#reaction

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. ↗

— Henry Adams

#american society #anything #flat #into #pond

I think we're tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series after seeing the movie they might be disappointed. That there was, you know, that they might have some kind of adverse reaction. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

#after #different #disappointed #i #i think

I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#also #attack #been #criminal #danish

Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#anyone #makes #plans #reactionary #revolution

Two minutes later the right arm was pointing normally and the reaction to the left appeared. The patient made no complaint at all about the experiment. ↗

— Robert Barany

#appeared #arm #complaint #experiment #later

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#action #clearer #ebb #error #fear

I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her? ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#her #homes #i #imagine #instead

Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. ↗

— Hans Selye

#our #reaction #stress #us

It is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph. ↗

— Robert Frank

#instantaneous #oneself #photograph #produces #reaction

You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other harsh adjective you see fit to apply, but an American I was born, an American I have remained all my life. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#american #any #apply #born #call