Rigid Quotes

290 Rigid quotes by 252 unique authors

Effort ceases. Time flaps on the mast. There we stop; there we stand. Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame — Virginia Woolf
He looked around, as if he was seeing the world for the first time. Beautiful was the world, colorful was the world, strange and mysterious… — Hermann Hesse
Fletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby. "Can it do any tricks yet?" "I'm still working on it. Want to hold her?" "God,… — Derek Landy
He was the first to reach the aircraft, and he went for the door that by some miracle was facing outward and not into the… — J R Ward
Iâ€™m a big believer in winging it. Iâ€™m a big believer that youâ€™re never going to find perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal… — Anthony Bourdain
I burn, I freeze; I am never warm. I am rigid; I forgot softness because it did not serve me. — Catherynne M. Valente
Time is a rigid, bonelike structure, extending infinitely ahead and behind, fossilizing the future as well as the past. — Alan Lightman
People talk of the courage of convictions, but in actual life a man's duty to his family may make a rigid course seem a selfish… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes… — Peter Ustinov
Those who have most at stake in the old culture, or are most rigid in their beliefs, try to summon people back to the old… — Marilyn Ferguson
Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires rigid determination and… — Lincoln Kirstein
Our everyday self is a narrow construct...Our total self is far broader, ultimately infinite. Actors who seem to be playing themselves are actually playing roles… — Richard Hornby
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft,… — Laozi
Team members who feel threatened but who are not aware of it become rigid - and that stops teamwork. — William Schutz
Most people don't like to think. This is why human religions are so popular. It almost doesn't matter what the belief system is, as long… — Neale Donald Walsch
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or… — Bruce Lee
You still have only one self and one identity. However, self, identity and personality are not things, they are not objects, and they certainly are… — Antonio Damasio
People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. — Eileen Brennan
I grew up going to public school, and they were huge public schools. I went to a school that had 3,200 kids, and I had… — P.J. O'Rourke
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words… — F. Sionil Jose

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