Quotes About Fragile

Lembre-se da assimetria fundamental: o antifrágil beneficia-se com a volatilidade e a desordem; o frágil é prejudicado. Bem, tempo e desordem são a mesma coisa.

I'd rather be dumb and antifragile than extremely smart and fragile, any time.

So we are living in a more and more fragile world, while thinking it is more and more understandable.

is much easier to understand if something is harmed by volatility—hence fragile—than try to forecast harmful events, such as these oversized Black Swans. But only practitioners (or people who do things) tend to spontaneously get the point.

they remained fragile to the emotional toll from the compliments they did not get

but because most unseasoned ideas are fragile.

One has the illusion of stability, but is fragile; the other one the illusion of variability, but is robust and even antifragile.

Time is an eraser rather than a builder, and a good one at breaking the fragile—whether buildings or ideas.

With few exceptions, those who dress outrageously are robust or even antifragile in reputation; those clean-shaven types who dress in suits and ties are fragile to information about them.

Como somos infelices, queremos ver a nuestro alrededor, por todas partes, escenas trágicas, sangrientas y solemnes, y ya no sabemos celebrar la fragilidad, la delicadeza y la medida.

I got a feeling this whole thing is going to come apart like wet bread.

Since republics rely on the inherent virtue of the people, they are exceedingly fragile. All it takes is one well-placed person to destroy everything. Washington, his face betraying the sadness, anger, and shock of this most recent revelation, turned to Lafayette and asked, "Whom can we trust now?

shattered like old glass

Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.

Love turns a heart to crystal," said Mikey. "Much more valuable, but much more fragile.

May be the most powerful humans on earth, they are also the most vulnerable

we only asked for leopards to guard our thinning dreams.

human relationships simply aren't durable. I think back to the women in my life. they seem non-existent.

It will rain all this night and we will sleep transfixed by the dark water as our blood runs through our fragile life.

Human relationships simply aren't durable.

To be united by hatred is a fragile alliance at best.

When your novel first peeks its head into the world, it will look pretty much like every newborn: blotchy, hairless, and utterly confused.

We make our heroes out of clay.

Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.