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The world is at stake, and I am going to sit here and eat breakfast!" I exclaimed and resisted him. — Claudia Caren

It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus. — Tycho Brahe

Resisted temptations become lost opportunities ... — Margaret Ayer Barnes

I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally. — Marlee Matlin

If you have ever successfully resisted getting angry, then you know what it is like to resist a demon. — Alexei Maxim Russell

GOOD IDEAS ALTER THE BALANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS. THAT IS WHY GOOD IDEAS ARE ALWAYS INITIALLY RESISTED. — Hugh MacLeod

I am so fortunate to be red! I'm fiery. I'm strong. I know men take notice of me and that I cannot be resisted. — Orhan Pamuk

They seized him, and of all the acts of will in a life famed for them, it was by far the greatest that he resisted them not. — Brent Weeks

Evil can be opposed without being mirrored. Oppressors can be resisted without being emulated. Enemies can be neutralized without being destroyed. — Walter Wink

I would desire for a friend the son who never resisted the tears of his mother. — Jacques De Lacretelle

Her one desire, so long resisted, to make herself his, to call him her lord, her own - then, — Thomas Hardy

I resisted the urge to pour mouthwash in my brain. — Devon Monk

There is no memory less satisfying than a temptation that we resisted. — Erin McCarthy

Your lifeline ... oh, the burning stick. Right. Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: BWAH HA HA! — Rick Riordan

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. — Deepak Chopra

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will. — Stephen Ambrose

Her excitement grew as she tried to cut the rope that fastened Leonard to the earth. Woven of bitter experience, it resisted her. — E. M. Forster

The French translation of 'a black hole has no hair' is so obscene that French publishers resisted it vigorously, to no avail. — Kip S. Thorne

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now. — George H. W. Bush

There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature. — George Washington

Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted. — Horace

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

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. — Sophie Swetchine

Hoover viewed the Dillinger case as a potential quagmire and long resisted being drawn into it. — Bryan Burrough

Even while I resisted, and long before I surrendered, God was working in my life - guiding me, protecting me, and training me. — Tammy L. Gray

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. — Joyce Maynard

Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings — Ursula K. Le Guin

Catholic extremism should be resisted as fiercely at home as we oppose the Taliban abroad. — Jacob M. Appel

Her heart of compressed ash, which had resisted the most telling blows of daily reality without strain, fell apart with the first waves of nostalgia. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I resisted being an actor for some time. — Henry Hopper

When we were done, her purple lipstick was all smeared and I felt like giving her a right hook to the temple. I resisted. — Nate Flexer

Still, I strongly resisted the idea of offering up my past in a book, a past that left me feeling exposed, even slightly ashamed. — Barack Obama

No, the Empire needed to be fought. It had to be resisted. — Greg Rucka

Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down — Edith Wharton

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas. - Victor Hugo — John C. Maxwell

Eventually, the Gray Man thought, if he resisted using it for long enough, he himself might forget his own name, and became someone else entirely. — Maggie Stiefvater

For it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted. — Louisa May Alcott

I have resisted temptation for two and a half minutes at least: my redemption is sure. — Malcolm Lowry

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted. — Christian Nestell Bovee

There are some temptations that cannot be resisted, some lessons we never learn. — Susan Hill

Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted. — Sophie Ellis-Bextor

The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact. — Malcolm Muggeridge

Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical. — John Bunyan

The temptation to add features to a program must be resisted as strongly as possible. This requires the dedication of a saint — Joe Armstrong

Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted. — Rudyard Kipling

What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. — Robert Burns

The pastoral itch to be where "the action is" should be resisted. — Eugene H. Peterson

I resisted children's writing for a long time. I saw myself as a writer of literary fiction. But I had so much more fun writing kids' books. — Ellen Potter

Significant change might require those who are now high in the hierarchy to move downward many steps. This seems to them undesirable and is resisted. — Carl Sagan

Have a few beers?" Gabe resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "One, since part of the reason for you to — Vivian Arend

Habits, if not resisted, soon become necessity. — Augustine Of Hippo

Every body resisted (the slaughterer) in its own fashion, tried to escape and seemed to argue with the Creator to its last breath. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

For a long time, I resisted seeing 'The Sound of Music,' but when I finally did, I cried. — Michael Learned

Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy. — Ronald Reagan

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. — James Branch Cabell

The temptation to take the precious things we have apart to see how they work must be resisted for they never fit together again. — Billy Bragg

Life sweeps you up. Some people resist a lot. I probably haven't resisted very much. — Uma Thurman

I'm Crusty, he said, with a tartar-yellow smile.
I resisted the urge to say, Yes, you are. — Rick Riordan

For there is a truth which cannot be bought or sold, imposed by force, resisted or escaped. — Greg Egan

From the beginning, the imported black men and women resisted their enslavement. Ultimately their resistance was controlled, and — Anonymous

The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. — Thomas Jefferson

Science has often resisted new ideas and fought bitterly to prevent them coming on board. — Graham Hancock

Obstacles must be overcome.
Problems must be solved.
Doubt must be resisted.
Fear must be defeated. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If I'd known it would be that good, I might not have resisted for so long. — Delilah S. Dawson

The onset of one religion can be resisted only by another. — C. Northcote Parkinson

A river shaped her,
smoothed her with sand and battered
her against the shore, and she
resisted, she is still here. — Margaret Atwood

He has resisted Temptation for Centuries, A stone cold warrior whose frozen heart refuses to thaw- Until Her.. — Tina St. John

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. — Richard M. Nixon

The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock. — Thomas A Kempis

I realized that I had demanded that my parents accept me but had resisted accepting them. — Andrew Solomon

She resisted the urge to run, only prey ran [and] Niko had no intention on becoming prey — Kayti Nika Raet

Yes, the heat lacerated the heart. And alone she resisted it, entire, virgin, the envy of the sea. — Marguerite Duras

For out of the perverse will came lust, and the service of lust ended in habit, and habit, not resisted, became necessity. — Augustine Of Hippo

I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before. — George Meyer

New ideas are always resisted. — Henning Mankell

Meaningful change is always painful. It's always resisted. And it's always awkward. — Amy Daws

The genealogy of fictional characters can become an obsession, like train-spotting, and should be firmly resisted. — Tariq Ali

Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed. — Samuel Johnson

Alex resisted the urge to throw Seb off the balcony and see if he could fly. — L.A. Weatherly

For centuries there has been a long and honorable tradition of women who have resisted and protested against men and their power. — Dale Spender

Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. — Tom Peters

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely. — Pope Benedict XVI

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. — Saint Augustine

I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control? — Laurell K. Hamilton

To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation. — Karen Chance

Love is a tyrant, resisted. — John Ford

This is why I resisted loving you. I knew it would kill me to be away from you. I just ... I don't know if I can do it after ... — Kahlen Aymes

I resisted a strong impulse to pluck out my eye and show it to them. — Steve Toltz

A 'god' who's will is resisted, designs frustrated, and purpose checkmated, possesses no title to Deity. — Arthur W. Pink

What I mean is, that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction
which I have resisted in vain, and which overmasters me — Charles Dickens

I resisted writing a book for a long time because I didn't want to invade anyone else's privacy or hurt anyone or anger anyone. — Alana Stewart

Age does not bring wisdom, Ben, but it does give perspective ... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted. — Robert A. Heinlein

Wherever it is resisted, slaver dies away and freedom grows. — Henry Charles Carey

Invading armies can be resisted, invading ideas cannot be. — Victor Hugo