#passive

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency. ↗

— George C. Marshall

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Of course. I favor passive investing for most investors, because markets are amazingly successful devices for incorporating information into stock prices. ↗

— Merton Miller

#because #course #devices #favor #i

Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#passive #peaceful #women #women are

My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#am #because #good #i #i am

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#counted #did #had #passive #today

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#bears #black #could #does #effective

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#dr #gandhi #king #non-violence #passive

...passive voice is better than writing out a humongous number and taking the risk that your readers' brains will be numb by the time they get to the verb. ↗

— Mignon Fogarty

#numbers #passive-voice #writing #humor

It was then that my gaze happened to fall on the bookcase, on the gap there, where the old paperback of "Nine Stories" had fallen flat. "Where's the thing?" I said. "What thing?" "The mesh. My mesh." She shrugged. "I tossed it." "Tossed it? Where? What do you mean?" In the next moment I was in the kitchen, flipping open the lid of the trash can, only to find it empty. "You mean outside?" I shouted. "In the dumpster?" When I came thundering back into the room, she still hadn't moved. "Jesus, what were you thinking? That was mine. I wanted that. I wanted to keep it." Her lips barely moved. "It was dirty. ↗

— T.C. Boyle

#dysfunctional-relationships #passive-aggression #shaming #home

When introverts are in conflict with each other...it may require a map in order to follow all the silences, nonverbal cues and passive-aggressive behaviors! ↗

— Adam S. McHugh

#conflict #introverts #passive-aggressive #anger