Quotes About Revolt

It was not often that Flay approved of happiness in others. He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt. But on an occasion such as this it was different, for the spirit of convention was being rigorously adhered to, and in between his ribs Mr. Flay experienced twinges of pleasure.

It was not often that Flay approved of happiness in others. He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.

the Revolution had reached that classic mature stage where it existed only for its own sake.

newly powerful nations, with the exception of Spain, showed themselves as capable of great achievement as the Italians had been. From the sixteenth century onward, the history of European thought is dominated by the Reformation. The Reformation was a complex many-sided movement, and owed its success to a variety of causes. In the main, it was a revolt

She'd immersed herself in forbidden privileges, yes, but mostly in the belief she was worthy of those privileges. What she'd done was not a revolt, it was a baptism.

She had the look of someone who'd declared herself, and seeing it, my indignation collapsed and her mutinous bath turned into something else entirely. She'd immersed herself in forbidden privileges, yes, but mostly in the belief she was worthy of those privileges. What she'd done was not a revolt, it was a baptism.

It is true that most of these men were closeted transgressors, while Colette played out her revolt in public. They were secretly attracted by her vital force. Their languor and formality were alien to her—but not their fetish worship of human beauty.

Influence, people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from.

I've been in revolt for years against ignominy, against injustice, against inequality, against immorality, against the exploitation of human beings.

Even on songs we've got that are about a girl, there's always something there that's a call to insurrection.

The quisling theme was also endemic in the revolt against black and Asian migrants. Immigration was proof that a treacherous elite was selling out the victory of the war. 'The white working class are redrawn,' as Schofield writes, 'as victims of a traitorous state… This was, he insisted, an invasion not unlike that which was threatened in 1940.

Sin is a revolt against God.

Repent, Harlequin, said the Ticktock Man. Get stuffed, the Harlequin replied.

In revolt against this new and very evil thing came the republicanism of the eighteenth century, inspired and directed in large measure by members of the fast perishing aristocracy of race, character and tradition.

Destinul femeilor arabe este un lucru ciudat, cel putin in satul meu. Il accepti in modul cel mai firesc cu putinta. Nici nu ne trece prin gand sa ne revoltam. Ma mult, nici nu stim ce e revolta. Stim sa plangem, sa ne ascundem, sa mintim daca trebuie ca sa evitam batul, dar sa ne revoltam - niciodata. Pur si simplu pentru ca nu exista alt loc unde sa poti trai decat la tata sau la sot. Este de neconceput sa traiesti singura.

This restoration was preceded by a long period of preparation. The Pilgrims and other Europeans were inspired to find this American haven of refuge and thus people this land with honest and God-fearing citizens. Washington and his fellows were inspired to revolt from England and bring political liberty to this land, along with the more valuable treasure of religious liberty so that the soil might be prepared for the seed of the truth when it should again be sown

The time for revolt is now, and the time for revolt is always!

On one level the sixties revolt was an impressive illustration of Lenin's remark that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with.

Very, very protesty. And, uh, one of the protestiest of all things I ever protested against in my protest years.

If I who was previously revolting am now this far from my crazy self, how much further are you who were never revolting, and how much deeper your revulsion?

I hated the very idea of the eighteenth century, with all those smug men writing tight little couplets and being so dead keen on reason.

Off with their heads!

then the voice in my head said WHETHER YOU LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE OR LIVE IN DIVIDED CEASELESS REVOLT AGAINST IT WHAT YOU LOVE IS YOUR FATE

At one point, 144 seamstresses were killed in Nantes. Their crime? They had sewn shirts for the rebels…