labels were of the listening habits of their own customers, and how obstinate they were in… — Todd Rundgren
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone. — Buddha
The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find. — Francis Aungier
Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers — Spanish Proverb
A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press, must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the right of the people… — Unknown Author
The wise man doubteth often&changeth his mind;the fool is obstinate,and doubteth not;he knoweth all things but his own ignorance Akhenaton — Dr Drew

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