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Revolting Quotes

Carl Sandburg quote: "Revolt and terror pay a price. Order and law have a cost."
Revolt and terror pay a price. Order and law have a cost. Carl Sandburg
John Locke quote: "Revolt is the right of the people"
Revolt is the right of the people John Locke
There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical to be sea-sick. Being sick is a revolt. Both being sick and being rebellious may be the wholesome thing on certain desperate occasions; but I'm hanged if I can see why they are poetical. Revolt in the abstract is? revolting. It's mere vomiting. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Being surrounded with every conceivable kind of revolt from infancy, Gabriel had to revolt into something, so he revolted into the only thing left-- sanity. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes … have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it. Alfred Hitchcock
When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for a variety of reasons, we can no longer breathe Frantz Fanon
The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed. George Orwell
In perpetrating a revolution, there are two requirements: someone or something to revolt against and someone to actually show up and do the revolting. Dress is usually casual and both parties may be flexible about time and place, but if either faction fails to attend, the whole enterprise is likely to come off badly. Woody Allen
There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical to be sea-sick. Being sick is a revolt. Both being sick and being rebellious may be the wholesome thing on certain desperate occasions; but I'm hanged if I can see why they are poetical...It is things going right," he cried, "that is poetical! Our digestions, for instance, going sacredly and silently right, that is the foundation of all poetry...the most poetical thing... Gilbert K. Chesterton
[Over breakfast] We discussed the 'novelisation' question. This is where the studio pay someone to novelise my script and sell it as Sense and Sensibility. I've said if this happens I will hang myself. Revolting notion. Beyond revolting. Lindsay [Doran] said that the executive she had discussed it with had said 'as a human being I agree with you -- but ...' I laughed until my porridge was cool enough to swallow. Emma Thompson
Anarchy loves theatre. That's the whole point. People forget that. You have to laugh at the devil, not fight him. They'll always have more guns, they'll always have more bombs that go off with a bigger bang. No matter how revolting you become they'll always be willing to be more revolting to you. They've had so much more practice. Melvin Burgess
Mignon McLaughlin quote: "The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty..."
The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it. Mignon McLaughlin
Andre Malraux quote: "Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against..."
Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate. Andre Malraux
Rob Bishop quote: "The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting...."
The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game. Rob Bishop
James Joyce quote: "Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a..."
Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. James Joyce

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