“To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“It was loud, hostile and somewhat threatening. There were burning tires, loud firecrackers and obscene chants. They weren't about to move and the police weren't about to move them, so we were stuck.”
Brian Penn
“Because of the harshness of words like 'hostile' and 'abusive,' we have no choice but to pursue our appeal and prove -- at whatever level -- that there is no such thing here,”
Charles Kupchella
“We had no choice but to respond to this group that says we're 'hostile or abusive. We decided we had to go after them - and that's what we did.”
“Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine: as churches and monasteries persecute youthful saints.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There has been no hostility yet, ... We're keeping our fingers crossed.”
David Banks
“It's no hard feelings, not hostile. Frankly, I think it was just a reaction to what we did. They (Doctors Hospital) said you can't buy us, so we'll buy you.”
Dan McLean