Quotes About Resistance

Denial is a strong if imperfect defense.

In all these situations of conflict the ego is seeking to repudiate a part of its own id. Thus the institution which sets up the defence and the invading force which is warded off are always the same; the variable factors are the motives which impel the ego to resort to defensive measures. Ultimately all such measures are designed to secure the ego and to save it from experiencing 'pain.

As long as people tend to define themselves at least partially in terms of the work they do, any change to that work, its procedures and modes, is likely to have self-definitional importance to them. This can lead to surprising amounts of change resistance.

You found during apartheid a strange occurrence from the white folks themselves. There were those who did make a choice to speak out and stand and be counted in the army of human beings who believed in justice. And then there are those who left.

I want to stay in the ocean. I'm not going to be able to do that from some holding cell in Japan.

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

I had always previously really fed off of negativity and enjoyed being the guy who everybody hated.

Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.

I want my life to move on. On the other hand, I can't say no to offers, not when I'm getting £50,000 a year to be Eddie the Eagle.

Some officers do so much to try and get at you.

There are always people who are doing things that don't fit the official accounts.

A great defensive lineman causes problems all day long for an offensive line - problems that don't have a way of getting into the official stats.

I fought fire with oil.

Big Oil is a club, and they'll do everything to keep me out.

We all, as actors, have to fight these battles, where it's like, 'OK, that's a little far-fetched.'

I'm just a feeble old man but I represent the spirit of speaking out.

Old ways of thinking die hard, particularly when they were weaned by legally enforced monopolies.

The fact that I made a special movie with an old-fashioned style - even if it's a mix between with modern and old-fashioned things - must mean I feel both ways about change. In a way I'm resisting, but in a way adapting myself to the times.

It's the oldest story in human existence. We've colonized someone or been colonized throughout human history. It's amazing how fast we comply and try to get a life out of that.

The FIS, BSF, and British Olympic Association have been trying to stop me competing internationally. They don't like the fact that I laugh and have fun and entertain the crowd.

I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.

I have an ongoing fight with fast food.

I sort of latch onto roles that have something to fight against.

The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.