Backbone Quotes

174 quotes by 156 authors

Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated. — Michele Bachmann
I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be… — Alan Ball
So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone. — John Perry Barlow
It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone. — Bob Barr
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. — William J. H. Boetcker
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40. — Kobe Bryant
Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities. — Tom Allen
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. — Carl von Clausewitz
Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through. — Horatio Nelson
No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it. — Trey Gowdy
The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have… — W G Sebald
To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith. — B. C. Forbes
A garden scheme should have a backbone - a central idea beautifully phrased. — Edwin Lutyens
You're my backbone. You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart. You're the air I breathe. And you're the strongest person I know, and… — Kobe Bryant
Put your backbone where your wishbone is. — Vikram Seth
The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man! — Rudyard Kipling
No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in… — Mia Hamm
Since the beginning of physics, symmetry considerations have provided us with an extremely powerful and useful tool in our effort to understand nature. Gradually they… — Tsung-Dao Lee
The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved… — L. Harrison Matthews
We need some clergy with some backbone, who don't mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them at the core… — Tim McDonald

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