Resist Quotes
889 Resist quotes by 698 unique authors
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There are some people that we know all our lives and yet never really feel we know them at all. But there are other people—”…
— Gaelen Foley
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Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind,…
— Jane Austen
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It's funny what they say about men in uniform - how people think women just can't resist 'em. Fact is, I think we're just pleased…
— Cherie Priest
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Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.
— Frank Herbert
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It is necessary to remember, as we think critically about domination, that we all have the capacity to act in ways that oppress, dominate, wound…
— Bell Hooks
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Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life…
— Adrian Tan
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I couldn't resist him, his eyes were like yours, his hair was exactly the shade of brown. He's just not as tall, but I couldn't…
— Amy Winehouse
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The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.
— Oscar Wilde
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I shall be dark and French and fashionable and difficult. And you shall be sweet and open and English and fair. What a pair we…
— Philippa Gregory
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I am a man, and men do not drink pink drinks. Now, be gone, woman, and fetch me something brown." Jace said. "Brown?" said Isabelle.…
— Cassandra Clare
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He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart…
— Nora Roberts
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I still loved Marc desperately and couldn’t imagine life without him. Jace was…something else. Something I could feel but couldn’t articulate. Something I wanted, and…
— Rachel Vincent
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I'm afraid that's inappropriate behavior for the schoolyard," Xavier teased. "I know my charm is hard to resist, but please tray and control yourself.
— Alexandra Adornetto
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The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George...Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent…
— Ron Paul
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Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable?
— Margaret Atwood
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Scientists rightly resist invoking the supernatural in scientific explanations for fear of committing a god-of-the-gaps fallacy (the fallacy of using God as a stop-gap for…
— William A. Dembski
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Much as we wish, not one of us can bring back yesterday or shape tomorrow. Only today is ours, and it will not be ours…
— Frederick Buechner
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But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who…
— Charlotte Bronte
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It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One can comfort a person who is crying which…
— Alexander Lowen
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What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none.
— Anne Rice
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You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin…
— Lauren Oliver
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It's hard to resist a bad boy who's a good man.
— Nora Roberts
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You could dress it up with a sequined headband,” Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. “Just a thought.” “Resist the urge, Alec.”…
— Cassandra Clare
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After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.
— Terry Eagleton
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