#fragile

Comedy writers have the most fragile egos. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#egos #fragile #most #writers

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. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#aware #because #destructive #environment #fragile

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

— Donald Judd

#away #fragile #most #moved #never

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. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#also #book #books #clumsy #creature

I've got over so much. Mum wouldn't want anything to come into my life that would make me fragile again. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#anything #come #fragile #got #i

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. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#culture #cultures #destroy #force #fragile

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#fragile #how #idea #no idea #self-worth

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. ↗

— James Chanos

#banking system #built #china #chinese #clear

Life is fragile. We're not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you've got. ↗

— Tim Cook

#fragile #give #got #guaranteed #life

I do not want to impose additional taxes on the employers at a time when our economy is very fragile and we want to encourage them to hire. ↗

— Susan Collins

#economy #employers #encourage #fragile #hire