Quotes on the topic: Fragile


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I don't do well around the angry, bitter and emotionally fragile among us, which may eliminate 70% of the population.


Success is a very fragile veneer. I get wary of people who embrace celebrity. It ruins people.


Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies.


Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.


Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved away.


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


I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.


We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.


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


I think it's ill-advised to attribute pathologies to healthy people. It doesn't help normal, healthy, thriving children to be viewed as pitiable and fragile.


I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.


Chet Faker's a reference to the late Chet Baker. I'm a big fan of his vocal style; it's quite fragile and soft, and that was a style I wanted to take on.


We don't all look alike - some people think they're tough, some people think they're fragile - but in the end, we share a lot.


'Fragile,' of course, was a very successful album for us, especially here in the States. It had a lot of solo pieces on it, though.


Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.


It's really interesting that, in 'The Avengers,' the character that people relate to is The Hulk, and I think the reason why they relate to The Hulk is because he's fragile and human and faulty.


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.


We're not a fragile people. We're not a frightful people. Our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don't look to be ruled.


As for success, I don't care for it. It is a fragile thing.


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