Quotes of: Resist Keyword

The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.

Bob Barr

For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.

George Linnaeus Banks

The repeated announcements that the Russian resistance was definitely broken have been proved to be untrue.

Hjalmar Schacht

Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse.

John Barton

I tend to resist invitations to interpret my own fiction.

J. M. Coetzee

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

Brian Tracy

They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away.

George Jackson

We must resist the temptation of once again turning America into the traditional bogeyman of the left.

Giorgio Napolitano

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

John Ortberg

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.

Jean Piaget

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

Jean Rostand

The energy and daring is to resist the noes, until the final yes has been achieved.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

I'm a dogged person. I respond to adversity with a steely resistance.

Jennifer Egan

Even though we all know the facts, it's hard to resist the lure of a tan.

Jane Krakowski

As women, we all have certain weaknesses. I know one who can't resist pretty shoes but has nothing suitable to wear with them. Others adore frilly lingerie but never have any money to buy outer clothing.

Edith Head

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.

Cindy Sheehan

When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.

Steven Strogatz

Resistance in Palestine will continue until the final liberation of all the Palestinian lands.

Ahmed Yassin

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.

Bashar al-Assad

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

Vincente Minnelli

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

William Greider