Recoil Quotations

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.

On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops.

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.

The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.

When I started out playing small clubs, you could feel the room recoil from certain kinds of songs. Anything that was too personal, that had a sentiment to it, or was laying out your feelings, was immediately booed. People would start throwing things. And anything that was really provocative or humorous or radical was embraced or cheered.

Violence recoils on the violent.

When times are tough like this, and they certainly are challenging, it's not a time to recoil or retreat from the situation. You've got to be strong, and you've got to play your plan out as best you can.

My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV script based on prescriptions, on other peoples' ideas of what character should be.

Politics is rough and tumble everywhere, and many women recoil from that negative aspect of it - the nastiness, the charges and counter-charges.

I didn't really see the goal. I was trying to recoil my tongue from a two-minute penalty-kill, and then I saw Bernie put his hand up. I was told later that it was quite the move.

You can find a Southern Baptist Church that wants to be supportive, and you can find a Southern Baptist Church that wants to recoil against (same-sex marriage).

There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong.

view the rise of democracy in Iraq as a powerful threat to their ambitions. In this, they are correct. They believe their acts against our coalition, against international aid workers and against innocent Iraqis will make us recoil and retreat. In this they are mistaken.

People should remain unaffected by what others may say. A true man is one who overcomes the ups and downs of life with fortitude. One should not recoil before reverses of fortunes. One should bravely face them and overcome them.

The more times someone pushes on the chest the better off the patient is because there is more blood flow to the heart, to the brain and to the other vital organs. Push hard on the person's chest and push fast, allow the chest to recoil or relax completely and limit the number of times the compressions are stopped.

The biggest culprit is plastic residue left in the barrel. Rust develops underneath that plastic and can pit the barrel. Besides that, recoil increases. Extraction of the shell is less efficient, especially with the semi-automatics.

Violence and wrong enclose all who commit them in their meshes and do mostly recoil on him from whom they begin.

He for himself weaves woe who weaves for others woe, and evil counsel on the counselor recoils.

Let's do what you fear most That from which you recoil But which still makes your eyes moist

Evil on itself shall back recoil.