The commonsense rules of the "real world" are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
“[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise… — Tim Soutphommasane Copy Share Image
I don't like to sit back and gloat, because the world is fragile. Life is fragile, so I never really gloat. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in Russia this "Asian mentality,"still comes to the fore. But at the same time, it is obvious that there is a… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as… — Pete Wilson Copy Share Image
When a culture simply shrugs about what happens to people in war, it breaks the fragile sequence, the bond between all people. — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
It is difficult to see anything but infatuation in the destructive temperament which leads to the action ... that each of us… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
Chet Faker's a reference to the late Chet Baker. I'm a big fan of his vocal style; it's quite fragile and soft,… — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
I've got over so much. Mum wouldn't want anything to come into my life that would make me fragile again — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
“If you are filled with hatred, you can hardly enjoy genuine happiness. Hatred makes your personality extremely fragile and you lose your… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
When we were doing Bullets over Broadway, he told me to be more fragile and I thought I was, but he saw… — Dianne Wiest Copy Share Image
Is it 'a drag' that passions don't come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them?… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
The world looks marvelous from up here, so peaceful, so wonderful and so fragile. Everybody, all of us down there, not only… — Ilan Ramon Copy Share Image
The Bush tax cuts should be extended permanently for families with annual incomes of less than $250,000 and should be phased out… — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
The story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years. People know it's not easy, and even… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
In the end, they traded their tired wings for the resignation that living brings. And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow for… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
“Sometimes what we have is valued the most when it is most fragile, when it is most threatened.” — Ari Gunzburg Copy Share Image
At twenty you have many desires which hide the truth, but beyond forty there are only real and fragile truths - your… — Gerard Depardieu Copy Share Image
People seem to fight about things very unsuitable for fighting. They make a frightful noise in support of very quiet things. They… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
How can a troubled mind Understand the way? If a man is disturbed He will never be filled with knowledge. An untroubled… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I loathe having a fragile brain and knowing as I make any plan that I should provide for the possibility that my… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image