A Quote by Dan Simmons

Laws had a bad habit of being ignored or abrogated when societal push came to totalitarian shove.

Dan Simmons

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Bad Bad Habit Being Being Ignored Came Habit Had Ignored Laws Push Shove Societal Totalitarian

Quote Author

Dan Simmons
American - Author
Born: April 4, 1948

I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made in the past, we are with you in democracy.'

John Fund

There are always going to be distractions, push and shove between players. It's about rolling with the punches and enjoying every situation, good or bad.

Johanna Konta

I'm a competitive guy. So when push comes to shove when I'm in the cage, I always push to my limits to get the victory because that's who I am.

Rory MacDonald

Acting has been my life since I was five, and everything has just fallen into place. I've never had to push and shove.

Erin Moran

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

Jodi Picoult

But was it wrong to put yourself first? That’s called survival, right? If you’re running for your life, you don’t get the luxury of being nice. They were going to learn that. It’s fine to wave the pompoms for teamwork—all for one and one for all—but when push came to shove, these guys wouldn’t be risking their lives for Chloe, maybe not even for each other. I was sure of it. Once things got worse, it would be every kid for himself. It always is.

Kelley Armstrong

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.

Major Owens

I had done the No Doubt record Push and Shove, and that was a real challenge for me: I think after the giving birth twice, going on multiple tours, all the stuff that I had done, I really got quite burned out after that.

Gwen Stefani

We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong... There are good laws and there are occasionally bad laws, and it conforms to the highest traditions of a free society to offer resistance to bad laws, and to disobey them.

Alexander Bickel

But, a lot of people thought that I came into AEW to go right into the main event and right to the top of the mountain and get all the titles thrown on you and push, push, push, push. Not the case, exactly.

Shawn Spears

When push comes to shove, people vote alone.

Meles Zenawi

Chélan had acted as imprudently for Julien as he had for himself. He had given him the habit of reasoning correctly, and of not being put off by empty words, but he had neglected to tell him that this habit was a crime in the person of no importance, since every piece of logical reasoning is offensive.