Against Quotes

The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.

Bond is part of the system. He's an imperialist and a misogynist, and he laughs at killing people, and he sits there slugging martinis. It'll never be the same thing as this, because Bourne is a guy who is against the establishment, who is paranoid and on the run. I just think fundamentally they're just very different things.

With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

They had certainly exasperated them, and could not disperse them, as after every charge - and some of these drove the people right against the shutters in the shops in the Strand - they returned again.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions of life in many cases.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that.

A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play their best, because they aren't comfortable. There's one surefire way to get over that, and it's to ask yourself, 'What if I beat him?' Imagine the possibility.

I'm running against a woman who's got David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel running her campaign.

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings.

The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women.

Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.

It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists.

I'm totally not against plastic surgery. I've tried Botox before. That's the only thing that I've done.

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it.

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.