Recalcitrant Quotes

12 quotes by 12 authors

• I felt, as I became a later and later bloomer, alienated not just from my own recalcitrant glabrous little body but in a way from… — David Foster Wallace
• The observation that species are amazingly conservative and static entities throughout long periods of time has all the qualities of the emperor's new clothes: everyone… — Niles Eldredge
• Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience… — Abdus Salam
• Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain. — Gerald Brenan
• A scientist sets out to conquer nature through knowledge - external nature, external knowledge. By these means he may split the atom and achieve external… — B.K.S. Iyengar
• The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place… — Emily Oster
• I used to think I had no will to power. Now I perceive that I vented it on thoughts, rather than people. Conquering an unknown… — Aldous Huxley
• Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife… — Sabrina Jeffries
• So I sent Halt to straighten matters out. Thought it might be a good idea to give him something to keep him busy." So what's… — John Flanagan
• I wonder if he really could rationalize what I did to him, really treat betrayal like the slight transgression of a recalcitrant business partner. I… — Holly Black
• But now his dry and silent grieving for his lost wife must end, for there she stood, the fierce, recalcitrant, and fragile stranger, forever to… — Ursula K. Le Guin
• Every fact of science was once Damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation was… — Robert Anton Wilson

Who Wrote These Recalcitrant Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 12 Recalcitrant Quotes as follows:

• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by David Foster Wallace
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Niles Eldredge
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Abdus Salam
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Gerald Brenan
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by B.K.S. Iyengar
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Emily Oster
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Aldous Huxley
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Sabrina Jeffries
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by John Flanagan
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Holly Black
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 1 Recalcitrant Quote by Robert Anton Wilson