Resistant Quotes

80 quotes by 76 authors

Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of the (Iraqi) communities… — Peter Rodman
The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the… — Seth Godin
The earth itself is slightly resistant to routine. — Rebecca West
The body must be regarded as a site of social, political, cultural and geographical inscriptions, production or constitution. The body is not opposed to culture,… — Elizabeth Grosz
Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail. — Dean Ornish
Every aspect of life is pre-programmed to rise to its highest creative possibility. We don't have to make that happen, but we have to allow… — Marianne Williamson
Physically, rowing was remarkable resistant to the camera... the camera liked power exhibited more openly, and the power of the oarsmen [is] exhibited in far… — David Halberstam
Religions are tough. Either they make no contentions which are subject to disproof or they quickly redesign doctrine after disproof. ... near the core of… — Carl Sagan
The only person in all the world who can give you pleasure, or deny it, is yourself. No matter how much we love someone, the… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat raggedly… — Simon Schama
When the words are fuzzy, the programmers reflexively retreat to the most precise method of articulation available: source code. Although there is nothing more precise… — Amari Cooper
Aikido is the principle of non-resistance. Because it is non-resistant, it is victorious from the beginning. Those with evil intentions or contentious thoughts are instantly… — Morihei Ueshiba
But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured,… — Gloria Steinem
Faeries are not fantasy, but a connection to reality. Faeries are irrational, poetic, absurd, and very, very wise. Faeries say there is nonsense in dogma,… — Brian Froud
The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weather during summer to warrant heavy planting, especially throughout the… — David F. Houston
People have always been resistant to change. If you go back to the 17th, 18th century, playing guitar was frowned upon. When rock n' roll… — Moby
The White House, in advancing the agenda for a [school] "choice" plan, rests its faith on market mechanisms. What reason have the black and very… — Jonathan Kozol
I grew up going to the movies, not watching them on television, so I'm still a bit resistant to TV as a medium. — Kenneth Lonergan
There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than politicians think. We have… — Michel Foucault
Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects. — Arthur Keith

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