#gains

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'. ↗

— Joey Ramone

#against #am #being #going #grain

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#i #implementation #revolution #rules #struggling

Therefore reinforcing a stereotype, therefore thinking that the entire Indian culture is just made of people that are against their children's decisions. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#children #culture #decisions #entire #indian

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#certain #consults #fight #fighting #hands

But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the war against our government just as long as there are inhabitants here. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#bayonet #cannon #city #damage #government

You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#arrogance #been #employ #forget #given

One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't there are there - just like when you're acting against CGI. Also, in a theater, the people in the back row can't see the whites of your eyes. Or your lips moving as you deliver dialogue. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#acting #against #also #audience #back

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#better #defence #defender #faith #george

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#errors #every #formidable #kind #most

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

#always #chance #effort #entirely #even