#reaction

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. ↗

— Plato

#change #direction #excess #generally #governments

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. ↗

— Plato

#causes #direction #excessive #increase #opposite

You could have another downgrade. You could certainly have a stock market reaction that would be negative. And, I think nobody who looks at it objectively would want to happen. ↗

— Rob Portman

#certainly #could #downgrade #happen #i

The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#american #american public #aware #food #foods

With years of experience doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom of each story, I am looking forward to covering the stories in the human dimension and impart the passion and visceral reactions the audience seeks. ↗

— Geraldo Rivera

#audience #bottom #covering #dimension #doing

The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics. ↗

— Elihu Root

#characteristics #contribute #departure #fact #human

My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#attempts #attention #even #get #later

When you're watching Psycho, there' s that moment when you have a visceral reaction to watching someone being stabbed. And then you have the intellectual revelation that you're not, and that's where the celebration comes in. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#celebration #comes #intellectual #moment #psycho

They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#bush #cheney #compassionate #conservatives #express

Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong. ↗

— Lara St. John

#brings #concert #crowd #goes #impulse