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Quotes About Obstruction

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
~ Benjamin Jowett
In Washington, 'delay' is too often code for 'derail.' Wink, wink.
~ Peter Welch
The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
~ Bob Schaffer
The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.
~ Boyle Roche
Ultimately Satan wants nothing more than to hinder God's work on Earth through the church. Obviously, the enemy will throw up every roadblock he can to stop believers from pursuing the will of God. The apostle Paul faced these roadblocks, as he explained in one of his letters:
~ Ron Phillips
Every bit of communication from then on related to the "wall"; every silence was evidence of its enduring presence.
~ Rosamund Stone Zander
Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.(p.115)
~ Malcolm Gladwell
The absence of specific knowledge about success is the reason why your journey along the path to success has been halted
~ Sunday Adelaja
If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.
~ Jimmy Page
A ansiedade penetrara em seu corpo e se recusava a se espalhar por ele. Os buracos prateados de sua peneira contra a mágoa, que lhes haviam sido outorgados ao nascer, obstruíram-se. Agora a dor se alojara dentro dela, inescapável.
~ Anais Nin
Cancer - a more or less permanent traffic jam in the body.
~ Andreas Moritz
In his opinion, scientists could play a role by obstructing the material preparations for war – refusing to undertake any research on armaments – but what was required ultimately to remove the antecedents of war was opposition to 'the state, particularly one's own state, in so far as it is an organ for war'.8
~ Andrew Brown
It is not as if we had to seek to have more of the Spirit: we have Him in the fulness of the gift as it is. It is rather the Holy Spirit who must have more of us. As we yield ourselves entirely to Him He will entirely fill us. It is from WITHIN that the blessing must come: the fountain of living water is already there; the fountain has only to be open and every obstruction cleared and the water shall stream forth. It must spring from WITHIN.
~ Andrew Murray
We have to be able to criticize what we love, say what we have to say. Cause if you're not trying to make something better then as far as I can tell you are just in the way.
~ Ani DiFranco
So much of the inventiveness of student activism comes from an intimate knowledge of how institutions work to protect themselves, comes out of an experience of being obstructed, whether by procedures or by people.
~ Sara Ahmed
But as I dropped my hand from my eyes to say this to Jamie, I realized I couldn't see him anymore. My view was blocked by my sister, who had moved to stand between us, one hand stretched out behind her, toward me.
~ Sarah Dessen
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~ Scott Turow
You all say you need us. Well, maybe you do, but not to help, with the millions of bubbly new minds about to be unleashed, with all the cities coming awake at last. Together, you're more than enough to change the world without us. So from now on, David and I are here to stand in your way. You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Polish the heart, free the six senses and let them function without obstruction, and your entire body will glow.
~ Morihei Ueshiba
on. "No matter how obstructive the Republicans may be, Obama has the responsibility of leadership. I'm worried that he's overplaying his hand in saying that it's all the Republicans' fault.
~ Edward Klein
Virtually, self-promotion is not an objectionable attempt when one's opponents occupy and block all corners of a neutral approach since it is the only way left to voice for justice and fairness.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Two-thirds of all preachers, doctors and lawyers are hanging on to the coat tails of progress, shouting, whoa! while a good many of the rest are busy strewing banana peels along the line of march.
~ Elbert Hubbard
Cats have an infallible understanding of total concentration — and get between you and it.
~ Arthur Bridges
How exactly the obstruction-of-justice statutes interact with the president's broad powers to supervise the executive branch under Article II of the Constitution is a genuinely difficult question.
~ Benjamin Wittes