Quotes of: Reverse Keyword

In a determined reversal of her inherent nature, Kochu Maria now, as a policy, hardly ever believed anything that anybody said.

The God of Small Things

There were certain young actors I had trained with at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who had always got the big parts and I was always the spear-carrier. Suddenly the roles were reversed and I couldn't understand why, and nor could they.

David Warner

But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.

Ask It: The Question That Will Revolutionize How You Make Decisions

The Cinderella story in reverse. I only wish there were ashes in the fireplace so I could order you to sweep them out.

Ain't She Sweet

I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction

So at the heart of all things is the germ of their overthrow; the closer you are to the heart, the closer to the reversal. Nowhere to go but down. You reach the core and then you're blown away--

The Map of Love

Whoever walks in reverse, please come forward. Tell me you love me, and tell me backwards, like a palindrome.

Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.

The men responsible for this depression are irresponsible, and therefore only irresponsible people are responsible enough to get us out and reverse course.

So many chairs, and no time to sit

I am grateful for hands to tickle with. Not so grateful for that process in reverse, however.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

What a queer topsy turvy world it was. It used to be the man who went to the wars, the woman who stayed at home. But here the positions were reversed.

Taken at the Flood

Reversing the historical trajectory of human eating, for this meal the forest would be feeding us again.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

I didn't go there lightly. I knew even then that this was the beginning of something very hard to reverse. But I couldn't do otherwise now: I was too possessed

Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa

Force persuades a person to speak, but it cannot guarantee his honesty. Quite the reverse: it will extract confessions from innocents and lies from simple sinners...

At Your Pleasure

Shiva and Saleem, victor and victim; understand our rivalry, and you will gain understanding of the age in which you live. (The reverse of this statement is also true.)

Midnight's Children

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play.

Peter Shaffer

I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.

Rachel Johnson

At times we expected the allies unquestioningly to follow our leads; sometimes we failed to consult them in advance before reversing policies; at other times we ignored their requests.

Richard Kerry

If you pay off your mortgage before retirement, you take a huge financial load off your shoulders. You also become eligible to take out a reverse mortgage once you turn 62.

Suze Orman

People buy into this false notion of reverse racism, where they believe that just because there’s a group of people getting together to share something about their heritage that we’re excluding white people. But that’s not the reality.

Simon S. Tam

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

Thomas Menino

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.

Jeff Zucker