Contrasuggestible Quotes

#1. Your first reaction is the characteristic one of your contrasuggestible century: to disbelieve, to disprove. I see this very clearly underneath your politeness.

John Fowles

#2. A son is a poor substitute for a mother.

Joseph Stefano

#3. The bloom is gone, and with the bloom go I.

Matthew Arnold

#4. In high school, it was all about popularity, being with the boyfriend and all the girls thinking he's cute.

Ashley Tisdale

#5. I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is.

John F. Kerry

#6. There have always been readers throughout history who have been drawn to villains.

Cassandra Clare

#7. Don't be afraid to dream of achieving the impossible.

Shalane Flanagan

#8. How can you know what is missing if you've never met it? You must know of something's existence before you can notice its absence.

E.L. Konigsburg

#9. People don't need to be paid to be motivated.

Jonah Berger

#10. I have not watched the TV show. I do not generally watch TV sci-fi drama shows. They make me itch.

Charles Stross

#11. Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Hosea Ballou

#12. I try to make a habit of getting things hopelessly wrong.

Leigh Bardugo

#13. We can't sit around waiting for things to happen. We've got to make them happen. Nothing's going to fall in our laps. That only happens to beautiful white people.

Don Lee

#14. Never mix negative thinking with negative people. Multiplying negatives, in this instance, won't make a positive.

Richie Norton

#15. I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice.

Anne Heche

#16. There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.

John Milton