#resist

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#i #irresistible #life #makes #me

As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#cuts #going #job #keeping #less

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable. ↗

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

#conceivable #controls #covert #impose #irresistible

We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#ask #commitment #create #culture #emphasize

It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#considering #hard #harp #might #resist

I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as the resistance movement fought against Hitler. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#american #belong #clearly #fights #fought

The resistance does not mean that everyone can carry a weapon. The weapon is only for the people of the weapons. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#does #everyone #for the people #mean #only

However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#camp #certain #certain degree #changes #civil

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels. ↗

— Patti Smith

#labels #resistant #traditionally

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#habit #melancholy #never #resist #steadily