Reaction Quotes

894 Reaction quotes by 752 unique authors

the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to… — Jostein Gaarder
[American exceptionalism] is a reaction to the inability of people to understand global complexity or important issues like American energy dependency. Therefore, they search for… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad,… — John Steinbeck
Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an illness… — Irving Kirsch
If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he… — Christopher Paolini
Depending on the year or the therapist he was seeing, he'd learned to ascribe just about every facet of his character as a psychological reaction… — Jeffrey Eugenides
This is not to say I don’t feel my own grief, which can hit powerfully at unexpected times. It’s just that the telling does not… — Deb Caletti
He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The sensible part of me wanted to dissect my emotions, overthinking and overcomplicating my reaction to Jev. — Becca Fitzpatrick
When I think back about my immediate reaction to that redheads girl, it seems to spring from an appreciation of natural beauty. I mean the… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Wayne's a little attached to that hat," Waxillium said. "He thinks it's lucky." Wayne: "It is lucky. I ain't never died while wearing that hat."… — Brandon Sanderson
Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?” “Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their lives.… — Michelle Sagara
When we begin to glimpse the reality of God, the natural reaction is to worship him. Not to have that reaction is a fairly sure… — N. T. Wright
Down through the years my face has been called a sour puss, a dead pan, a frozen face, The Great Stone Face, and, believe it… — Buster Keaton
Her first reaction was one of hope, because his eyes were open and shining with a radiant light she had never seen there before. She… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It was Alec who brought their lips together. Seregil's first reaction was disbelief. But Alec was insistent, clumsy but determined. It lasted an instant, an… — Lynn Flewelling
In the parallel universe the laws of physics are suspended. What goes up does not necessarily come down, a body at rest does not tend… — Susanna Kaysen
It takes me a while to figure things out, doesn't it?" Edilio grinned. "Do me a favor. When you find Astrid, repeat that to her,… — Michael Grant
Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing - rather than… — Jenny Lawson
She understood the genre constraints, the decencies were supposed to be observing. The morally cosy vision allows the embrace of monstrosity only as a reaction… — Glen Duncan
..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing, because I've built… — Mindy Kaling
And as I stood there in the hallway―alone―trying to understand what had just happened and why, I realized the truth: I wasn't worth an explanation―not… — Jay Asher
...you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. — Jenny Lawson
Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate reaction must be… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
My prodding me didn't elicit a reaction. His unseeing eyes stared straight through me. Which was odd. He'd seemed so sane huddled in Cookie's trunk. — Darynda Jones

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