Force Quotes

I think the associations people have with kindness are often things like meekness and sweetness and maybe sickly sweetness; whereas I do think of kindness as a force, as a power.

Sharon Salzberg

KindnessPowerPeopleThinkForce

New planted Colonies are generally attended with a Force and Necessity of Planting the known and approved Staple and Product of the Country, as well as all the Provisions their Families spend.

John Lawson

CountryNewProductForceColonies

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

MeaningKnowForceLawsFullGrasp

You cannot force somebody to be a different person.

Sergio Ramos

YouPersonForceCannotDifferent

The eggers destroy all the eggs that are sat upon, to force the birds to lay fresh eggs, and by robbing them regularly compel them to lay until nature is exhausted, and so but few young ones are raised.

John James Audubon

NatureBirdsYoungEggsFreshForce

When I was commissioned in the Air Force, I was committed to the institution for a career.

James Clapper

CareerAir ForceAirForceCommitted

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

Thomas Carlyle

SoulBelievePersonKindIronForce

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ObedienceRightForceOnlyPowers

They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense.

George Combe

WisdomMeNonsenseNationForceHer

The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force.

Norman Cousins

TodayPeopleControlAmericanForce

Why should a company like Wal-Mart - who made $10 billion last year alone - be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for their health-care costs?

John Sweeney

AloneYearWhyCompanyForceFoot

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

Ivan Turgenev

RoadCircumstancesForceDefineUs

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

Noam Chomsky

ControlYouOwnForcePopulation

Technology not only allows grassroots conservatives like Palin to get their message across without the mainstream media's filter and become a 'force multiplier,' it also helps them topple candidates financially backed by the establishment.

Steve Bannon

TechnologyMediaBecomeFilterForce

'Godfather' was very classical - the way it was shot, the style - the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.

Francis Ford Coppola

StyleDrivingWayMoreForceWhole

Fox News has been a force in converting the party of Lincoln into the party of Trump. The network's allegiance to Trump approaches mindless adoration.

Richard Cohen

PartyNewsFoxForceBeenTrump

Amazon is definitely serious about delivering its goods by an autonomous air force.

Steven Levy

SeriousAir ForceAirForceAmazon

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

Aesop

StormWindOverLittleForceAgain

When the Americans advance, we harass and retreat, fire from new positions and then retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support.

Muqtada al Sadr

FireSupportNewForceBigRetreat

What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything in a search for something else.

Trent Reznor

SearchDownEverythingPointForce

Cinema is a great binding force for a nation.

Ajith Kumar

GreatCinemaNationForceBinding

I remember when Joe Calzaghe fought Jeff Lacy, and there was all this hype about Lacy being some sort of unbeatable force, and Joe absolutely hammered him.

Liam Smith

RememberHimHypeForceBeingSome

I do think that overall blockchains are likely to be a much more powerful force for good than evil.

Roger Ver

GoodEvilThinkPowerfulMoreForce

Kindness boggles my mind. It's the only force in nature that increases simultaneously for the giver and the receiver.

Daniel Lubetzky

NatureKindnessMindForceGiver

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