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Quotes About Reaction

Der Fortschrittler triumphiert immer und der Reaktionär hat immer recht. Recht haben heißt in der Politik nicht die Szene beherrschen, sondern vom ersten Akt an die Leichen des fünften vorhersagen.
~ Nicolás Gómez Dávila
What most likely is upon us is not a revolutionary terror, but a counter-revolutionary terror implemented by disgusted revolutionaries.
~ Nicolás Gómez Dávila
To discover the fool there is no better reagent than the word "medieval." He immediately sees red.
~ Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Ian Gittings : The Los Angeles earthquake of October 1,1987 measured 5.9 on the Richter scale. It killed eight people, injured scores more, and left 2,200 people homeless and more than 10,000 buildings badly damaged. However, Nikki Sixx was by far the most infamous Los Angeleno to react to the quake by running out of his house butt-naked and waving a crack pipe.
~ Nikki Sixx
You learn about fight or flight, but no one ever mentions the third alliterative option - freeze.
~ Unknown
I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to go home.
~ Noel Coward
As we observe the way our minds and bodies react to pleasure and pain, we begin to clearly understand how ultimately impersonal this human experience is, and how through our delusions and self-centeredness we are constantly making it personal and taking it personally
~ Noah Levine
Anger is a futile emotion. The man who is angry loses more energy than his victim. So if you are angry you put yourself at a disadvantage.
~ Unknown
part three, "Transformation." In closing, please reconsider the words of Hans Selye, the father of stress research, whom I quote also at the top of this chapter: It is not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
~ Unknown
Frica de reac?ia în întârziere a destinului devine mai nefast? decât chiar confirmarea presim?irilor. Nenorocirea stabilizeaz?, cel pu?in, pentru o vreme, balan?a. Promite un armisti?iu.
~ Unknown
I heard disbelief and questioning, threats and cursing, honor and disgust.
~ Octavia E. Butler
And, of course, he didn't shout. He tends not to. It's a pity. His disapproval might be easier to take if it were quick and loud. It was, as usual, quiet and intense.
~ Octavia E. Butler
had to blink in pain. "What is
~ Unknown
Anger can prompt one to utter various words, but it can also make one fail to remember them afterward.
~ Olga Tokarczuk
They liked the book the better the more it made them cry.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
~ Orson Welles
Positive or negative its all feedback.
~ Unknown
Any issue, wrote he, the front page of which failed to elicit a 'Gee whiz!' from its readers was a failure, whereas the second page ought to bring forth a 'Holy Moses!' and the third an astounded 'God Almighty!
~ Unknown
Once you have the right relationship with God through salvation and sanctification, remember that whatever your circumstances may be, you have been placed in them by God. And God uses the reaction of your life to your circumstances to fulfill His purpose, as long as you continue to "walk in the light as He is in the light" (1 John 1:7).
~ Oswald Chambers
How do we react when we don't get our own way? How do we react when people disagree with us? Are we intolerant of differences? Do we try to smooth stormy waters, or are we troublemakers? Have we insisted on being the center of attention? Have we acted offensively just to be noticed? Are we afraid that we won't be recognized or respected or loved? Do we fear that we won't get our share
~ Unknown
I don't remember where we first played 'Black Sabbath' , but I can sure as hell remember the audience's reaction: all the girls ran out of the venue, screaming.
~ Ozzy Osbourne
If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction.
~ Padgett Powell
I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair. I wasn't prepared for that.
~ Pamela Anderson