Stiff Quotes

194 Stiff quotes by 164 unique authors

Don't be too brave. Bravery is a fine thing on some occasions, but sometimes it can be quite a dangerous thing. The stiff upper lip… — Jeremy Brett
Again, after his fall, God gave him an occasion to repent and to receive mercy but he kept his stiff-neck held high. He came to… — Dorotheus of Gaza
If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but… — John Donne
Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of… — Robert Musil
Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were. — Lawrence Durrell
People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile. — Judith Guest
One is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced… — Leonard Cohen
At my age I'm envious of a stiff wind. — Rodney Dangerfield
Nick is like a good stiff drink: He gives everything the correct perspective. — Gillian Flynn
My face, my self, what would they mean to anybody? Just another stiff. So this self of mine passes some other's self on the street… — Haruki Murakami
For 40 hours a week competition is awfully stiff but after that there's very little competition . — Zig Ziglar
If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you can’t get anywhere. The mind has to become… — Geeta Iyengar
I think working with Johnny Depp was very intimidating. It was my fault though. I mean he's a total cool nice, nice guy, but I… — Franka Potente
That’s how we often react when grace comes at us. It’s awkward. God offers us something that’s too good to be true—unearned, unmerited, total forgiveness—and… — Judah Smith
The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless and unbending. To… — Eugene H. Peterson
I have had hundreds and hundreds of stroke cases. My methods cured them--when they were so stiff they were almost dead. — Richard M. Schulze
I was working with these very long-chain ... extended-chain polymers, where you had a lot of benzene rings in them. ... Transforming a polymer solution… — Stephanie Kwolek
If one could make alive again for other people some cobwebbed skein of old dead intrigues and breathe breath and character into dead names and… — G. M. Trevelyan
The sun is shining, mynah birds are chattering, palm trees are swaying, so what. I'm in the hospital and I'm healthy. My heart is beating… — Kaui Hart Hemmings
When Patti Fox broke up with me, I typed her name over a thousand times on my manual Olivetti until the entire page was beaten… — Jack Gantos
Written things are not for speech; their form is literary; they are stiff, inflexible, and will not lend themselves to happy and effective delivery with… — Mark Twain
We mustn't be stiff and stand-off, you know. We must be thoroughly democratic, and patronize everybody without distinction of class. — George Bernard Shaw
I've developed a stiff neck that's about to drive me insane... — Unknown Author
I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job. — Harry Bridges
I used to not really like going to the gym when I was playing tournaments because I'd be sore and stiff. But the more you… — Rory McIlroy

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