Quotes About Resistance

I stopped at the door where the racks of Snapples were kept. I put my hand to the glass near the bottles of lemonade—there was both yellow and pink. They were like diamonds or pornography. I could look, but I couldn't touch.

Why would any guy want to be only friends with a girl? It's like agreeing to be near a chocolate cake and never eat it. It's like sitting in a racing car but not driving it. Only wimps do that.

Almost an addiction. Like smoking, when you know it is bad for you but you can't seem to leave it.

hearing Monty Tinsman's name caused Jayson to scowl again. "He also said the woman is a witch in high heels." Jayson sighed. Another part of this ordeal to deal with. "She's supposed to be here tomorrow." He glanced at Jack. "Why don't you show her around?" He wasn't hopeful, but he gave it a shot.

As pessoas têm medo das mudanças. Eu tenho medo que as coisas nunca mudem.

We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.

Resist winter as you will — the cold will come.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

Old Satan couldn't get along without plenty of help.

Since the development of bacteriology, many have been inclined to forget that, as it takes two to make a quarrel, so it takes two to make a disease, the microbe and its host. There is a constant struggle between disease germs and the bodies of animals and of human beings that they invade. There is also a tendency for an equilibrium to become established. The germs kill off the most susceptible and immunize the more resistant.

I'm protesting adulthood— in my blanket fort, coloring.

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Warner Studios official in the era of silent movies: Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

Resistance increases stress, but acceptance decreases stress

The successes recorded by our Southern compatriots show that the U.S. imperialists, no matter what modern weapons they may have, are not to be feared.

Today I am the President of the Republic, but I will be the first to join the Maquis.

The Law waits for you to stumble on a mode of being, a soul different from the FDA-approved purple-stamped standard dead meat — & as soon as you begin to act in harmony with nature the Law garottes & strangles you — so don't play the blessed liberal middleclass martyr — accept the fact that you're a criminal & be prepared to act like one.

If rulers refuse to consider poems as crimes, then someone must commit crimes that serve the function of poetry, or texts that possess the resonance of terrorism.

When the Bible says black, I say white. When it says good, I say evil. When it says Behold, Jehovah is a God of Light, I say, Behold, He is the Lord of dark places, for his children gnash their teeth and cry unto him and are not heard.

Dere må kjenne deres fiender! Dere skal være klar over at Synden er den farligste fienden! Og dere må aldri be Synden hjem til dere! Be aldri Synden på middag! IKKE ENGANG SPANDER EN KOPP KAFFE PÅ SYNDEN?!»

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against not with the wind.

The Prophet said that the highest form of struggle (jih?d) is to speak the truth in the face of a tyrant.

Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record. For a year and a half, I had to stay in another hotel (away from the team) and ate at the hotel in my room.... There were people who wanted to do me harm.