#fragile

We are told that the trouble with modern man is that he has been trying to detach himself from nature... In this scenario, Man comes on as a stupendous lethal force, and the Earth is pictured as something delicate, like rising bubbles at the surface of a country pond, or flights of fragile birds. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#birds #bubbles #comes #country #delicate

The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches. ↗

— Doug Collins

#coaches #fragile #grow #grow up #one thing

Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas and pursue our abstract imaginings. ↗

— Belinda Jeffrey

#fleeting-thoughts #fragile #hearts #ideas #intangible

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

— Madeleine Albright

#democracy #form #fragile #government #long

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability. ↗

— Julia Gillard

#economic #fragile #future #global #imbalances

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. ↗

— Jacqueline McKenzie

#am #any #creep #doing #doubt

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough. ↗

— Shirley Bassey

#because #enough #fragile #i #i think

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

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

— Tim Cook

#fragile #give #got #guaranteed #life

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

— Emma Bonino

#also #creative #fragile #more #reason