Reaction Quotes

894 Reaction quotes by 752 unique authors

The writer can grow as a person or he can shrink. ... His curiosity, his reaction to life must not diminish. The fatal thing is… — Norman Mailer
The danger is that in reaction to abuses and distortions of an idea, we'll reject it completely. And in the process miss out on the… — Rob Bell
Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?' Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe. Only one in… — Scott Westerfeld
A child's reaction to this type of calamity is twofold and extreme. Not knowing how deeply, powerfully, life drops anchor into its vast sources of… — Jean Cocteau
An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior. — Viktor E. Frankl
Hope can be imagined as a domino effect, a chain reaction, each increment making the next increase more feasible... There are moments of fear and… — Jerome Groopman
I wanted to put a reference to masturbation in one of the scripts for the Sandman. It was immediately cut by the editor [Karen Berger].… — Neil Gaiman
Witness testimony is always flawed. It's better than circumstantial evidence, sure, but people aren't camcorders; they don't record every action and reaction, and the very… — Jodi Picoult
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there. — Bruce Lee
Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? — Max Lucado
I just have an allergic reaction to lung cancer. Gives me tumors. — Barry Lyga
And I find myself saying, “It wasn’t really about her.” And finding it’s true. What do you mean?” Norah asks. It was about the feeling,… — David Levithan
Nothing in my life has ever made me want to commit suicide more than people's reaction to my trying to commit suicide. — Emilie Autumn
THE BAD THING ABOUT FEAR Is it requires a reaction. Some hide. Some cry. But, like a dog condemned to a walled yard with no… — Ellen Hopkins
Oh no, if you really want to be wicked to him, nuke it first. (Geary) Yeah, but given his reaction to the cupcake, that might… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life. — Sigmund Freud
Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night. Gradually changes your character. — James Joyce
[Adam picks up the camera] "I have to get a shot of this." The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous: every single person… — Sarah Dessen
A classic,' suggested Anthony, 'is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it's safe, like a style… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our involvement… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm asking you, I'm begging you, could you please shut your mouth for just five minutes?" You can imagine the reaction. They ended up in… — Markus Zusak
There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for myself, I would… — Viktor E. Frankl
She raised her head finally. He looked the same, but then, he always did. She'd seem him kill twice, and he betrayed no reaction at… — Anne Stuart
The idea that boys want to sleep with their mothers strikes most men as the silliest thing they have ever heard. Obviously, it did not… — Steven Pinker

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