Quotes About Backbone

He was one of those many-faced politicians without any strong beliefs, with no great resources, no backbone and no real knowledge of anything, a country lawyer with provincial good looks, craftily walking the tight-rope between any extremist parties, a kind of republican Jesuit, a sort of dubious little mushroom such as flourish in their hundreds on the popular dunghill of universal suffrage.

To me, the hook of the riff is what makes a great guitar recording. It's the backbone of the whole song. When you have a strong riff, it's the rocket fuel for the track.

My mom is the backbone not just of my family but of many families.

I think individually, Al Horford is very special, very unique. He's a guy that can kind of be the backbone of the defense.

I'm very transparent. What you see is what you get. 'I date this person, this happened to me' and I have to be honest about it... because of that I developed a backbone.

The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.

The backbone of the preaching of Christ is a conviction of the truth of Christ.

If you don't like the people, you're just doing a sketch. Which, in most cases, is comedy minus some emotional backbone.

Mothers are the backbone and strength of civilizations. - Strong by Kailin Gow

O for a man who is a man, and, as my neighbor says, has a bone in his back which you cannot pass your hand through!

I believe that much of a man's character will be found betokened in his backbone. I would rather feel your spine than your skull, whoever you are. A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and noble soul. I rejoice in my spine, as in the firm audacious staff of that flag which I fling half out to the world.

When you trust and have elevated personnel in each department, then the sky really is the limit. If you don't have that trust in the backbone of the project, you may not know what you're making.

Small businesses are the backbone of Oklahoma's economy, creating a large portion of jobs in our state.

Britain is a proud nation of entrepreneurs, and small businesses are the backbone of our economy.

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy.

Good hiring practices are the backbone of strong company performance.

Love is the greatest nourishment of the soul. To be loved creates a strong back bone, joy, peace and soundness.

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.

spring, and break thy backbone! Why don't ye spring, I say, all of ye—spring! Quohog! spring, thou chap with the red whiskers; spring there, Scotch-cap; spring, thou

We need a younger generation that's prepared to grow a backbone, go out into the world, take risks and make difficult decisions. Otherwise the future doesn't bode well for any of us.

The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?

I was raised with all the advantages except a backbone.

People try to bail out without a fight, and too often people take the easy way out. Doesn't anybody have backbone anymore?" -- Dr. Isabel Favor, America's diva of self-help.

Sometimes it's great to have a backbone, but you've got to be careful. Remember that sometimes, when you hurt your backbone, you can't get it fixed because you don't have enough money.