Repels Quotes

23 quotes by 22 authors

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels. — Simone de Beauvoir
The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge,… — Annie Besant
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to… — Italo Calvino
All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels. — Charles Caleb Colton
He draws us to Himself by grace, by example, by power, by lovingness, by beauty, by pardon, and above all by the Blessed Sacrament. Every… — Frederick William Faber
Ultimately, Photography is subversive, not when it frightens, repels, or even stigmatizes, but when it is pensive, when it thinks. — Roland Barthes
You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels. — David Antin
Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move closer to those… — Pema Chodron
An object imbued with intent â€” it has power, it's treasure, we're drawn to it. An object devoid of intent â€” it's random, it's imitative,… — John Hockenberry
I have met a great celebrity, Madame Dudevant, known as George Sand... Her appearance is not to my liking. Indeed there is something about her… — Frederic Chopin
There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy or repels me, and which… — Emil Nolde
There is something about the literary life that repels me, all this desperate building of castles on cobwebs, the long-drawn acrimonious struggle to make something… — Raymond Chandler
I'm working on inventing an aerosol spray that repels papparazi. I haven't perfected it but when I do I will make millions. — Josh Duhamel
If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love. — Nathaniel Parker Willis
Alec looked at her and shook his head. "How do you manage never to get mud on your clothes?" Isabelle shrugged philosophically. "I'm pure at… — Cassandra Clare
Thought is no longer theoretical. As soon as it functions it offends or reconciles, attracts or repels, breaks, dissociates, unites or reunites; it cannot help… — Michel Foucault
I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt. — Cassandra Clare
I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something propels you towards sudden grief, or… — Sebastian Barry
Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. — Rick Warren

Who Wrote These Repels Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 23 Repels Quotes as follows: