Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
It’s exciting to play against old teammates, old friends.
The fight against the drug smuggling is lost worldwide.
Probably the biggest bring-down in my life was being in a pop group and finding out just how much it was like everything it was supposed to be against.
Always fall in with what you’re asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever’s going. Not against: with.
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
In the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.
If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.
Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think can’t be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege.
It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle.
Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.
I believe that truth is one of the most powerful tools we possess against victimization, exploitation, and fear.
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.
You don’t paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.
I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I’ve earned my own money; I’ve traveled the world. What would I rebel against?
I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just don’t believe in climate change – they think oil will last forever.
I’ve always had a massive fascination with the modern day cowboys. Modern day outlaws or going against the system, and that’s always been very intriguing to me.
It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they are an endangered species. This was a documentary on the plight of the whales.
Betrayal is one of my biggest fears. Betrayal happens on many different levels all the time, and there is no worse feeling than realizing someone you thought you could trust has gone against you.
Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.
The New Order wants to put our national interest in the driving seat while continuing with our ideology to fight against colonialism and imperialism.
I was an 18-year-old lad playing in a Scottish League Cup final at Hampden in front of 60,000 against Celtic. That’s an experience I will never forget.
If you’re the handsome white guy, you tend to get cast as guys who are meant to be convincing in their jobs. What I’ve been fortunate enough to do, whether it’s playing a certified idiot on ’30 Rock’ or a weirdo in ‘Bridesmaids,’ is play against that in a lot of ways.
Out with stereotypes, feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the west’s stunning sexual personae, the vehicles of art’s assault against nature. The moment there is imagination, there is myth.
Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.
Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity.
I’m not against being beautiful or sexy or anything, but I have this ‘cool’ image that I want to keep.
Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.
In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And that can be just a few minutes sitting on your porch feeling the breeze against your face. That can be a few moments spent in meditation or in prayer or remembering three things you’re grateful for.
Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn’t do anything.
The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb.
The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won’t tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Street football is the greatest thing in the world. There is just you and your friends against the rest.
Protest theater has a place again. It’s not against whites or apartheid. It is against injustice and anything that fails our people.
Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.
Will cannot be quenched against its will.
You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.
Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.
Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.
You got to take a deep breath and give up. The system is rigged against you.
Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
The premise of my whole campaign has been not that people need to believe what I say to them, but they need to look at what I have done. And what I have done in the state of Nevada, I have voted over a 100 times against tax and fee increases, poor public policy, and unconstitutional bills.
I can’t go against my nature because I am what I am. I don’t try to be anyone different to who I am.
Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be Iran being a nuclear power.
A man convinced against his will is not convinced.
I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.
Writing is a very strenuous thing – it’s like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer’s room.
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.
We must go fast, because the race is against time.
Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.
There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.
I detest jokes – when somebody tells me one, I feel my IQ dropping; the brain cells start to disappear. But something is funny when the person delivering the line doesn’t know it’s funny or doesn’t treat it as a joke. Maybe it comes from a place of truth, or it’s a sort of rage against society.
All children should have a chance to speak up for what matters to them, like school violence, and they should be encouraged to take action to end violence against children.
