Facts are not at all stubborn things when they come up against the awesome powers of the mind.
But military preparations and weapons races are stubborn things.
Cattle are stubborn things at best, and this little bunch seemed determined to seek the higher slopes.
She's a stubborn little thing, and a bit of a hoyden at times, but very dear in her way.
"Facts are stubborn things," he said at the Republican Convention.
Corrie Huntington, she had learned, could be a very stubborn little thing indeed.
Magic was a peculiar force, and Talents were stubborn things.
I can do lots of clever magic, but love is a stubborn thing to conquer.
Opinions on music can be stubborn and lonely things.
Facts are stupid things - stubborn things, I should say.