Flexible Quotes

329 quotes by 282 authors

A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Enemies are somewhere else, as the fighting is almost always â€œover there,â€ with Islamic fundamentalism now replacing Russian and Chinese communism as the implacable, furtive… — Susan Sontag
English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that English… — Robert A. Heinlein
Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to… — John F. Kennedy
A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance… — Carl Sagan
The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance. — Jodi Picoult
...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how… — Joan Bauer
This is the most important lesson you must learn about magic," Miss Ochiba went on. "There are many ways of seeing. Each has an element… — Patricia C. Wrede
The competitive advantages the marketplace demands is someone more human, connected, and mature. Someone with passion and energy, capable of seeing things as they are… — Seth Godin
Mr. Freeman: You are getting better at this, but it's not good enough. This looks like a tree,but it is an average, ordinary, everyday, boring… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Peace and harmony do not require perfection. Thank goodness for thatâ€”because life so often seems to be an itch here, a glitch there, a mess… — Jerry Spinelli
Life is like molten glass. It flows, it's flexible, it can be molded and shaped and...what do you say? Ah, yes. It holds vast potential.… — Maria V. Snyder
So here we have found a means of a) alienating even the most flexible and patient Palestinians; while b) frustrating the efforts of the more… — Christopher Hitchens
As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I daresay it would… — Charlotte Bronte
When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without… — Henri Nouwen
Misperceiving that there is one correct choice is a common mistake. Coming to understand that there are usually a few good choices--and then there's the… — Katie Couric
Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. . . Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we… — Maya Angelou
I looked at Bria. â€œHow do you put up with him?â€ Bria started to open her mouth, but Finn piped up instead. â€œShe puts up… — Jennifer Estep
I am concerned that too many people are focused too much on money and not on their greatest wealth, which is their education. If people… — Robert Kiyosaki
Why are you so interested in amoebas?" "Oh, they're immortal," he said, "and sort of shapeless and flexible. Being a person is getting too complicated. — Margaret Atwood

Who Wrote These Flexible Quotes

282 authors contributed a total of 329 Flexible Quotes, led by these top contributors: