Quotes by Passive We didn't evolve to be passive victims or shoppers. Frances Moore Lappé passiveevolvevictim Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up against. F. Scott Fitzgerald passivewallrunning Fear only the warm embrace of passive stupidity. Guy P. Harrison embracepassivestupidity I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered. Harold E. Varmus passiveprocessdiscovery Constructing passive sentences is a way of concealing your own testicles. Ian Holm testiclespassiveway You are not a passive observer in the cosmos. The entire universe is expressing itself through you at this very moment. Jean Houston cosmospassivemoments Privacy is not for the passive. Jeffrey Rosen securitypassiveprivacy Passiveness affects everything. It affects you on the bases and on defense. It affects your thinking. I can't be passive. Jimmy Rollins passivedefensethinking Let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive. John Keats receptivepassiveflower For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive. John Lydon passivenationsgun McDonald's is the ultimate symbol of passive conformity. John Ralston Saul passiveconformitymcdonalds Im a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I dont like passive good guys. Lance Henriksen passivegood-thingsguy I think passive beauties have their place in the world. It's hard for me to relate to that. Madonna Ciccone passiveworldthinking Progress rarely comes as a result of being passive. Marc Morial passiveprogressresults If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world. Mahatma Gandhi passiveviolenceworld There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency. Marilyn French passivegreaterpower Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation. Mary Roberts Rinehart affirmationpassivepeace Being is not passive; it takes focused awareness. Maureen Murdock focusedpassiveawareness Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style. Mayim Bialik passivestyleattachment The whole of nature is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and passive. Michael Pollan passiveverbsnature«123»
