Resists Quotes

86 Resists quotes by 81 unique authors

Television has never known what to do with grief, which resists narrative: the dramas of grief are largely internal - for the bereaved, it is… — Meghan O'Rourke
A part of us resists all of this and wants to make it sound as if it's much too religious, an arbitrary thing that we… — Frederick Lenz
I know My God commands, whose power no power resists. — Robert Greene
He who allows himself to be arrested for a crime he did not commit will be expelled from the party, but if he resists and… — Aminu Kano
Every day, IRS agents levy liens on homes, bank accounts, and businesses; they confiscate cars, furniture, boats, and other personal property without the constitutional protections… — Jacob G. Hornberger
No matter what verbal space you try to enclose Zen in, it resists, and spills over ... the Zen attitude is that words and truth… — Douglas Hofstadter
When a man resists sin on human motive only, he will not hold out long. — Daniel H. Wilson
Everyone's mind wanders, without doubt, and we always have to start over. Everyone resists or dislikes the thought of or is too tired to meditate… — Sharon Salzberg
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that… — Albert Schweitzer
If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for… — Lysander Spooner
America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government's refusal to control that border is why… — George Will
How delightful are the pleasures of the imagination! In those delectable moments, the whole world is ours; not a single creature resists us, we devastate… — Marquis de Sade
One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas. — Victor Hugo
Every life is inexplicable, I kept telling myself. No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given, the essential thing… — Paul Auster
And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification — William Blake
Patience is...clearly not fatalistic, shoulder-shrugging resignation. It is the acceptance of a divine rhythm to life; it is obedience prolonged. Patience stoutly resists pulling up… — Neal A. Maxwell
Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority. — Oscar Wilde
Obscenity only comes in when the mind despises and fears the body, and the body hates and resists the mind. — D. H. Lawrence
All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. — Flannery O'Connor
It is possible to imagine a person so entirely that the image resists attempts to dislodge it. — Amy Hempel

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