#resisting

Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#autobiographical #because #false #how #know

A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity. ↗

— Hermann von Helmholtz

#body #continue #eternity #force #motion

Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#concern #congressional #difficulty #favor #given

The fact that I made a special movie with an old-fashioned style - even if it's a mix between with modern and old-fashioned things - must mean I feel both ways about change. In a way I'm resisting, but in a way adapting myself to the times. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#adapting #between #both #change #even

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

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#go #imaginations #jar #life #little

They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want. ↗

— Larry Ellison

#call #cloud #computing #i #internet

Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it. ↗

— Tom Flynn

#accepting #cold #even #gloriously #human

I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#going #had #heart #i #knew

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