Quotes About Resistance

It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors down by doing the stuff that he believed in.

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

I always feel I have to take a stand, And there's always someone on hand To hate me for standing there. I always feel I have to open my mouth, And every time I do, I offend someone, somewhere.

We've been dealing with this kind of terrorism since the fifties, since the Muslim Brotherhood came to Syria at that time.

We do not live in a revolutionary time. People are not prepared to contest power.

I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.

Gravity is on duty all of the time.

Any time Uncle Sam, with all his machinery for warfare, is held to a draw by some rice eaters, he's lost the battle.

Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the time.

I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.

Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!

It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.

I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.

When it's time for the revolution, I'm a click, click, click.

No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time.

I like fighting. I get into rows all the time.

Those who fled will fight another time.

There was a law against Luke.

Yes, the heat lacerated the heart. And alone she resisted it, entire, virgin, the envy of the sea.

Não havia nada a fazer aqui, os livros derretiam-se nas mãos. E as histórias caíam em pedaços sob os golpes sombrios e silenciosos dos zangões. Sim, o calor dilacerava o coração. E só lhe resistia inteiro, virgem, o desejo do mar. Sara pousou o livro nos degraus da varanda. Os outros já estavam no mar. Ou, se não estavam, iam mergulhar de um momento para o outro.

In queste carte l'arabesco del suo narrare non è formale ma somiglia ad una ricerca della penna intorno ad un punto piagato: come se egli cercasse continuamente di respingere qualche cosa di forza pari alla repugnanza che gli ispira.

La corrente della vita mi spingeva in avanti, ma io resistevo. Preferivo il passato, non ancora convinta che con Shay fosse davvero finita. Quando lo avevo salutato sul traghetto non sapevo che sarebbero trascorsi quindici anni prima di rivederlo.

I wanted to show her how disgusted I was by not eating a thing, but a chocolate cookie is a chocolate cookie.

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.