Backbone Quotes

174 quotes by 156 authors

Whether it's books or TV, or whatever the case may be, the backbone of what I do is my restaurants. — Emeril Lagasse
I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My… — Christian Louboutin
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. — Reba McEntire
Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be. — Clementine Paddleford
There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth. — Lucy Powell
The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a… — Terry Pratchett
I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have… — Bill Rancic
I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy.… — John Salazar
Good ideas are the backbone of good government. — Brian Schweitzer
But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a… — Guillermo del Toro
I have the backbone of an eel. — Betty White
You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone. — Patrick Wilson
Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. — John Oliver
Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life. — Maya Angelou
Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be. — Elizabeth Gilbert
We need a backbone, not a wishbone. — Joyce Meyer
For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone… — Aldous Huxley
Your way of life is sinful and wrong," he said fiercely. Thus says a man who admits to worshipping a God who vilifies pleasure, relegates… — P. C. Cast
He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone. — Franz Kafka
There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the… — Libba Bray

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