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Quotes About Rebellion

Presumably already alive to the thought that I might go off the rails thanks to my inability to eat celery in the correct way, he resolutely believed that rock and roll was going to result in my utter degradation.
~ Elton John
Aún conservaba algo de aquella antigua lealtad hacia la autoridad que suele convertir a los hermanos pequeños en traidores y en chivatos
~ Elvira Lindo
I took my better nature out, drowned it in a babbling stream/took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens.
~ Elvis Costello
Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions?" A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons?
~ Elvis Costello
There was that reference to Allan Sherman's trip to a summer camp, in "Goon Squad." Mother, Father, I'm here in the zoo I can't come home 'cause I've grown up too soon
~ Elvis Costello
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you kidding ? All that I ever did was just jiggle.
~ Elvis Presley
The Lord teaches us of His grace and the Gospel through difficult children. We learn what it's like to love like He loved. It is there, in our personal upper room, where we learn to wash the feet of those that are betraying us. It is there, kneeling before our rebellious children, that the real power of God is demonstrated.
~ Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness, and caprice.
~ Emil Cioran
In flawed families, a scion appears who dedicates himself to the truth and who ruins himself in its pursuit.
~ Emil Cioran
All that is Life in me urges me to give up God.
~ Emil Cioran
Simt nevoia sa ies din mine si sa nu ma mai opresc,sa depasesc toate limitele care-au fost trecute vreodata,sa scap de sub tirania creierului.
~ Emil Cioran
The man too lucid to worship will also be too lucid to wreck, or will wreck only his … rebellions; for what is the use of rebelling only to discover, afterwards, a universe intact? A paltry monologue.
~ Emil Cioran
S? te r?zvr?teÅŸti împotriva eredit??ii înseamn? s? te r?zvr?teÅŸti împotriva a miliarde de ani, împotriva primeicelule.
~ Emil Cioran
Bluntly: my rebellion is a faith to which I subscribe without believing in it.
~ Emil Cioran
Cu s?n?tatea n-am de ce s? m? plîng. Am ajuns ÅŸi eu în via??, dup? multe revolte inutile, s? m? resemnez, s? nu mai iau parte la lucruri ÅŸi evenimente, s? le privesc.
~ Emil Cioran
Cand esti nemultumit din nastere,tuni si fulgeri impotriva a tot,bun sau rau,nu ca sa indrepti ceva,ci ca sa-ti cheltui rezerva zilnica de indignare.
~ Emil Cioran
De ce nu putem r?mâne închiÈ™i în noi înÈ™ine? De ce umbl?m dup? expresie È™i dup? form?, încercând s? ne golim de conÈ›inuturi È™i s? sistematiz?m un proces haotic È™i rebel? N-ar fi mai fecund? o abandonare în fluiditatea noastr? interioar?, f?r? gândul unei obiectiv?ri, sorbind doar cu o voluptate intim? toate fierberile È™i agitaÈ›iile l?untrice?
~ Emil Cioran
De ce nu putem r?mîne închiÅŸi în noi înÅŸine? De ce umbl?m dup? expresie ÅŸi dup? form?, încercînd s? ne golim de conÅ£inuturi ÅŸi s? sistematiz?m un proces haotic ÅŸi rebel?
~ Emil Cioran
Zugleich die Lust auf Provokation und Rückzug haben, instinktmäßig ein Störenfried und aus Überzeugung ein Leichnam sein!
~ Emil Cioran
S'insurger contre l'hérédité c'est s'insurger contre des milliards d'années, contre la première cellule.
~ Emil Cioran
Children turn, and must turn, against their parents, and the parents can do nothing about it, for they are subject to a law which decrees the relations among all the living: i.e., that each engenders his own enemy.
~ Emil M. Cioran
I shall never utterly admire anyone except a man dishonored — and happy. There is a man, I should say, who defies the opinion of his fellows and who finds consolation and happiness in himself alone.
~ Emil M. Cioran
Quando elevar a voz, seja em nome do céu, da cidade ou de outros pretextos, afaste-se dele: sátiro de nossa solidão, não perdoa que vivamos aquém de suas verdades e de seus arrebatamentos; quer fazer-nos compartilhar de sua histeria, de seu bem, impô-la a nós e desfigurar-nos.
~ Emil M. Cioran
Celui qui, entre vingt et trente ans, ne souscrit pas au fanatisme, à la fureur, et à la démence est un imbécile. On n'est libéral que par fatigue, démocrate par raison. Le malheur est le fait des jeunes. Ce sont eux qui promeuvent les doctrines d'intolérance et les mettent en pratique ; ce sont eux qui ont besoin de sang, de cris, de tumulte, et de barbarie.
~ Emil M. Cioran