Rigid Quotes

290 Rigid quotes by 252 unique authors

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. — Hubert H. Humphrey
You can relax more when you're playing a silly character than when you're playing a really rigid character. But to be fair, I think George… — Anna Kendrick
The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent. — Ben Kingsley
Piano was - well, all musical instruments were taught in this very rigid, formal, classical method when I was young. — Hugh Laurie
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about… — Walter Lippmann
Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how… — John Lydon
I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone… — Unknown Author
The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression. — Benjamin Netanyahu
I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand… — Susan Orlean
When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions. — John Boyd Orr
Try to open up your mind a little, and move away from rigid opinions of what people should do and be - unless you have… — Ann Rule
We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them… — Sharon Salzberg
There's a lot of films that have relatively rigid road maps because they have a script and others that are less rigid because they have… — Gus Van Sant
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society. — Sargent Shriver
I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like,… — Taylor Swift
Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame. — Virginia Woolf
Class certainly loomed large in Katrina's aftermath. Blacks of means escaped the tragedy; blacks without them suffered and died. In reality, it is how race… — Michael Eric Dyson
You seize your freedom in a spirit of rebelliousness, exuberance, defiant joy. But to live that choice -- over the weeks and months and years… — Brian Morton
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat,… — Anne Lamott

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