logo

Quotes About Opposition

And those who complain and try to obstruct and thwart things—they help as much as anyone. The world needs them as well.
~ Marcus Aurelius
When human nature rebels against Mother Nature, humanity becomes a cancer on the earth. The natures of all things are nested within nature as a whole. When you reject what life gives you, you place yourself in opposition to nature—including your own nature—and so harm yourself.
~ Marcus Aurelius
To him they are only sectaries 'violently and passionately set upon opposition.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Just as the Nature of rational things has given each rational being almost all his other powers, so also have we received this one from it; that, as this Nature moulds to its purpose what ever interference or opposition it meets, and gives it a place in the destined order of things, and makes it a part of itself, so also can the rational creature convert every hindrance into material for itself and utilize it for its own purposes.
~ Marcus Aurelius
I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.
~ Margaret Atwood
I beliebe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.
~ Margaret Atwood
You pride yourself on being a realist, I told myself, so face the facts. There's been a coup, here in the United States, just as in times past in so many other countries. Any forced change of leadership is always followed by a move to crush the opposition. The opposition is led by the educated, so the educated are the first to be eliminated. You're a judge, so you are the educated, like it or not. They won't want you around.
~ Margaret Atwood
Any forced change of leadership is always followed by a move to crush the opposition. The opposition is led by the educated, so the educated are the first to be eliminated.
~ Margaret Atwood
In the dark parlor we move away from each other, slowly, as if pulled towards each other by a force, current, pulled apart also by hands equally strong. I
~ Margaret Atwood
Rome versus the Visigoths, Ancient Egypt versus the Hyksos, Aztecs versus the Spaniards.
~ Margaret Atwood
Petchenegs versus Byzantium," said Jimmy, one memorable day.
~ Margaret Atwood
Roman noticed that both women seemed instinctively opposed to the idea. "David's the logical choice," said Ulrike. Eric and Cliff protested, but Rikki overrode them. "It's less complicated.
~ Margaret Maron
She married Frank Kennedy two weeks later after a whirlwind courtship which she blushingly told him left her too breathless to oppose his ardor any longer.
~ Margaret Mitchell
When the United States fought in Vietnam, it was organized modern technology versus organized human beings, and the human beings won.
~ Howard Zinn
To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.
~ Linus Torvalds
In every case do the opposite to whatever technology does today. Then you will always be on the right track.
~ Viktor Schauberger
We're not all on the same page here. So most of us in the technology community are opposed to what we call backdoors that would allow law enforcement to tap in.
~ Rod Beckstrom
There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian's love must be universal!
~ Jonathan Edwards
No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties
~ Bob Hope
One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
~ E. B. White
Time is my greatest enemy.
~ Evita Peron
We are opposed to the line of compromise with imperialism. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the practice of only shouting against imperialism, but, in actual fact, being afraid to fight it.
~ Kim Il-sung
The time will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.
~ August Spies
When I see everyone rushing in one direction, I know it's time to move the other way.
~ Armand Hammer