Fragile Quotes

When do you know it's time to say, 'OK, that's it?' That is the most difficult part of any decision like that because you don't want to throw the 'R' word out there. I've mentioned it a couple times, but not in the sense that I'm doing it. That word is very fragile. We'll see.

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.

The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order.

The Chinese banking system is built on quicksand and that's the one thing a lot of people don't realize. Everybody seems to think it is a free and clear open checkbook. It's not. The banking system in China is extremely fragile.

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways.

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports.

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.

I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.

Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile.

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.

These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are; at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.

I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet.

We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stouter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once.

I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots.

On the surface I look fragile and insecure; you have to know me very well.

Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one thing and something else gets in trouble.

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.

The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.

Once you've been in space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth is.

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.