Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that new ideas are painful, for they are not. It is that old ideas are seldom entirely false, but have truth, great truth in them. The justification for conservatism is the...
Dale E. Turner
I kind of rebelled against it. I resisted it. I didn`t know what I wanted to do when I was a kid and was reluctant to go into, y`know, Dad`s line of business.
Jeff Bridges
I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It`s such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don`t want to be a sex symbol.
Ben Affleck
[On his Lt. Cmdr. Data action figure] "At first, I was reluctant. But then I figured, if it`s good enough for Alec Guinness, then it`s good enough for me".
Brent Spiner
You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.
Corazon Aquino
When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.
Lee Grant
We have similar backgrounds in many instances, ... We have never been reluctant to take on the Establishment, so to speak, and we`ve been forthright in our objections to the so-called `Good Ole Boy` network.
Barb Griffin
This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody`s been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.
Bob Graham
There will be some things that are different that all college coaches go through when they get to the NFL. Spurrier comes to mind, and some of the adjustments he was forced to make and was reluctant to make at various times,`` Aikman said.
Andy North
The longer it`s been since their diagnosis, the more reluctant the kids are to talk about it, ... They know they`re not the same person they were before, and it`s very upsetting for them.
Paul Fisher
The good he scorned Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost, Not to return; or if it did, in visits Like those of angels, short and far between.
Robert Blair
Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.
Amanda Carr
It`s very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it`s oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.
Mark Rydell
It`s difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost.
Lyle Lovett
It was something I was reluctant to do because there have been performances about serial killers in the past that have done pretty well.
Vincent D`Onofrio
It took me so many years to move out. I`m definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever.
Helena Carter
It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men.
Charles Williams
Every phone call I get, whether booking a night or for the season, every single phone call wants to know if there`s red tide. We`ve had a lot of cancellations. A lot of people are reluctant to give deposits.
Jim McCarthy
But it`s a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don`t want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
Parminder Nagra
[Tierney also said that he did not have any more information on the case than any other Times reader, so he was reluctant to give an opinion. When asked if he could have at least acknowledged the issue in a column and written about how it is affecting the...
John Tierney
[The Police Department has been reluctant to do another quick fix because,] I don`t want to throw money away, ... We wanted to wait off until we found a definite answer.
James Peterson
[Another option, although many players are reluctant to use it, is to have ballpark security personnel remove abusive fans.] I don`t like kicking fans out, because they paid money to get in, ... But if I came to their work and swore at them and talked abo...
Armando Nava Jr
Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that new ideas are painful, for they are not. It is that old ideas are seldom entirely false, but have truth, great truth in them. The justification for conservatism is the...
Dale E. Turner
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