When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
PeopleStrongYouSayAskFragile
Is it 'a drag' that passions don't come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them? Maybe. But the reality is that our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement.
Angela Duckworth
RealityEarlyNeedWithoutFragile
Music is fragile: people die, and it's forgotten.
Ry Cooder
MusicPeopleDieFragileForgotten
I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots.
Josh Silver
ThinkIdiotsFragileArtistsLeaning
We don't all look alike - some people think they're tough, some people think they're fragile - but in the end, we share a lot.
Claire Denis
PeopleToughThinkEndLookFragile
I do not want to impose additional taxes on the employers at a time when our economy is very fragile and we want to encourage them to hire.
Susan Collins
TimeWantEconomyTaxesFragileOur
Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.
Kirk Hammett
ComplicatedInsideOutsideFragile
Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.
David Duval
ConfidencePreciousFragileThing
Everyone's more vulnerable than they seem, and I think men are more vulnerable. Once you get close to a man, the whole thing's a facade anyway. I think manhood is fragile.
Alain de Botton
MenManThinkYouMoreFragile
I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.
James Broughton
ToughInsideFragileThingsLike
Most men are fragile.
Taraji P. Henson
MenFragileMost
Take good care of our fragile planet.
Kalpana Chawla
GoodCareFragilePlanetTakeOur
You can't ever go back; life is incredibly short and fragile.
Michael Arden
LifeShortYouBackGoFragile
I like to be fragile. I like that. I try to be close to that energy and sensibility.
Romain Duris
EnergyTryFragileCloseLike
In terms of long-term durable storage, the human mind, paradoxically, is pretty good, but it's very fragile.
Jonathan Nolan
GoodMindHumanStorageFragile
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach.
Antonin Artaud
LifeSpeakReachKnowNeverFragile
Businesses operating in fragile or conflict-affected environments bear a responsibility to, at the very minimum, do no harm and avoid fuelling conflict or reinforcing fragility.
Peter Maurer
ResponsibilityConflictBearFragile
I am whelmed, and not overly whelmed, just whelmed about a lot of facets in life - just how fragile life is and the different challenges you have in life, phobias about things.
Kevin Nealon
LifeI AmChallengesYouFragile
Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies.
David Lee
ScienceWorldFragilePlanetBasic
Music is my therapy and my straitjacket. Music keeps me sane and keeps my mind on something. It's fragile up there.
will.i.am
MusicMindMeTherapyUpFragile
Fashion is fragile and fleeting. But it is also an indicator for the cultural and social appetites for a nation.
Kehinde Wiley
FashionNationFleetingFragileAlso
I am drawn to those parts; I like the tough girls because they are not tough. It's a veil; it's a disguise. It's defenses. At the core, everybody is human, everybody is fragile, everybody is terrified, and the fear is what propels you to be tough.
Tatiana Maslany
FearI AmToughYouHumanFragile
The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.
Gary Miller
ProcessComplicatedOilFragile
Digital data are more fragile than printed material.
Robert Darnton
DataMoreDigitalFragileThan
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