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61 " She frowned. “I did nothing to arouse you.”He clenched his jaw, his stare growing more aggressive. “You breathed. "
― Shayla Black , Possess Me at Midnight (Doomsday Brethren, #3)
62 " The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the experts consists in calculating what really is advantageous, provided people can be brought to think so. (The proviso is essential, because measures which arouse serious resentment are seldom advantageous, whatever merits they may have otherwise.) The power of the politician, in a democracy, depends upon his adopting the opinions which seem right to the average man. It is useless to urge that politicians ought to be high-minded enough to advocate what enlightened opinion considers good, because if they do they are swept aside for others. "
― Bertrand Russell , Sceptical Essays
63 " Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book! a message to us from... human souls we never saw... And yet these arouse us terrify us teach us comfort us open their hearts to us as brothers. "
64 " Hope arouses as nothing else can arouse a passion for the possible. "
65 " An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law "
― Martin Luther King Jr.
66 " I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law. "
67 " If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me. "
68 " I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. "
69 " Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health. "
70 " The American people want something terse, forcible, picturesque, striking - something that will arrest their attention, enlist their sympathy, arouse their indignation, stimulate their imagination, convince their reason, awaken their conscience. "
71 " The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. "
― Elbert Hubbard
72 " Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects. "
