#opposition

President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#bush #came #display #even #him

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#brain #computers #connections #danger #develop

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#difficult #going #had #high #high price

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? ↗

— James Thurber

#fear #matter #oblivion #opposition #sleep

It's strange, but once you learn to fight, you seem to attract enemies...Sooner or later, those who master the art of combat must end up fighting. ↗

— Nahoko Uehashi

#fighting-battles #art

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals. ↗

— Dorothy Height

#goals #greatness #his #man #measured

It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides. ↗

— Ricky Ponting

#comfortably #few #good #leave #marks

You don't want to get so distracted, focusing on what the opposition is putting forth that you forget to remind America that the real issue is 8.3 percent unemployment, virtually no growth at all in an economy that has been in shambles for the last four years under Obama. ↗

— John Sununu

#been #distracted #economy #focusing #forget

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#between #ceaselessly #decisive #essence #evil