Passive Quotes

429 quotes by 361 authors

The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more… — Peter Hammill
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. — Daisaku Ikeda
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. — Christopher Isherwood
I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance.… — John Lydon
For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive. — John Lydon
Fiction leaves us so much work to do, allows the individual so much input; you have to see, you have to hear, you have to… — Hilary Mantel
Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency. — George C. Marshall
Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude. — Joyce Meyer
Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster.… — Alanis Morissette
I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.' — Viggo Mortensen
My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for… — Gwyneth Paltrow
One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do… — James Patterson
My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive. — Tyler Perry
The idea that children are passive repositories to be shaped by their parents has been massively overstated. A child's peer group is a far greater… — Steven Pinker
I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful… — Amy Poehler
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. — Ronald Reagan
Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive. — Alan Rickman
The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the… — Salman Rushdie
Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance. — Al Sharpton
Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister. — Sonia Sotomayor

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