Persistent Quotes
Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat.
There are ten thousand people in the United States in a persistent vegetative state. Just enough to start a small town. Think of them as veggie-burghers.
The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on the client, they're going to defend people.
Perfect grammar - persistent, continuous, sustained - is the fourth dimension, so to speak; many have sought it, but none has found it.
The persistent failures of controlled, double-blind experiments to support the claims of parapsychology suggest that what's going on is nonsense rather than sixth sense.
Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord himself. Don't deify common sense.
The road makes a noise all its own. It's a single note that stretches in all directions, low and nearly inaudible, only I could hear it loud and persistent.
Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent...and have a grateful heart!
Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
The real reason we haven't had peace is because of a persistent refusal of the Palestinians to recognize a Jewish state in any border.
It is obviously possible that what we call waking life may only be an unusual and persistent nightmare.
Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.
One of the things that's kind of persistent is that I am the model on the cover of Tom Waits' album, Small Change.
I suppose in order to succeed at something you have to be very persistent. I've never done that.
Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.
Software is largely a service industry operating under the persistent but unfounded delusion that it is a manufacturing industry
One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad news.
I was really fixated when I was a child. Again my mother was just talking to me about this, about how I would how try to get details exactly right. I guess I was always very persistent.
The house of Lords must be the only institution in the world which is kept efficient by the persistent absenteeism of most of its members.
All you have to do is buy cheap and sell dear, act with thrift and shrewdness, and be persistent.
I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way.
I am persistent about everything I believe in. If there's a film I want to do, a record, a Broadway show - I do it. Everybody can hate it but I will still do it. I am fearless that way.
It takes courage to get clear about what your vision of the work is and to be persistent about it and pursue it, whatever you're saying. I'm still in a long learning process.
Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress.
Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.
There's always negatives no matter what you're in in life. However if you keep being persistent the negative usually becomes a positive.
Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent.
Hillary Clinton has had a small but persistent lead since June - anywhere from 2 to 5 points. The stock markets and the election betting pools are predicting a Clinton win.
Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art has always been a highly cooperative enterprise.
Some believers tend to forget God's persistent faithfulness in the face of the spectacular and showy.
In a media-saturated world, persistent hype lends unwarranted credulity to the wildest claims.
The persistent man with a poor plan stands a better chance of winning than the man with a perfect plan who hesitates and waivers in carrying it out.
Having a persistent nature is part of being human. Otherwise we wouldn't be able to speak of knowing another person, or loving them, or being their friend or enemy or rival.
No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by ourselves.
