The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity. – Harriet Beecher Stowe Category: Stubbornness
He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. – Herman Melville Category: Stubbornness
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience. – Henri Frederic Amiel Category: Stubbornness
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. – Arthur Schopenhauer Category: Stubbornness
You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. – Ulrich Beck Category: Peace
It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame. – Marshall McLuhan Category: Technology
