Force Quotes - Page 17

There are people who are convinced supernatural forces are at work, but I've no idea. I suspect 'possession' might be a psychological thing, like schizophrenia. We all think we know things, but we don't know a damn thing. Whether God exists, why we're here... Nobody really knows any of it.

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for the wage pricing mechanism. In the process we have created [a] privileged elite whose incomes are being supported at non-competitively high levels by immigration quotas on skilled professionals. Eliminating such restrictions would reduce at least some of the income inequality.

One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East. It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.

You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to be so for a short period of time... the habit takes over.

The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.

I enjoy my work too much to force-feed myself with pressure.

You must use force against terrorism.

I believe in a higher force that is within me.

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.

We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]

Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity.

There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.

I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so.

The organism cannot be regarded as simply the passive object of autonomous internal and external forces; it is also the subject of its own evolution.

I think one of the biggest scams in law enforcement is the monitor.

When I was going blind, I didn't turn to God. It didn't seem to me then - and it doesn't seem to me now - that those items were His concern. Early on, I figured I better begin to learn how to count on myself, instead of counting on supernatural forces.

The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is, that it scatters your force.

There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many.

I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.

Not by force shall the children learn, but through play

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.

Like a force of nature love can fade with the stars at dawn...