Quotes by Passive I'd rather have the market tell us what - I'd rather have events precipitate events, rather than just sit there like passive people in Washington. Nassim Nicholas Taleb passive events people Man ... put himself in a tight corner when he decided that woman was innately passive. Nawal El Saadawi corners passive men Do the thing that's less passive. Do the active thing. There's more of the human in that. Nuala O'Faolain passive active humans To be silent is to be passive. Octavia Spencer passive silent I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive. Paul Mooney naive passive passionate Active receptivity is needed, not a passive agitation. Ravi Ravindra agitation passive needed The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive. Robert Greene ironic passive attitude You get into an elevator and there's music playing. You hear it, but you're not into it. That is passive. Rush Limbaugh elevators passive To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. Simone de Beauvoir passive different acceptance The ideal label for me would be this passive being with lots of money, but unfortunately it doesn't really work like that. Thomston passive labels would-be A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside. Tom Peters passive approach growth I'm terrified of passive acquiescence. I live in intensity. Virginia Woolf acquiescence intensity passive Active Evil is better than Passive Good. William Blake passive thought-provoking evil To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. William Glasser over-it passive victim I'm a very passive investor. Kirk Kerkorian investor very passive Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. Claude Bernard observation passive active science «123