Quotes About Stubborn

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Whether at his desk or at the dinner table, when he talked about numbers, primes were most likely to make an appearance. At first, it was hard to see their appeal. They seemed so stubborn, resisting division by any number but one and themselves. Still, as we were swept up in the Professor's enthusiasm, we gradually came to understand his devotion, and the primes began to seem more real, as though we could reach out and touch them.

Time has a way of demonstrating . . . the most stubborn are the most intelligent.

The earth, to man, is an infected planet. The human world wants to hear what is wrong with it. It is satisfied with the diagnosis. It does not want to make effort attempting a basic cure. Man has a stubborn will to circulate poison.

No she wouldn't," Miles said. "An ass is an ass

And being stubborn. "Why don't you just let me get up there?" I said, trying to

I believe we are all transient, she began. She thought for awhile and added, I believe that we are half-blind and full of errors. I believe that we understand very little, and what we do understand is mostly wrong. I believe that life cannot be survived - that is evident! - but if one is lucky, life can be endured for quite a long while. If one is both lucky and stubborn, life can sometimes even be enjoyed.

the urgency of life's most stubborn and unrelenting urges.

Eve was a shy woman. A woman who had spent years hidden away from the world, traumatized by their shared past. True, she was also stubborn as a mule when she wanted to be, but he never should've put her in the position of facing off against Makepeace. He'd obviously proved too overwhelming for her. God only knew what the pleasure garden owner had done to Eve to make her agree to marry him.

Ermina—she must always have her own way.

I have convictions: once an idea's in my head, it's very hard to get it out.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.

If they asked how I died tell them: Still angry.

One of the things that you learn in a rural area like that is self-reliance," he said. "People do everything themselves. That kind of self-reliance is something you can learn, and my grandfather was a huge role model for me: If something is broken, let's fix it. To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.

Writing students are notoriously conservative creatures. They write stubbornly and hopefully within the tradition of what they have read. Getting them to try out alternative or innovative forms is harder than talking them into chastity as a life style.

I opine you wouldn't know help if it smacked you in the face. Stubborn, bullheaded, wild fey thing of a woman. - Pierce

In his younger days Grindhusen had been as stubborn and awkward as they come; now he was mild and stupid.

You're a stubborn, ill-trained horse. she said The horse snorted and walked towards the North Road of his own volition. Hey! Karigan pulled back on the reins. Whoa. Who do you think is in charge here?

You're a stubborn, ill-trained horse

There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent.

Why did Meridith have to be so stubborn? Why couldn't she just give him a chance? He knew they'd be amazing together. She'd opened her heart to the kids, admirably so. It couldn't have been easy accepting her father's other children, but she'd done it. Why couldn't she open her heart to him?

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

You're the worst girl I've ever met Isabelle," Hugo added, with touching sincerity. " You're so tough and stubborn, you give me nightmares.