#resisted

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#because #bureaucrats #change #chaos #exist

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#come #idea #invasion #resisted #time

Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits. ↗

— Will Wright

#biggest #camera #feels #freedom #huge

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#doubt #fool #going #greatest #greatest obstacle

The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years. ↗

— Ed Markey

#bush #congress #dramatically #economy #five

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point. ↗

— Francis Arinze

#beyond #catholic #catholic church #church #desirable

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#allowed #any #binds #broken #chains

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it. ↗

— Anthony Head

#becoming #david #hope #i #idea

If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#always #anyone #anything #butcher #common

At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with our product and it cleared up in two days. She lived to 17 years. ↗

— William Standish Knowles

#cleared #days #dog #fungus #had