To make oneself an object, to make oneself
passive, is a very different thing from being a
passive object.
View quotes by Simone De BeauvoirThe whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and
passiveView quotes by William Ralph IngeAt the age of 81, I am left with one pleasure and that's
passive smoking. I love it.
View quotes by Baroness TrumpingtonI am a camera with its shutter open, quite
passive, recording, not thinking (Goodbye to Berlin)
View quotes by Christopher IsherwoodA shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the
passive acquiescence of all.
View quotes by TacitusIt is not credible for a party leader to have the
passive support of the wider membership without first ensuring that he has the confidence of the vast majority if not the whole of his parliamentary colleagues
View quotes by Andrew GeorgeThe silent power of books is a great power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them which those alone can know who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent,
passive, and noiseless though they be, they may yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations
View quotes by Henry GilesThe best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is very difficult to write out of because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a
passive contemplative mood.
View quotes by Susan SontagPeace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to
passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.
View quotes by Dorothy ThompsonFaith is not belief. Belief is
passive. Faith is active
View quotes by Edith HamiltonThere are two kinds of solar-heat systems: '
passive' systems collect the sunlight that hits your home, and 'active' systems collect the sunlight that hits your neighbors' homes, too.
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