Samuel Butler Quotes

Consistency frequently launches its devotees into obstinacy.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Pigheaded covers a multitude of virtues - as well as sins.

I think I'm very hardheaded.

His has a rigidity, an arrogance, and an obstinacy that will cause him to foment a thousand unfortunate incidents.

Nothing is more dangerous in practice, than an obstinate, unbending adherence to a system.

I'm a purist.

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.

I refused to beat my head against stone, of course.

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way.

I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alter his creed or his customs.

I am pretty rigid. It’s very hard for me to compromise on things I feel strongly about.

It’s very hard for me to compromise when I believe in something very deeply.

If a practical man digs himself into a hole, he stops digging; if an ideologue digs himself into a hole, he asks for a bigger shovel.

... combines a limited outlook with strong qualities of resistance.

The Swiss can be very difficult.

I'm set in my own ways. I like to do the things I want to do when I want to do them.

Sometimes I can be a little bit I don't know, stubborn or something. Maybe to a fault.

I am very stubborn.

Nothing outrages and disappoints an extremist more than compromise.

Yes, I can be rigid and adamant about a point of view.