Forces Quotes - page 2

Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows--it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces. (José Rizal)
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. View quote
George Carlin
Conditions to the north of us, in the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts zone of action, and our offensive on Kharkov demands that we not lose time and we commit all forces so that we can draw off as many divisions as possible from Kharkov. And even if we do not draw them off, at least we will not give Manstein the ability to take any of his units from our part of the front. If we attract one or two German tank divisions - it will be the best contribution to the defeat of the enemy in the south. View quote
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces. View quote
Georg Büchner
We live in the midst of invisible forces whose effects alone we perceive. We move among invisible forms whose actions we very often do not perceive at all, though we may be profoundly affected by them. View quote
Dion Fortune
I believe in divine forces and energies. View quote
Richard Pryor
Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion. View quote
Bertrand Russell
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. View quote
Jules Verne
Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them. View quote
Peter Senge
I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments. View quote
Jim Morrison
Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid. (Dorothea Brande)
If Paulus's army had capitulated before the end, the Russians would have had the advantage of withdrawing forces against Paulus and against the southern front, where I had only two Romanian armies. Therefore, the resistance of the Sixth German Army, even to the death of the last man, was necessary. View quote
Erich von Manstein
Reason ... contradicts the established order of men and things on behalf of existing societal forces that reveal the irrational character of this order - for "rational” is a mode of thought and action which is geared to reduce ignorance, destruction, brutality, and oppression. View quote
Herbert Marcuse
The capabilities (intellectual and material) of contemporary society are immeasurably greater than ever before-which means that the scope of society's domination over the individual is immeasurably greater than ever before. Our society distinguishes itself by conquering the centrifugal social forces with Technology rather than Terror, on the dual basis of an overwhelming efficiency and an increasing standard of living. View quote
Herbert Marcuse
To live one's love and hatred, to live that which one is means defeat, resignation, and death. The crimes of society, the hell that man has made or man become unconquerable cosmic forces. View quote
Herbert Marcuse
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living. View quote
Søren Kierkegaard
The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control. View quote
Ogden Nash
A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke. View quote
Arthur Miller
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for insects as well as for the stars. Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance. View quote
Albert Einstein
Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart. View quote
Augustine of Hippo
The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces. (Peter Arnett)
Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments. View quote
Peter Arnett
War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. View quote
Salvatore Quasimodo
Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen. View quote
Stephen Ambrose
The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual. View quote
Arthur Henderson