Bobby Ray Inman Quotes

I am a zealot, and I am wildly proud of it.

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.

There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool's errand. Avoiding them is mandatory.

The definition of a fanatic is a man who redoubles his efforts after he has forgotten the purpose of his struggle.

I've been called an extremist.

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

Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.

When I believe in something, I'm very passionate. I don't take 'no' for an answer.

One cannot accomplish anything without fanatacism.

Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

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

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of freedom is no virtue.

Nothing is so sure of itself as fanaticism.

The greatness of every mighty organization embodying an idea in this world lies in the religious fanaticism and intolerance with which, fanatically convinced of its own right, it intolerantly imposes its will against all others

From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.

I'm not even religious, but I get fanaticism. I get the appeal of it.

I can be very stubborn, cold, strict, rigid, and - I'd like to think - driven.

I love people that go the distance. I hate things that are lukewarm. They've got to be one way or the other and go all the way.

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

The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he would willingly have anyone electrocuted who disagreed with him on the subject.

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

I'm very passionate.

When that man wants something, he'll stop at nothing to get it. And I also believed in the good of him.