Passive People Quotes
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But ... the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies - those days are over.
— Benjamin Netanyahu
Don't mistake a lack of sophistication for sweetness.
— Lorrie Moore
Kent steepled his fingers in consideration. Blood-red rubies flashed in the sunlight, like the eyes of a demon clutched in his hands.
— V.S. Carnes
I'd rather have the market tell us what - I'd rather have events precipitate events, rather than just sit there like passive people in Washington.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'
— Viggo Mortensen
Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.
— Samuel Richardson
People are always talking on their phones, or looking at their phones, because they don't want to be alone with their thoughts.
— Martin Amis
John Stilgoe, Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places (New York: Walker and Co., 1998), 94.
— Tom Vanderbilt
If you turn a blind eye to the world now, history will turn a blind eye to you later. Ignoring an issue makes you a tacit supporter of it.
— Stewart Stafford
With no notice to the American people ... this country entered the war ... Stranger than the fact was the passive acceptance of it.
— Garet Garrett
She says that the problem with passive people is that they force you to take action. After that, they hate you for it. They never forgive you.
— Chuck Palahniuk
In a tough situation, don't avoid acting just because it's easier or comfortable. Don't lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die.
— Gregory Benford
Cocky don't say anything and that's as good as love right about now.
— Catherynne M Valente
All research scientists know that writing in the passive voice is artificial; they are not disembodied observers, but people doing research.
— Rupert Sheldrake
Experience was something it was difficult to avoid, though many people had managed to keep it to a minimum.
— Philip Jose Farmer
I've met a few people who were passive-aggressive, but I've never met anyone who was aggressive-passive. I don't want tacos! Maybe.
— Demetri Martin
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
— Tom Clancy
My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me.
— Gwyneth Paltrow
I don't understand why people enjoy different things than I do, so I'm going to make a passive aggressive comment about it.
— Anonymous
You can't write novels about people who are timid, risk-averse and passive. Or you can, but they're called literary novels.
— Ken Follett
Yes, of course," said Kinderman. "It's very strange. But then it leaves us
— William Peter Blatty
Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism.
— Philip Zimbardo
We rode in silence. Outkast's Spaghetti Junction played in the background as we hit I-85, southbound toward town. Jessica
— Mitty Walters
If your work is deathwork, one weapon is not enough, just as a plumber would not answer an urgent service call with a single wrench.
— Dean Koontz
It's all a carefully crafted illusion
— Courtney Hunt