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Impervious Quotes

Ayn Rand quote: "No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail..."
No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail Wynand to Dominique Francon) Ayn Rand
Take a shot in front of D.L. Probing for a vein in my dirty bare foot… Junkies have no shame… They are impervious to the repugnance of others. It is doubtful if shame can exist in the absence of sexual libido… The junky’s shame disappears with his nonsexual sociability which is also dependent on libido… William S. Burroughs
Colonel Cathcart was impervious to absolutes. He could measure his own progress only in relationship to others, and his idea of excellence was to do something at least as well as all the men his own age who were doing the same thing even better. Joseph Heller
They sat for several hours over a pot of tea and a plate of cake, and then they wandered the streets, impervious to time. By the end of the day, both realised that their lives had altered course. Penelope Lively
Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps. Henry David Thoreau
But how can we venture to reprove or praise the universe! Let us beware of attributing to it heartlessness and unreason or their opposites: it is neither perfect nor beautiful nor noble, and has no desire to become any of these; it is by no means striving to imitate mankind! It is quite impervious to all our aesthetic and moral judgements! It has likewise no impulse to self-preservation or impulses of any kind; neither doe sit know any laws. Let us beware of saying there are laws in... Friedrich Nietzsche
Stephen King quote: "Ellie wept for the very intractability of death, its..."
Ellie wept for the very intractability of death, its imperviousness to argument. Stephen King
Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions. Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life. Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself. Ayn Rand
Connie Willis quote: "Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats"
Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats Connie Willis
Bernard Law Montgomery quote: "Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious..."
Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear. Bernard Law Montgomery
It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education. Barney Frank
I'm a five-seasons griller! Did you know I added a new season? Living in Cali, I'm cooking in the yard all the time. I don't care what the weather is like. My hair is impervious to any kind of dampness, so I don't have too much to worry about. Guy Fieri
Tom Hooper quote: "What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this..."
What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this quality that they are impervious to majesty. They're not awed. Tom Hooper
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. William Congreve
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission. Patrick MacGill

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