Rigidity Quotes

42 quotes by 42 authors

Only imagination that towers can reproduce evanescence and render rigidity flexible. — Marianne Moore
A fundamental mistake to call vehemence and rigidity strength! A man is not strong who takes convulsion-fits; though six men cannot hold him then. He… — Thomas Carlyle
Very, very slowly, the dwarf remnants of what was once our mighty sun will cool and dim, until it embarks on its final metamorphosis, gradually… — Paul Davies
It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some… — Mark Twain
Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it through too much… — William Lipscomb
The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly hostile opposites. The churches are arrogance, violence, usurpation, rigidity, death;… — Leo Tolstoy
Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. — Agnes Repplier
Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition Â… we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts.… — Gregory Bateson
Innovation is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure. — Georges St-Pierre
The body stores the trauma of our lives in muscular rigidity, thereby keeping us stuck in the past. When we release the tension in the… — Joseph Heller
The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the… — Rachel Cusk
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does… — Pope Paul VI
Physically it's kind of lassitude, the apathy and tiredness that precedes the flu or some other illness, or death. My legs ache and feel heavy,… — Antonio Lobo Antunes
It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One can comfort a person who is crying which… — Alexander Lowen
Growing up is difficult. Strangely, even when we have stopped growing physically, we seem to have to keep on growing emotionally, which involves both expansion… — Jeanette Winterson
Let us simmer over our incalculable cauldron, our enthralling confusion, our hotchpotch of impulses, our perpetual miracle - for the soul throws up wonders every… — Virginia Woolf
Reagan is held up to us as an example of never raising taxes. Correction: Reagan raised taxes six of his eight years as president. Why?… — Eugene Jarecki
I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world. — Andrea Hirata
Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. — Gail Sheehy
The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity. — Robert Heller

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