Pertinacity

The forward cylinder was depending on that unknown force men call the pertinacity of materials, which now and then balances that other heartbreaking power, the perversity of inanimate things. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

Certainly, if the confederates of this roving gipsy were so pertinacious in tormenting poor weak Mr. Mompesson, their pertinacity is a most extraordinary instance of what revenge is capable of. ❋ Charles Mackay (1851)

Under the seal of confession he had been intrusted with a secret to which in his conversations with me he could make only indirect allusions, to bring me to understand that my pertinacity was a crime, and that the only honourable course was to yield. ❋ George Sand (1840)

He stuck to his original proposition with that dogged but convenient pertinacity which is armed against all conviction, and deaf to all reasoning. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She had the kind of pertinacity that sever admits being out of depth, the happy buoyancy that does not require to feel the bottom under one's feet. ❋ Winston Churchill (1909)

I object to something which is conceited and small-minded; but which also has that kind of pertinacity which always belongs to lunatics. ❋ Unknown (1905)

Being an honest man himself, he probably believes in the honesty of his friends, and supports them with a certain pertinacity which is a characteristic quality of his, better perhaps in the conqueror of the South than the President of the nation .... ❋ Unknown (1891)

Doubtless my words surprised Henry: he at first believed them to be the wanderings of my disturbed imagination; but the pertinacity with which I continually recurred to the same subject persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its origin to some uncommon and terrible event. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Doubtless my words surprised Henry: he at first believed them to be the wanderings of my disturbed imagination; but the pertinacity with which I continually recurred to the same subject, persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its origin to some uncommon and terrible event. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The heavy jaw and square-cut chin demonstrated rugged pertinacity and indomitability. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I imagine I had more pertinacity than the average Folk, or else I should not have succeeded. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These unknown quantities were pluck, pertinacity, fearlessness, imagination, and cunning; and when they found expression in some consistent and striking action, those about him were astounded. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Naturally the diplomatic Masterharper would take great pains not to offend the Fort Lord Holder despite Craft autonomy, so I had never witnessed that sort of pertinacity in Master Tirone. ❋ Christian Bell (2010)

While it might seem like pertinacity, it is important to communicate in the language of science and units being used.. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the pertinacity with which she and her female attendants refused to see or listen to him, rendered such hope, if he nourished it, altogether abortive. ❋ Unknown (2008)

we need to be pertinacious with this [supplier] to influence him to change his ingredient [deck] to create a healthier product. We need pertinacity to be our [motto] if we want to be successful. ❋ Lulurealfood (2016)