Rigor Quotes

83 quotes by 78 authors

Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand.… — Fran Lebowitz
Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when itâ€™s dark — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Lucern felt himself "She called my erections wonderful?" Entienne just gaped, then raised a fist to knock on his brother's forehead as if it were… — Lynsay Sands
The writerâ€™s job is to write with rigor, with commitment, to defend what they believe with all the talent they have. I think thatâ€™s part… — Mario Vargas Llosa
The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book."… — Malcolm Gladwell
Some philosophers can't bear to say simple things, like "Suppose a dog bites a man." They feel obliged instead to say, "Suppose a dog d… — Daniel Dennett
...and we'll see what happens when we say Yes while this rigor mortis world screams No. — Isaac Marion
One of the strangest things about writing well is that it requires two different zones in the brain--rigor and recklessness--simultaneously. — Carole Maso
Goku: But I'm so hungry, I have rigor mortis! — Kazuya Minekura
I know I'm not going to say good-bye. And if these staggering refugees want to help, if they think they see something bigger here than… — Isaac Marion
It was the kind of love that, sooner or later, cornered you into a choice: either you tore free or you stayed and withstood its… — Khaled Hosseini
You always remember the delicacy of the work you do on a new play - the delicacy and the rigor and the courage. — Lindsay Duncan
I can put together a pretty decent meal from whatever happens to be in the refrigerator and the pantry. I like the challenge of this… — Chang-Rae Lee
I went to work for Catholics United for the Faith, and I basically found myself in the midst of the traditionalist branch of the Catholic… — Regina Doman
Love melts the rigor which the rocks have bred; a flint will break upon a feather bed. — John Cleveland
The long and short of it is, we need more rigor in all kinds of programs. — Margaret Spellings
In thus pointing out certain respects in which philosophy resembles literature more than science, I do not mean, of course, to imply that it would… — Morris Raphael Cohen
Mine is just a simple old human story - of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with divinity. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. — Alexander Payne
In my own life, when I was most inspired by a teacher, it always involved a real dialogue, a looseness and a real caring and… — Unknown Author

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