So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin. From LearnThat.org. [W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur.]
He had to overcome his inertia and get back to work. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Bureaucratic inertia is an undemocratic check on progressive change. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Bureaucracy: Teh Awesome] Reference
Schwabe cycle, energy balance short term inertia, oceanic thermal inertia, etc. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
Nah, the inertia is great, but once turned the same inertia holds the new course. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Breaking: Bush To Unveil “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq” Tommorow] Reference
The inertia is different when you have the weight on the market on your shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Slow Uptake for IE8 in Early Days] Reference
There will be hiccups and some backing up I think but the inertia is beginning to ebb. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » McCain falsely claims no American servicemembers have been killed or wounded in Iraq in the past three months.] Reference
And, once again, the best way out of fear and inertia is having your feelings while taking action. From Wordnik.com. [ENOUGH FEAR] Reference
In answering this question let us consider what is commonly referred to as the inertia of African heritage. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of the American Negro Slave: His Attitude Toward Life and Death] Reference
In all reality bureacratic inertia is in full effect so nothing is going to change no matter who is elected anyway. From Wordnik.com. [If McCain Loses ...] Reference
Newton's first law is also known as inertia or in other words a body's resistance to a change of velocity or direction of motion. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
I, for one, believe in the necessity of drastic change, because inertia is absurdly powerful and human nature prone to just sitting there. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2003-10-01] Reference
Another word that bothers me is 'inertia' - inertia means to me 'static'. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Raging in Islington] Reference
But industry’s inertia is reinforced by regulation. From Wordnik.com. [Waste Not] Reference
What you know as inertia is the most direct physical link you have with this metareality. ". From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
There's this little thing called inertia that would totally throw him off ... no pun intended. From Wordnik.com. [G4TV - The Feed] Reference
Adding to the inertia is a public tendency to believe a building's been there much longer than it has. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
Policy inertia is the term the historian Richard L. McCormick uses to characterize McKinley’s presidency. From Wordnik.com. [The Rove Presidency] Reference
You know the direct, legitimate fruit of consciousness is inertia, that is, conscious sitting-with-the-hands-folded. From Wordnik.com. [Notes from the Underground] Reference
If we get a good tide with us, we shall sweep away the whole inertia, which is the whole force of these gentlemen, except Norton. From Wordnik.com. [The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I] Reference
It is this inertia, which is only going to become more difficult to overcome as iOS becomes more successful, that troubles me most. From Wordnik.com. ["MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader] Reference
Manipulation exposes the notion of inertia which enables you to do things like "flick" objects or apply other life-like physics to them. From Wordnik.com. [MSDN Blogs] Reference
You should strive never to diminish; but I suppose that vis inertia, which is often so troublesome to you, does some times preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Aaron Burr]
Don't let that kind of inertia get the best of you. From Wordnik.com. [15 Winter Fishing Destinations] Reference
Limitations of the validity of the concept 'inertia'. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Some kind of inertia was visiting her now, replacing her deep sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Sisters] Reference
Some kind of inertia was visiting her now, replacing her deep sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Sisters] Reference
Second, large companies suffer from the same kind of inertia as education. From Wordnik.com. [2008 March — Climb to the Stars] Reference
I'm in a kind of inertia, either phone banking or at home doing other things. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Port: Campaign Journal: Phone Banking Becomes Second Nature] Reference
The first term of this action, of the electron on itself, gave a kind of inertia. From Wordnik.com. [Richard P. Feynman - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Your assertion that Obama favors "inertia" implies that it is for poll or election value. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Urges Action, But Insists On Improvements To Bailout Package] Reference
My husband describes himself as "inertia;" He only needs a push, and then he keeps going. From Wordnik.com. [bougeotte - French Word-A-Day] Reference
But we are concerned about anything else that may be going on or what kind of inertia his actions may give others. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2005] Reference
Too much time alone with nothing to do, nowhere to go breeds its own kind of inertia which seems at times impossible to break. '. From Wordnik.com. [The White Ninja]
The congress also criticised what it called the "inertia" of the UN mission for the organisation of a referendum and called on France and. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Hick's complacency, yes; the word "inertia" also springs to mind when I think of Hickenlooper. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
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