Book Quote by Michel Houellebecq

I tend to be reactionary.

— Billy Corgan

I'm not a reactionary.

— Renee Fleming

Any movement in history which attempts to perpetuate itself, becomes reactionary.

— Josip Broz Tito

A response is not just a re-action, a protest, as it were, against being disturbed; it is, as the word indicates, an answer. It…

— John Dewey

Reactionary movements can't sustain themselves unless they find something new to catch and burn on.

— N. K. Jemisin

Reaction is what changes your understanding of the world.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Well, there's a lot to react against![in response to the accusation that she was a reactionary]

— Margaret Thatcher

Non-reaction is a language that everyone understands. It communicates to the offender and causes him to be upset with the upset that he intended…

— Roy Masters

“Reaction is just that—an action you have taken before. When you “re-act,” what you do is assess the incoming data, search your memory bank…

— Neale Donald Walsch

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

— Rita Mae Brown

There is a difference between reaction and response. Reacting is letting other people bring you down to their level when they hurt you. Responding…

— Anonymous

You call that statesmanship. I call it an emotional spasm.

— Aneurin Bevan