Stubborn

Famous quotes containing the word stubborn:

“That name for which you fought does it quite fit?
And is your stubborn silence only tact?
Boys wish to imitate who hear of it
But will you tell them to repeat your act?”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail
Our lion now will foreign foes assail.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)

“That is Lenin. Look at the self-willed, stubborn head. A real Russian peasant’s head with a few faintly Asiatic lines. That man will try to overturn mountains. Perhaps he will be crushed by them. But he will never yield.”
—Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919)