Static Quotes

214 quotes by 192 authors

By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet Muhammad attempted to… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The problem with certainty is that it is static; it can do little but endlessly reassert itself. Uncertainty, by contrast, is full of unknowns, possibilities,… — Stephen Batchelor
They would always be a family, but if she'd learned anything in the past few weeks it was that a family wasn't a static thing.… — Kristin Hannah
Life is never static. Despite catastrophic tragedies, life has persisted in evolving new varieties of unimaginable forms. I find comfort in the narrative of evolutionary… — Greg Graffin
Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed. — Jhumpa Lahiri
There is something infinitely better than happily-ever-after. There is happiness. Happiness is a living, dynamic thing, Eve, and has to be worked on every moment… — Mary Balogh
Hollis " I said "you're messing with me right now aren't you You're in Paris or somewhere and just-" "What " he replied. "No This… — Sarah Dessen
There was a pause, static, a muttered "Give me that," by an indignant female. Then the normally quiet reserved Ashlyn was demanding, "Did you just… — Gena Showalter
I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One leg of the… — Elif Safak
That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund. — Anthony Bourdain
We are chained hand and foot by protocol, enslaved to a static, empty world where men and women canâ€™t read, where the scientific advances of… — Catherine Fisher
Now, almost one hundred years later, it is difficult to fully appreciate how much our picture of the universe has changed in the span of… — Lawrence M. Krauss
A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming. — Madeleine L'Engle
Another reality about relationships is that they are never static. All of us experience changes in relationships but a few stop to analyse why a… — Gary Chapman
You have so much going on. It comes off like a..." "Static?" I suggested. "Exactly!" He snapped his fingers and pointed at me. "You need… — Amanda Hocking
We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it. — Lynne Truss
If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays… — Jodi Picoult
Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation… — Tom Peters
When you worry, you go over the same ground endlessly and come out the same place you started. Thinking makes progress from one place to… — Harold Bridgwood Walker
Whenever commandments are given they create difficulties for people, because by the time they are given they are already out of date. Life moves so… — Rajneesh

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192 authors contributed a total of 214 Static Quotes, led by these top contributors: