Quotes About Inflexible

It did not come naturally; in fact, it would be difficult to conceive of any more dogmatic and less tolerant people than the first settlers on New England shores.

Only two kinds of people can not change their minds, my friend, the foolish and the dead.

But desperation easily turns into fanaticism. People adopt inflexible views as a comforting defense mechanism when they find themselves threatened and overwhelmed by forces they cannot control.

He was a man who regarded his opinions, however briefly adopted, as revealed truth: he never backed down, or listened, or compromised. He was equally swift to give and take offense and ferociously critical of everyone except himself.

Devil, cease; and do not poison the air with these sounds of malice. I have declared my resolution to you, and I am no coward to bend beneath words. Leave me; I am inexorable.

Her body, sagging limply from her shoulders, contradicted the inflexible precision of the legs; the cold austerity of her face contradicted the pose of her body.

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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change

When someone is heavily invested in his or her opinion, it is inevitably hard to change the person's mind.

There should be reluctance to make a national policy so inflexible that it fails to take into account the country's diversity.

I've never been able to touch my toes. Seriously, never.

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Manuel, el padre de Santiago. Pero el hombre se mostró inflexible; no sólo respetaba la decisión de su hijo sino que además le parecía muy bien.

You adhere to a philosophy, but part of the philosophy I have is that I don't want to be too doggone inflexible that I miss a good player.

The biggest challenge is adding the bureaucracy it takes to run the company without becoming fat, lazy, inflexible - bureaucratic.

The family I grew up in was very inflexible and harsh. It left me with the feeling that if you do let somebody down badly, then even if they tell you it's all right, it cannot be all right.

Huge organizations and me don't get along. They're too inflexible, waste too much time, and have too many stupid people.

Nothing can change for them, because they themselves can't change anymore.

The idiot is bound by his pride," he says. "It always has to be his way.

I always do that, pick a spot the first day and never move. What does that say about me? Boring and predictable.

I can be intolerant.

Men possessing minds which are morose, solemn, and inflexible enjoy generally a greater share of dignity than of happiness.

People who talk incessantly about "change" are often dogmatically set in their ways. They want to change other people.

And fact is the most stubborn thing in the world.