Clings Quotes

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

Some people ask me whether I'm a 'mama's girl' or a 'papa's girl.' I'm nobody's girl. My brother clings to our parents; I'm the one shoving them out the door.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.