No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
James F. Cooper

No one has developed active tuberculosis.
Michael York

No one who knows my personal situation would think I am not sympathetic to the needs of the active forces.
Kit Bond

None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
William Jennings Bryan

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.
Charles Francis Richter

Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
Thales

Now Herod was an active man, and soon found proper materials for his active spirit to work upon.
Flavius Josephus

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
Claude Bernard

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!
Alexander Alekhine

One is that we stand - my two confreres and I - in some degree as representatives of a great number of fellow workers over the entire world, who are enthusiastically active in this field of ours.
Haldan Keffer Hartline

One problem with ideas, however valid, is that they are static and impersonal, whereas a person is active and dynamic.
William Hull

One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
James Humes

Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. - A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation.
Lewis Cass

Our seniors have worked long and hard to better the economy, raise families and serve their communities. They deserve to live independent and active lives in their golden years.
Christopher Dodd

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.
William Godwin

Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.
Edward Weston

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks.
Cory Doctorow

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.
Richard Cecil

Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none of whom were known to those at home, and the other hours of the twenty-four I spent at home, or with relatives of the people at home, none of whom were known to anybody at school.
Georg Brandes