Quotes About Resistance

Ya?am reddetmek demektir. Her ?eyi kabul eden, lavabo deli?inden fazlas?n? ya??yor olamaz.

Vivere vuol dire rifiutare. Chi accetta ogni cosa non è più vivo dell'orifizio di un lavandino.

Quando un popolo rifiuta un progresso facile da raggiungere, quando un veicolo, spinto da dieci uomini, rimane inchiodato sul posto, quando un bambino si abbruttisce davanti al televisore per ore e ore, quando un'idea si cui è stata dimostrata l'inutilità continua a nuocere, allora si scopre, con stupore, lo spaventoso potere dell'immobile.

Vivere vuol dire rifiutare. Chi accetta ogni cosa non è più vivo dell'orifizio di un lavandino.

Vivre signifie refuser. Celui qui accepte tout ne vit pas plus que l'orifice du lavabo.

You find the most outrageous deviants in the countries with the most authoritarian systems.

Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you cannot govern her. No power on earth can govern a human being, however feeble, who withholds his or her consent.

One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before.

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

Impulse decisions can often be our downfall when it comes to sticking to good habits. Do something to buy yourself some time when you're experiencing those 'moments' of weakness, and often, the urge will pass. If you keep the cookies in a box in the basement, you might find it's not worth the effort to go get them.

I try to avoid barbecue potato chips. They're my weakness.

It's hard to let new stuff in. And whether that admits a weakness, I don't know.

Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted as a sign of sophistication, it can be an opportunity for one-upmanship and an excuse for misanthropy, especially against the young.

My weakness in life is two men who seduce me all the time - named Ben & Jerry.

If you know cookies are your weakness, don't even bring them in the house because, like me, you will eat them.

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity.

Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

When the situation politically became intolerable within South Africa, we used the arts as a weapon for change.

Remember the valiant Iraqi peasant and how he shot down an American Apache with an old weapon.

In the past, the greatest weapon the white man has had has been his ability to divide and conquer. If I take my hand and slap you, you don't even feel it. It might sting you because these digits are separated. But all I have to do to put you back in your place is bring those digits together.

Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen and fire, they're very common and mix all too often. The recipe is, simply, a legitimate grievance against a state, a state that refuses to compromise, a quorum of angry people, and access to weapons.