Alycia Debnam-Carey Quotes

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

Steadfastness should net be confused with stubbornness.

Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.

Obstinacy and heat of opinion are the surest proof of stupidity.

A man with a conviction is a hard man to change.

It seems in America you are stuck with the position you adopted, even when events change, in order to claim absolute consistency. That can't be good.

It's simple-minded people like that, the ones that are afraid of change, they use everything in their power to defend what they stand up for instead of trying to listen and understand what's going on.

One of the main faults of a fool is that he never changes his mind.

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

Some people will never change.

If they can beat me, fine. But I'm not leaving until they beat me.

The obstinate Man does not hold Opinions; they hold him.

Failures mire us in dogmatism and tunnel vision

Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.

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

It can be a daunting prospect for any player to know that his opponent will never, ever quit.

I'm the bullheaded type, and I really don't give up if I fall in love.

I'm very stubborn and I don't like to lose.

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

There are far too many politicians out there who take the wrong position and stick with it and never admit that they should do something different.

I don't give in and I don't believe in giving up. This comes naturally to me, I know no other way.