Quote by James A. Michener Download Open image ““when the moderates were driven out, the radicals moved in,”” — James A. Michener ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Shifting the focus from why to how can help people become less radical. In a series of experiments, when people with extreme political views… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“We have drifted so far left, that now moderate is called right wing.” — Quasi Hubert Copy Share Image
“By “radical” I mean something more than that they aimed to change the order of society in a fundamental way or that they searched… — Matthew Stewart Copy Share Image
“...I think our 'changes' are not as radical as we suppose - in some way we persist as us...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to avoid being trapped by… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
Every movement has radicals. But the important thing is that the radicals are not the leaders. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
“Apathetic people sit back and wait for things to get better before they move. Radical people make things get better, by how they move.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The history of the modern Republican Party is the story of moderates being driven out and conservatives taking over - and then of those… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
“You can become radicalized in the sense that you come to believe, firmly, a position that is within the political mainstream—for example, that your… — Cass R. Sunstein Copy Share Image
“I never dared be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old” — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to avoid being trapped by… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
“The most profound radicalism is often the most profound conservatism.” — Jackson Lears Copy Share Image
“[Very rich people] with brains make a great effort to hold on to every penny they have while preaching to the general population that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which by another… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control,… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“This is not a promise, this is not threat, it's just the way it's gonna be!!!” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“We went into the night and for the first time in my life I saw the stars hanging low over the desert, for the… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The rules seem to be these: If you have written a successful novel, everyone invites you to write short stories. If you have written… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“A Roman came to Rabbi Gimzo the Water Carrier, and asked, "What is this study of the law that you Jews engage in?" and… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“The chance emergence of the was nothing. Remember this. But its persistence and patient accumulation of stature were everything. Only by relentless effort did… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
