Against Quotes

Always fall in with what you’re asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever’s going. Not against: with.

I stand up for what I believe in, and a lot of the time that can be against people’s opinions.

The attacks inside Israel are operations we carry out in response to Israeli crimes against our people.

Your weak weaknesses are no use to them…. They find the strongest weaknesses you didn’t know were yours and use those against you.

There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people.

I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other.

I’m not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

I don’t fight creativity. I don’t fight against not being creative. If I’m not being creative, I’m not forcing it.