Robert Bork Quotes

Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold.

Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility.

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

Human beings are weak.

It is hard to make an empty sack stand upright.

At the 2018 Hero World Challenge, I felt brittle. I felt like a gust of wind could push me over if I wasn't careful.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

The word I think of is precarious. I am struck by how precarious it all is. How the things that hold us are only as strong as the faith we have in them.

It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.

Wit and woman are two frail things, and both the frailer by concurring.

But borrowing strength builds weakness.

The young reed dies so easily. Beginnings are times of great peril.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Every plan is a house of cards.

He who stands on tiptoe does not stand firm.

The hearts that never lean must fall.

Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour!

An inflated balloon -- impressive to look at but hollow at the core and easily punctured.

Lately, the world felt fragile, like a blown egg, as if it might shatter beneath a careless touch.

A weak background is a deadly thing.

It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.

Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.

Sensuality often hastens the "Growth of Love" so much that the roots remain weak and are easily torn up.