Resisted Quotes

130 Resisted quotes by 121 unique authors

The girl I’ve been looking for my entire life. Alex resisted the urge to throw Seb off the balcony and see if he could fly. — L.A. Weatherly
Fang? Are you- like Max?" asked Dr. Martinez. "Nope,"he said, sounding bored. "I'm the smart one." I resisted the urge to kick him in the… — James Patterson
Your lifeline...oh, the burning stick. Right." Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: BWAH HA HA! — Rick Riordan
For seven days she lay in bed looking sullenly at the ceiling as though resenting the death she had cultivated for so many years. Like… — William S. Burroughs
The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact. — Malcolm Muggeridge
To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther.… — Pascal Mercier
She felt so old, so worn out, so far away from the best moments of her life that she even yearned for those that she… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Bountiful is your life, full and complete. Or so you think, until someone comes along and makes you realize what you have been missing all… — Elif Safak
Eventually, the Gray Man thought, if he resisted using it for long enough, he himself might forget his own name, and became someone else entirely. — Maggie Stiefvater
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? — Seneca the Elder
Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that we have many… — Amartya Sen
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. — Tom Peters
Love is a tyrant, resisted. — John Ford
What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh! — Agnes Repplier
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our… — Seneca the Younger
Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining… — Samuel Johnson
There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on imports. All reform… — Veerappa Moily
Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion and… — Noam Chomsky
In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them.… — Robert Reich
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo
In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious… — Sophie Swetchine
For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now. — George H. W. Bush
The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected at first, though very palatable to those who had courage… — Isaac D'Israeli
Action and change are often resisted when theyre needed most. — Suman Rai
We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered to-day? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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