Irresistible Quotes - Page 14

• Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.

  Walter Jon Williams

  Writing, Choices, Compulsion

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• I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am bored or understand - I use those words interchangeably - another appetite has formed.

  Robert Rauschenberg

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  "Art Without Compromise". Book by Wendy Richmond, 2009.

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• Late in August the lure of the mountains becomes irresistible. Seared by the everlasting sunfire, I want to see running water again, embrace a pine tree, cut my initials in the bark of an aspen, get bit by a mosquito, see a mountain bluebird, find a big blue columbine, get lost in the firs, hike above timberline, sunbathe on snow and eat some ice, climb the rocks and stand in the wind at the top of the world on the peak of Tukuhnikivats.

  Edward Abbey

  Running, Cutting, August

  Edward Abbey (1996). “The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader”, p.128, Macmillan

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• Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.

  William Butler Yeats

  Doe, Ethics, Cry

  William Butler Yeats (2017). “The Cutting of an Agate”, p.73, BoD – Books on Demand

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• She let him come further, his lips came and surging, surging, soft, oh soft, yet on, like the powerful surge of water, irresistible, till with a little blind cry, she broke away.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Powerful, Water, Sensual

  D. H. Lawrence, Mark Kinkead-Weekes (2002). “The Rainbow”, p.278, Cambridge University Press

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• Every Thanksgiving table should be blessed with the presence of a long-married pair who bring out the best in each other, are completely enamored despite their differences, and leave every other guest thinking, I’ll have what they’re having. Our holiday pies honor such so there’s a pleasant mix of textures and flavors in every bite. No matter how you slice partnerships, each spotlighting the perfect marriage of crust and filling these six irresistible desserts, there is a whole lot to love.

  Martha Stewart

  Blessed, Holiday, Thinking

  "Martha Stewart Openly Mocks Gwyneth Paltrow With ‘Conscious Coupling’ Story In Her Magazine" by Kristen Aiken, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 23, 2014.

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• Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Saving, Faces, Conspiracy

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• One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.

  Idries Shah

  Thinking, Assessment, People

  Idries Shah (1978). “Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way”, p.159, Octagon Press Ltd

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• A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate millions... Of all targets New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm.

  E. B. White

  New York, Islands, Bridges

  "Here Is New York". Book by E. B. White, 1948.

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• The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.

  Toni Cade Bambara

  Jobs, Revolution

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• There is little difference between the Zulu warrior who smeared bis body with lion's fat and the modern woman who dabs hers with expensive perfume. The one was trying to acquire the courage of the king of beasts, the other is attempting to acquire the irresistible sexuality of flowers. The underlying principle is the same.

  Tom Robbins

  Kings, Flower, Warrior

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• Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.

  Oswald Chambers

  Past, Hands, Steps

  Oswald Chambers (1927). “My utmost for His Highest: selections for every day”

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• How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism.

  James Monroe

  Country, Fate, Rights

  James Monroe (2006). “The Papers of James Monroe: Selected correspondence and papers, 1776-1794”, Greenwood Publishing Group

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• You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.

  Coco Chanel

  Beauty, Fashion, Rest Of Your Life

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• It was not seen that woman's place was in the home until she began to go out of it; the statement was a reply to an unspoken challenge, it was attempted resistance to irresistible change.

  Rose Wilder Lane

  Home, Challenges, Resistance

  Rose Wilder Lane (1985). “Old Home Town”, p.13, U of Nebraska Press

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• Hip to the fact that well-behaved women rarely make history, Diane [Wilson] has already inspired a new movement of totally uncontrollable, irresistible and unreasonable women!

  Medea Benjamin

  Movement, Facts, Hips

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• There is something so beautiful inside you that if you knew it, you would fall in love with it. It is irresistible. You can truly experience that.

  Prem Rawat

  Beautiful, Falling In Love, Ifs

  Speech in Brisbane, Australia, March 17, 1982.

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• The irresistible force meets the immovable object.

  Gorilla Monsoon

  Force, Irresistible Force, Objects

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• Having been challenged by Colonel Pickering, Higgins: You know, it's almost irresistible. She's so deliciously low. So horribly dirty.

  Rex Harrison

  Dirty, Challenges, Lows

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• The slightest force, when it is applied to assist and guide the natural descent of its object, operates with irresistible weight; and Jovian had the good fortune to embrace the religious opinions which were supported by the spirit of the times and the zeal and numbers of the most powerful sect. Under his reign, Christianity obtained an easy and lasting victory; and, as soon as the smile of royal patronage was withdrawn, the genius of Paganism, which had been fondly raised and cherished by the arts of Julian, sunk irrecoverably in the dust.

  Edward Gibbon

  Religious, Art, Powerful

  Edward Gibbon (2016). “THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages”, p.1136, e-artnow

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• At one point I was introduced to a devastatingly handsome young man -- beautiful, really -- with black unruly hair, large sensitive eyes fringed by long dark lashes, a full sensuous mouth -- and an irresistible personality. His name was Tony Curtis.

  Janet Leigh

  Beautiful, Eye, Dark

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• This book will prove the following ten facts: 1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there. 2. Pigs have wings, making them hard to catch. 3. All power corrupts, but we need electricity. 4. When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, the result is a family fight. 5. Music does not always sooth the troubled beast. 6. An Englishman's home is his castle. 7. The female of the species is more deadly than the male. 8. One black eye deserves another. 9. Space is the final frontier, and so is the sewage farm. 10. It pays to increase your word power.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Book, Home, Eye

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• Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the morning's dew. It is non-confrontational, even respectful, in circumventing the rocks in a stream. It makes room for everything that enters its pools. It accommodates by assuming the shape of any vessel it is poured into. And it is humble, seeking always the lowest level. Yet along with - or rather because of these adaptive, yielding properties, it is ultimately irresistible; it carves canyons out of stone.

  Huston Smith

  Morning, Humble, Humility

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• Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved to be irresistible. He always made certain that the other fellow got his share of profit. Nobody lost. He did this, of course, by obvious means. Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.

  Mario Puzo

  Mean, Men, Competition

  1969 The Godfather, bk.3, ch.14.

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• You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. Enthusiasm is the spark in your eye, the swing in your gait, the grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of your will and your energy to execute your ideas. Enthusiasts are fighters, they have fortitude, they have strong qualities. Enthusiasm is at the bottom of all progress. With it there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis.

  Henry Ford

  Strong, Stars, Eye

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