#catalyst

The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#change #defiance #history #opposition #self-assurance

It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#catalyst #clear #government #growth #key

I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#because #catalyst #certainly #course #i

The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans. ↗

— Philip J. Davis

#help #humans #into #madmen #numbers

It is not an overstatement to say that Obamacare was the single most important catalyst leading to the tea party movement. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#important #leading #most #movement #obamacare

In any story, the villain is the catalyst. The hero's not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor. He's one-dimensional intentionally, but the villain is the person who owns up to what he is and stands by it. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#armor #bend #catalyst #cracks #hero

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#every #love #love story #needs #some

Ah, Catylast, can it be that you do not see all the changes you have made? Some by your resignation and acceptance of circumstance, some by your wild struggles. You say that you hate change, but you *are* change. The Fool in Fool's Fate ↗

— Robin Hobb

#catalyst #robin-hobb #the-fool #change

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office. ↗

— William Weld

#catalyst #government #healthy #high #high office

Yes, exercise is the catalyst. That's what makes everything happen: your digestion, your elimination, your sex life, your skin, hair, everything about you depends on circulation. And how do you increase circulation? ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#catalyst #circulation #depends #digestion #elimination