Top 100 Quotes About Aggressive
#1. Our philosophy has been to be fiscally conservative, so we can be operationally aggressive. We're not using borrowed money to grow. So we'll put up a store just to get there before the competition. If it doesn't work, we'll close it and lose a little equity. It won't kill us.
Wayne Huizenga
#2. [Barack] Obama administration looking at taking a more aggressive stance and some of the Arab countries coming together.
Juan Williams
#3. I don't want to make things that are cynical and aggressive just because, oh my God, there's enough of that going on in the world without me adding to it,
Ruth Jones
#4. I love the dog. She comes for drives with me in the back of my car. Darby is not aggressive or judgmental. She just is. That's what I love about her. She sits there and watches 'The Fugitive' with me.
Sarah Bolger
#5. No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
Simone De Beauvoir
#6. Stephen Baldwin believes that now we're in a particular time in the world's history where it is time that people stand up for Jesus. That people get more aggressive and radical how they communicate with our culture about Jesus.
Stephen Baldwin
#7. The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
Bill Keller
#8. I just need to get more aggressive and let my teammates feel all that energy and all that emotion.
Pau Gasol
#9. I'm aggressive, quite frankly, because Staten Island gets screwed all the time. And if I'm not aggressive, then I won't be successful. That's not being a bad boy. That's doing my job.
Michael Grimm
#10. As much as I say that market economy is a more aggressive, expansile form of command economy, I say now that democracy is a more aggressive, expansile form of dictatorship. The sin of democracy and any types of -cracy is their numbers.
Andreas Laurencius
#11. We constantly fight an unseen enemy. God has assured us the victory, but He has told us to take an aggressive stand against the evil one, covering ourselves in His armor. We're going to win, but victory is going to take blood, sweat, and tears - His blood, our sweat, and tears from us both.
Beth Moore
#12. High School. Society's bright idea to put all their aggressive, naive youth into one environment to torment and emotionally scar each other for life.
Chris Colfer
#13. Clothes are like a suit of armour when you're young. I was quite a shy teen, so I wanted to make aggressive statements with the way I looked. I'd say my goth/indie stage was the worst: there was a lot of experimentation involving pink food dye in my fringe.
Erin O'Connor
#14. A country facing an aggressive enemy must decide either to be prepared to fight effectively or to follow the path of nonviolence to the end. In either case, the decision must be wholehearted and the consequences must be accepted.
Freeman Dyson
#16. I can't drive."
"I'm going to teach you," he'd said confidently.
At the end of the lesson, he'd declared her the most aggressive and dangerous driver he'd ever encountered.
Which meant.. number one! (Sabine)
Kresley Cole
#17. Misgovernment ... will often be reflected in oppressive or aggressive policies towards groups within the state or towards the state's neighbours.
Margaret Thatcher
#18. I'm a pretty aggressive girl in general. So if there's a boy that I like, you're going to know how I feel. I just put it out there.
Betty Who
#19. "So, passive-aggressive is how you're going to play this?"
"Well, it's either that or aggressive-aggressive. And I'd prefer not to be arrested for domestic violence today. Maybe tomorrow.
Penny Reid
#20. I really don't care what people think of me. I've got my family. I've got my friends. Yes, I have been trained to be a little more aggressive if I need to be, but I don't go around thumping people.
Chris Kyle
#21. Reyna's destiny: to die defending a passive-aggressive goddess.
Rick Riordan
#22. Libertarianism holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence that goes beyond such just defense is itself aggressive, unjust, and criminal
Murray N. Rothbard
#23. As I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music.
David Pajo
#24. If you hide what you really are, then there's going to be problems in marriage down the road. I don't mind if a girl is aggressive. It's just sex.
Andrew Dice Clay
#25. Farren had discovered before she traveled back to her home in Jersey that Ashley had been diagnosed with stage three stomach cancer and it was pretty aggressive.
Nako
#26. French laicite is probably aggressive and antagonistic to the religion, but there are other models of secularism in the world where there could be reconciliation between religion and secularism.
Rashid Al-Ghannushi
#27. We all have a monster somewhere inside us," Charlotte said. "Like I was saying about the kids. Sometimes it's aggressive, sometimes it finds other forms of attack, and other times it's a cowardly one.
Wildbow
#28. He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.
Laozi
#29. At the Manor on Bahnhofstrasse Anna fought aggressive crowds to pick out a modest twin sweater set that
Jill Alexander Essbaum
#30. Carrying an aggressive attitude is to expect cool shadow under a naked Tree
Samar Sudha
#31. Wisdom of the Ages: "Uppity" How Obama's new aggressive style is described below the Mason-Dixon line.
Matthew D. Heines
#32. There was something obscene about a billionaire's being optimistic and aggressive and cunning.
Kurt Vonnegut
#34. When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.
Lynn Swann
#35. My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.
Rafael Nadal
#36. As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths surrounding the detention of a relatively small number of top terrorists at CIA-run 'black sites' from 2002 until they were sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2006.
Jose Rodriguez
#37. Like a ship, a car should be named after a girl as it's sexy. My original car was called Kate. But then it got smashed at the opening race in Australia. So we called this one Kate's Dirty Sister because it is more aggressive and faster.
Sebastian Vettel
#38. Everyone has a different training style and being a female, sometimes you find you have to get really aggressive. Some people respond really well to aggression, some people don't.
Cara Castronuova
#39. So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.
Thom Mayne
#40. I grew up around a lot of aggressive guys. My parents used to take me to AA meetings when I was very young. So I know aggression, I know insanity.
Shia Labeouf
#41. When someone says something petty or nasty, one of those little passive-aggressive things that would usually just pick at me for days, my new response is not to shut the door and bitch to anyone who will listen. Now? The moment they say it? "What did you mean by that?" I ask in a calm voice. It
Shonda Rhimes
#42. I'm not a fan of aggressive meathead dudes who spend three hours at the gym, drink protein shakes, talk about lifting and what juice they're trying.
Sarah Wright
#43. Islam has some of the best defenses against other god viruses and has the potential to be more parasitically aggressive when consolidating political power with a society.
Darrel Ray
#44. I'm a wet liberal really, and always have been. But I'm sort of an aggressive wet liberal.
Max Hastings
#46. The flip-flap of Carmen's slippers could be heard out in the corridor, an aggressive sound, more eloquent than any words.
Jose Saramago
#47. How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to go to the gym today. There's always tomorrow. C'mon, my friend, it's just one plate of curly fries. Yes, just for you!' (My inner voice reminds me of a particularly aggressive rug salesman at a Turkish bazaar.)
A. J. Jacobs
#48. Committing suicide just seemed to be another aggressive plan to fix her life.
Chuck Palahniuk
#49. Unless one becomes a womb one never becomes pregnant with god. One cannot conquer god, one can't be aggressive - that is the sure way to fail. One can only surrender and allow god to happen. That's what the quality of being feminine really is. That is the essential core of meditation.
Rajneesh
#50. I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.
Jenny Slate
#51. Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.
Rupert Murdoch
#52. I am passionate about truth and passionate about clarity, and I don't regard myself as particularly militant or aggressive. I simply wish to discuss what is true and to listen to evidence and put evidence forward to other people and have a sensible, sane, moderated argument.
Richard Dawkins
#53. If they know you're a nibbler, they're going to wait and look for that. Hitters have to be more aggressive if you're more aggressive.
Brad Lidge
#54. Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.
Laozi
#55. Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.
Jack Hanna
#56. My generals should be like bull terriers on chains, and they should want war, war, war ... But what happens now? I want to go ahead with my aggressive politics and the generals try to stop me. That's a false situation.
Adolf Hitler
#57. It's a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state.
Noam Chomsky
#58. Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby.
Jessica Williams
#59. There are only two things you can do when you're dressed like Barbie Does Bondage; you can be embarrassed or you can be aggressive. Guess what my choice was.
Laurell K. Hamilton
#60. Laws don't limit freedom. Laws insure the freedoms of the majority. Laws are unjust when they serve to put the majority of the people at the mercy of an aggressive, hostile minority.
Northern Adams
#61. If men don't have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won't feel compelled to be submissive. If men don't have to control, women won't have to be controlled.
Emma Watson
#62. Men have now by nature no peace within their hearts, for God is crowned there no longer, but there in the moral dusk stubborn and aggressive usurpers fight among themselves for first place on the throne.
A.W. Tozer
#63. I have always had a great need for solitude. I require huge swathes of loneliness and when I do not have it, which has been the case for the last five years, my frustration can sometimes become almost panicked, or aggressive.
Karl Ove Knausgard
#64. 'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock.
Chris Cornell
#65. It's better for me to play with guys because Rock 'n' Roll has such an aggressive attitude.
Lita Ford
#66. I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this way. I'd do anything to make it up to everyone. And to not have to see a psychiatrist, who explains to me about being passive aggressive.
Stephen Chbosky
#67. If we lose the ability in question for a single moment only, we are immediately being hijacked by an aggressive little "Think me!" and our mind begins to wander.
Thomas Metzinger
#68. Israel is our enemy. This is an aggressive, illegal, and illegitimate entity, which has no future in our land. Its destiny is manifested in our motto: 'Death to Israel.'
Hassan Nasrallah
#69. Grace is God's aggressive pursuit of, and stubborn delight in, freakishly foul people.
Preston Sprinkle
#70. I've always taught pitch selection, but I just want my guys to be aggressive on their pitch.
Lamar Johnson
#71. Metal isn't necessarily aggressive. There's metal that's contemplative, there's metal that's sad, and there's metal that's exuberant. No genre is limited in what it can express.
John Darnielle
#72. See yourself reacting to threats, not by running away or evading them, but by meeting them, dealing with them, grappling with them in an aggressive intelligent manner.
Maxwell Maltz
#73. My guess is that before Obama departs, he will adopt some of the more aggressive military options he has been resisting, such as 'safe zones' inside Syria and more aggressive deployment of U.S. special forces.
David Ignatius
#74. I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.
Gabriela Sabatini
#75. I realized that if I was ever going to achieve anything in life, I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it. I don't believe you can achieve anything by being passive. I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me. Michael Jordan
Skip Bertman
#76. Every woman I know, particularly the senior ones, has been called too aggressive at work. We know in gender blind studies that men are more aggressive in their offices than women. We know that. Yet we're busy telling all the women that they're too aggressive. That's the issue.
Sheryl Sandberg
#77. He leans forward slightly, lips pulling back against his even, white teeth. It's so aggressive and animalistic I expect to see fangs. "I am your rightful king, Silver-born for centuries," he replies, seething. "The only reason you're still breathing is because I can't burn the oxygen from this room.
Victoria Aveyard
#78. Artists are overcompensating with this aggressive, energetic, hyperstimulating music - it's like someone shaking you. But it can't move people on an emotional level.
Thomas Bangalter
#79. You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.
John Turturro
#80. Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph, constantly challenged, over the aggressive nature of the primate. For primates we have been and primates we shall remain, however often we learn to find joy in a camellia on moss. This is the very purpose of education.
Muriel Barbery
#81. I don't like fights. I don't like aggressive people.
Adriana Lima
#82. Don't climb on that, don't break anything, don't be so aggressive, don't be so noisy, don't be so messy, don't make such crazy risks. But God's design - which He placed in boys as the picture of Himself - is a resounding yes. Be fierce, be wild, be passionate.
John Eldredge
#83. This isn't over!" Leroy jabbed his finger at Curran. He probably meant it to look aggressive, but he was swaying on his feet.
"Yes, it is," Curran told him. "Go before I change my mind.
Ilona Andrews
#84. The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
#85. When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.
Dave Grohl
#86. For, of course, with all animals, including us, to stare is an aggressive act.
Yann Martel
#87. But Bruce pushed her back ever so slightly. "In dancing, at least, the guy still takes the lead." His meaning wasn't lost on Jessica. She'd have to be less aggressive if she wanted to keep him interested. "Then I'll follow wherever you lead," she said with uncharacteristic submissiveness.
Francine Pascal
#88. I've definitely been in situations where I could tell someone was interested in me, but I could tell they were insulting me in some passive/aggressive way, so I felt bad about myself at the same time.
Noah Baumbach
#89. Many female politicians get intimidated by the aggressive behaviour of men. I don't. Not because I am a courageous person or anything, but because I see international standards, and I see that they are worth fighting for.
Safak Pavey
#90. Unable to handle the intensity of this man, my eyes quickly darted away, breaking eye contact. Only to land on his mouth. A very kissable mouth. Soft sculpted lips. I couldn't help but wonder what they would feel like against mine. Soft and giving or firm and aggressive.
J.C. Grant
#91. The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible.
Jose Raul Capablanca
#92. If you're aggressive in your dealings, that's how you'll be regarded in the world. You might smile and give generously, but if you frequently explode in anger, people never feel comfortable in your presence and you'll never have peace of mind.
Pema Chodron
#93. I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.
Geoffrey Rush
#94. Bullying consists of the least competent most aggressive employee projecting their incompetence on to the least aggressive most competent employee and winning.
Tim Field
#95. If you find my aggressive and dominating play dirty, then that's your opinion. But I would assume most people want someone who is going to do anything and everything within the lines to win for their team, because I know I would.
Ndamukong Suh
#96. In Japan, I have my own line of dinnerware, but I'm not aggressive about pursuing those projects.
Nobu Matsuhisa
#97. We are to vigorously and violently demolish all the fortifications of the foe, winning the battle and talking him captive for Christ. The Church is not to assume a defensive posture, but may take aggressive action to overcome evil by means of good.
Jay E. Adams
#98. The - writing is a kind of act of aggression, and a person who is not aggressive in his normal, may I say, intercourse with humanity might well be an aggressive writer.
John Updike
#99. I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.
David Millar
#100. By nature, you're aggressive, if you're a fighter, so you deal with things in an aggressive way.
Frank Grillo
