#against

The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations. ↗

— John M. Ford

#audience #deliberately #dislike #expectations #goes

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#chinese #cultivate #employer #even #extensively

You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox. ↗

— Tim Vine

#before #fact #fox #go #hunt

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. ↗

— Alice Walker

#against #coconut #collapsing #defending #father

But I must think that an address to his majesty to remove one of his servants, without so much as alleging any particular crime against him, is one of the greatest encroachments that was ever made upon the prerogatives of the crown. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#against #alleging #any #crime #crown

Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#arraigned #been #charge #defense #exhibited

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#beginning #caution #ending #i #quotation

It'll become obvious that we've really been working against ourselves. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#become #been #obvious #ourselves #really

After all, as a taxpayer, if I'm acting as the insurer against losses, I should have the right to say what risks the insured can take. ↗

— Jerrry A. Webman

#after #against #i #insured #losses

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. ↗