Quotes about Flexible

Flexible supply chains are great for multinationals and consumers. But they erode already thin profit margins in developing-world factories and foster a pell-mell work environment in which getting the order out the door is the only thing that matters. Votes: 4

Flexible approach - will look at ALL asset classes. Votes: 3

One way to make health care more affordable is a Flexible Savings Account that allows families to save tax free money to pay for medical bills. Votes: 3

Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you. Votes: 3

It was about finding creative, original musicians. Musicians who are strong composers. Flexible, empathetic musicians, who are great individually but who also have a great sense for cooperation and collaboration, great listeners as well as great players. Votes: 3

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. Votes: 2

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. Votes: 2

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable. Votes: 2

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness. Votes: 2

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. Votes: 2

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. Votes: 2

Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy on others. Votes: 2

I've always loved to play games, and face it: investing is one big game. You need to be decisive, open-minded, flexible and competitive. Votes: 2

So I said to the gym instructor: 'Can you teach me to do the splits?' He said: 'How flexible are you?' I said: I can't make Tuesdays.' Votes: 2

Some of us, for better or worse, develop very stable, consistent, and largely predictable machineries of self. But in others, the self machinery is more flexible and more open to unexpected turns. Votes: 2

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything. Votes: 2

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. Votes: 2

The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The result is millions of flexible combinations in which one never encounters the stereotyped. Votes: 2

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan. Votes: 2

I like girls who are self-deprecating. I like girls who make fun of themselves. If you can't poke fun at yourself, what are you? I just want someone with a good soul. That's about it. The rest I'm really flexible on. Votes: 2

God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible. Votes: 2

Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline. Votes: 2

What I don't underestimate is everybody's deal is different and everybody's deal makes it difficult. And so it is incumbent upon employers to create flexible work environments that allow people to fulfill their professional and personal lives in a way that works for themselves. Votes: 2

In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures. Votes: 2

Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that the most flexible, dynamic, inquisitive minds among my students have been industrial design majors. Industrial designers are bracingly free of ideology and cant. The industrial designer is trained to be a clear-eyed observer of the commercial world - which, like it or not, is modern reality. Votes: 2

Being a father can 'unreason' your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. It's sad that children's open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum. Votes: 2

Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive. Votes: 2

Keep yourself motivated. You've got to be motivated, you've got to wake up every day and understand what that day is about; you've got to have personal goals - short term goals, intermediate goals, and long term goals. Be flexible in getting to those goals, but if you do not have goals, you will not achieve them. Votes: 2

The deepest change begins with men raising children as much as women do and women being equal actors in the world outside the home. There are many ways of supporting that, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all caregiving and making that amount tax deductible. Votes: 2

What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change - to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives systems to drive the change, and to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential. Votes: 2

Be big, fast and flexible. Votes: 0

Be infinitely flexible and constantly amazed. Votes: 0

Goals have to be realistic and flexible. Votes: 0

Be flexible, but stick to your principles. Votes: 0

You gotta be both flexible and persistent. Votes: 0

Be firm on principle but flexible on method. Votes: 0

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient? Votes: 0

Curiosity is more flexible and practical than belief. Votes: 0

Those who are flexible in thought, will inevitably succeed. Votes: 0

You are as young as your spine is flexible. Votes: 0

If the mind is flexible, the world is flexible. Votes: 0

Even if we remain flexible, we need ground rules. Votes: 0

The least flexible component of any system is the user. Votes: 0

While my mind is flexible, these brittle bones don't bend. Votes: 0

You are only as young as your spine is flexible. Votes: 0

We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details. Votes: 0

A man is as old as his spine is flexible! Votes: 0

when you live outside the law, you have to be flexible Votes: 0

Only imagination that towers can reproduce evanescence and render rigidity flexible. Votes: 0

The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance. Votes: 0

When you have no intention then you have no tension! Be flexible. Votes: 0

Be courageous, but humble,passionate, but simple,have beliefs, but be flexible. Votes: 0

A poem is a flexible thing, and a poem is a poem. Votes: 0

Mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a better world. Votes: 0

I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative. Votes: 0

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. Votes: 0

In the majority of cases, conscience is an elastic and very flexible article Votes: 0

In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable. Votes: 0

I'm weirdly flexible, so when I dance, I dance like a 17-year-old girl. Votes: 0

The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready. Votes: 0

Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape. Votes: 0

Modern life requires us to be more and more flexible in our attire. Votes: 0

I like to be lean and flexible. I'm not interested in gaining size. Votes: 0

Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible. Votes: 0

Be clear about your goal but be flexible about the process of achieving it. Votes: 0

Only the clever men can be flexible; others are condemned to remain as rigid! Votes: 0

Standardized personalization=universal right to meaningful learning. Personalized standardization=flexible access to mandated learning. Votes: 0

Republicans like Trent Lott, saying [Donald] Trump would be more flexible [then Ted Cruz]. Votes: 0

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them. Votes: 0

Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold. Votes: 0

The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission Votes: 0

I love dancing, actually. My mother taught children's dance, ballet, tap, jazz...I'm very flexible. Votes: 0

For us to stay competitive, we're transforming our services business to be reliable and flexible. Votes: 0

If you want to live on the edge of life, you need to be flexible. Votes: 0

My hope is that light, flexible architecture might bring about a new and open society. Votes: 0

You have to remain flexible, and you must be your own critic at all times. Votes: 0

Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible. Votes: 0

Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible. Votes: 0

Plans must be simple and flexible....They must be made by the people who execute them. Votes: 0

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness. Votes: 0

Basketball. I love it. I can't believe these giants move like kids. They are so flexible. Votes: 0

Have no rigid system in you, and you'll be flexible to change with the ever changing. Votes: 0

Blessed are the flexible for they will not allow themselves to become bent out of shape! Votes: 0

Happiness in simplicity can be achieved with a flexible mindset and nine hours sleep each night. Votes: 0

Peace is a stranger to the rigid mind. Peace is a guest of the flexible heart. Votes: 0

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play. Votes: 0

Successful innovation has consistently proved to be fluid and flexible, fast and furious - that is, passionate. Votes: 0

The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain. Votes: 0

The key things I learned as a hospital administrator are to be organized, communicate, and be flexible. Votes: 0

The best strategy is a balance between having a deliberate one, and a flexible, or emergent strategy. Votes: 0

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible. Votes: 0

I believe it is very important to learn different fighting styles to make you a flexible fighter. Votes: 0

Florence and Milan had given him ideas more flexible than those of people who'd stayed at home. Votes: 0

In a world where shows have to keep going while the priorities change, I have to stay flexible. Votes: 0

It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible. Votes: 0

Be adaptable, flexible and never stop learning. The rate of change will never stop and neither should you. Votes: 0

Normality is the ability to learn by experience, to be flexible, and to adapt to a changing environment. Votes: 0

Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction. Votes: 0

There is always something to do. You just need to look harder, be creative and a little flexible. Votes: 0

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance. Votes: 0

You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles. Votes: 0

Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die. Votes: 0

Nobody knows how Honda is organized, except that it uses lots of project teams and is quite flexible. Votes: 0

The more flexible we become in our thinking and being, the more we open ourselves to self-awareness & growth. Votes: 0

Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible. Votes: 0

What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail. Votes: 0

If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. IF it is completely flexible at 60, you are young. Votes: 0

We want to offer job training and mentoring and build the site with more robust, reliable and flexible technology. Votes: 0

I do modern jazz and contemporary combined. I like to feel strong, flexible, and so there is stretching involved. Votes: 0

If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime. Votes: 0

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different. Votes: 0

Be like a child - clear, loving, spontaneous, infinitely flexible and ready each moment to wonder and accept a miracle. Votes: 0

Your goal should be to take your body and make it as healthy, strong, flexible and well-proportioned as you can. Votes: 0

Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions. Votes: 0

I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done. Votes: 0

I've tried to be flexible in my career by doing a little bit of everything and that's worked for me. Votes: 0

As an actor, you never know where the works going to come, so you have to be flexible about it. Votes: 0

The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft. Votes: 0

Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way. Votes: 0

You have to sometimes shoot from the second row, that's all football. So you have to be a bit more flexible. Votes: 0

In our entrancement with the motorcar, we have forgotten how much more efficient and how much more flexible the footwalker is. Votes: 0

When we have a clear sense of our destination, we can be flexible in the route we take to reach it. Votes: 0

The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed. Votes: 0

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on. Votes: 0

We tell ourselves we're here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan. Votes: 0

I want nothing better, more flexible or more complete than the sonata form, which contains everything necessary for my structural purposes. Votes: 0

With yoga, not only your body should become flexible - your mind and emotions, and above all your consciousness should become flexible. Votes: 0

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment. Votes: 0

Samsung's future hinges on new businesses, new products and new technologies. We should make our corporate culture more open, flexible and innovative. Votes: 0

It seems whether we have a tendency towards being flexible or structured affects how we create, how we parent, how we work. Votes: 0

Creative leaders inherently know when rules need to be challenged, and they can see when a more flexible approach should be taken. Votes: 0

Standing upright is not a talent because a brainless wooden beam can stand upright too! The important thing is to be flexible! Votes: 0

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be. Votes: 0

Be flexible be nuanced. It's important to open yourself up to new opportunities and experiences and not be afraid to take risks. Votes: 0

Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and globally. Votes: 0

Youth are active partners in Gujarat's development! Gujarat's approach towards skill development has been flexible, broad based, inclusive and with a long-term vision... Votes: 0

I feel that music is more flexible than language and your song, or "piece" is only as flexible as your least flexible component. Votes: 0

The brain is highly structured, but it is also extremely flexible. It's not a blank slate, but it isn't written in stone, either. Votes: 0

You have to stick to your guns and still know when to be flexible. That's something I've had to learn-which battles to fight. Votes: 0

The success of Yoga must not be measured by how flexible your body becomes, but rather by how much it opens your heart. Votes: 0

A dream is a vision, a goal is a promise. You can keep your promises to yourself by remaining flexible, focused, and committed. Votes: 0

Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga. Votes: 0

Everyone tells me that I have a very sweet face! I'd like to change that. I wish I had a more flexible face! Votes: 0

The thing about inventing is you have to be both stubborn and flexible. The hard part is figuring out when to be which. Votes: 0

Here and there are worms, evidence of the fertility of the soil, caught by the sun, half dead; flexible and pink, like lips. Votes: 0

With TV, you don't know, but you can build it as you go and bring some things to life. It's malleable, changeable and flexible. Votes: 0

Alternate between short films, long form films, with or without stars, small budget or big budget films. Basically a filmmaker needs to be flexible. Votes: 0

Different brands are indeed different, and that's the challenge of developing recipes for a cooker. But just like anything, you have to be flexible. Votes: 0

The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry. Votes: 0

Natural gas is a very flexible source of energy that can help us bridge the gap between our current high-carbon economy and our zero-carbon future. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurs have a great ability to create change, be flexible, build companies and cultivate the kind of work environment in which they want to work. Votes: 0

Why are you so interested in amoebas?" "Oh, they're immortal," he said, "and sort of shapeless and flexible. Being a person is getting too complicated. Votes: 0

As children know, there's lots of fun in nonsense. We never stop benefiting from staying flexible, open and responsive, even in the midst of confusion. Votes: 0

I do think that I have a more flexible view of the interactions between people, and between human and non-human protagonists, humans and their landscapes. Votes: 0

I'm very flexible. I've got flexibility in any weight class. If you guys out there want to fight me man, I will fight you guys. Votes: 0

I consider parenting skills, those skills that help children: (1) develop clear and important goals; and (2) figure out flexible and persistent ways of achieving their goals. Votes: 0

It's tough. It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint. Votes: 0

Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat. Votes: 0

By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad Votes: 0

Mogami cable is durable and flexible enough to practically build a suspension bridge with but I'll settle for using it for my guitars and amps! Votes: 0

There's always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide. Votes: 0

I'm lucky, because I started action movies at the age of 25. Now I'm 47, and I'm still kicking like a mule, and I'm as flexible as before. Votes: 0

Our ability to adapt and therefore to accept everything is one of our greatest dangers. Creatures that are completely flexible, changeable, can have no fixed morality. Votes: 0

Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions. Votes: 0

I have some cool talents. I'm really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I'm a big athlete and especially love soccer. Votes: 0

I try to do yoga when I can to make sure that I'm flexible and that I'm not going to tear any muscle or pull anything. Votes: 0

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain. Votes: 0

In times to resist, do not step aside; stay solid like a statue! In times to step aside, do not resist; be flexible like a snake! Votes: 0

I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things don't go as plan. Votes: 0

If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you can't get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible. Votes: 0

Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure. Votes: 0

I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible attitude. Votes: 0

You need to understand plant chemistry, be inured to discomfort and awesomely flexible. When something breaks down-the plane, the boat, you just have to roll with it. Votes: 0

Modeling is a way for me to continue with my sport, the hours are flexible and you can earn good money through photographic modeling and the catwalk Votes: 0

There's a fine line in being too specific so you can't be too flexible, and being too vague in being specific and people not thinking it's meaningful. Votes: 0

Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making. Votes: 0

He was feeling buoyant, flexible. He wanted to go jogging. He stood. He couldn't go jogging. He called room service and ordered a basket of breads and pastries. Votes: 0

Your processes are amazingly fast, yet flexible, and the people at Screaming Circuits, from finance to the factory floor, are all knowledgeable and a joy to work with. Votes: 0

We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy. Votes: 0

I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world. Votes: 0

The person who has a sense of humor is not just more relaxed in the face of a potentially stressful situation, but is more flexible in his approach. Votes: 0

I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible. Votes: 0

My sister is a chiropractor and she says I have an unusually flexible lower back, but I don't do yoga, and I don't feel like I'm very bendy. Votes: 0

I thought that we were all like trees, flexible youths, saplings, who grow up heavy and stiff, spread seeds and get chopped down and turned into notebook paper. Votes: 0

It looks good when you see someone kicking at the age of 51 with no double. It's kinda cool for people to know that past 50 we can keep flexible. Votes: 0

The strange flavour of AI work is that people try to put together long sets of rules in strict formalisms which tell inflexible machines how to be flexible. Votes: 0

I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be. Votes: 0

The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct in response to inevitable, often unanticipated, disturbances and thus to contain the size and consequences of cyclical imbalances. Votes: 0

In both life and work, stay flexible. Whether in a country, a company, or a family, the same holds true: Dictatorship and rigidity rarely work. Freedom and elasticity do. Votes: 0

I've found that people with flexible ears are the least rigid in life. Best way to find yourself a perfect partner may be as easy as squeezing their ears. Votes: 0

If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible. Votes: 0

Industries are fearful of legislation. But if you start in the marketplace and forge a solution, you get a lot less resistance - and often a more flexible approach. Votes: 0

Be flexible - the order in which you introduce the elements of a painting should not be a rigid system. What worked last time may not work this time. Votes: 0

I remember when my schedule was as flexible as she is.. She call and tell me 'be here before the sun up', I be dressed before we hung up Votes: 0

Seeing the small is called Clarity. Keeping flexible is called Strength. Using the shining Radiance, You enter the Light, Where no harm can come to you. This is called Enlightenment. Votes: 0

You can't make Christ funny. He's self-aware, he's too flexible within the situation. It's rigidity, it's when the ego takes over and the behavior becomes inappropriate that it becomes funny. Votes: 0

Facebook is great for women and men. We are enormously flexible. We care a lot about great opportunities for women, we push ourselves to make things as flexible as possible. Votes: 0

You should choose organisations that are going to be flexible and supportive and recognise people are going through different stages in their careers and actually need different sorts of support. Votes: 0

My friends call me a 'pace-setter.' Sometimes I am impatient, I think, but you must be fast and flexible in business because uncertainty is the only certainty in life. Votes: 0

I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change. Votes: 0

Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You can't cut the student to your cloth; you have to cut yourself to theirs. Votes: 0

Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed. Votes: 0

Sometimes you can write a great scene, but when you're actually in a situation and it doesn't work, you have to be flexible enough to make it work for you. Votes: 0

China has to move to a more flexible foreign currency trading system, no question about that. You might see two or three moves to widen the band, say to 0.5 percent. Votes: 0

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to. Votes: 0

The number one thing I urge people to remember is it is all about being scientific about managing strategic uncertainty, while striking the important balance between being thorough and being flexible. Votes: 0

We've proven to be quite flexible and adept in the way that we've changed what was the original pattern of air activities into something that's now very focused on the battlefield. Votes: 0

Painters strike me as having warm uncomplicated friendships and probably more natural generosity than the practitioners of any other art. Perhaps this is because painting is such a portable, flexible thing. Votes: 0

We know when we use the full talents of our population we're more productive. And we know that when people really feel like they can have flexible lives, they're better employees. Votes: 0

You do see some people that can contort themselves all the way around, but they may have been practicing for years, they may be gymnasts or they may just be flexible. Votes: 0

My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced. Votes: 0

Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met. Votes: 0

My architecture tends to be legible, light and flexible. You can read it. You look at a building, and you can see how it is constructed. I put the structure outside. Votes: 0

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for. Votes: 0

We're always flexible and pragmatic... It's always important to watch the unemployment rate and to make sure that we can keep most Canadians working. We were successful in that back in 2008-09. Votes: 0

Xerox's innovative technology and service offerings - delivered through an expanding distribution system with a lean and flexible business model - continue to solidify our market leadership, driving consistently strong earnings performance. Votes: 0

The brain has a quality referred to as plasticity. The ability to form new neural pathways even into very old age. The brain is fluid, flexible and incredibly adaptable to new experiences. Votes: 0

I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that such a European Union is best with Britain in it. Votes: 0

I have great, great confidence in our capital markets and in our financial institutions. Our financial institutions, banks and investment banks, are strong. Our capital markets are resilient. They're efficient. They're flexible. Votes: 0

I think visual literacy and media literacy is not without value, but I think plain old-fashioned text literacy and mathematical literacy are much more powerful and flexible ways to organize your mind. Votes: 0

My hope is that flexible working and varying shift patterns will give workers a taste for idling and that they will gradually demand greater reductions in the length of the working week. Votes: 0

It's not so bad that I can't touch my toes. But I'm not one of the most flexible guys. When you look at Novak Djokovic, you'd probably think he's made of rubber. Votes: 0

I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible. Votes: 0

Complexity demands resilience, and that's what panarchy offers. Resilience in the face of complexity is a challenge even when you apply rigorous intelligence and integrity to develop a coherent and flexible strategy." Votes: 0

Follow your interests, get the best available education and training, set your sights high, be persistent, be flexible, keep your options open, accept help when offered, and be prepared to help others. Votes: 0

Complexity demands resilience, and that's what panarchy offers. Resilience in the face of complexity is a challenge even when you apply rigorous intelligence and integrity to develop a coherent and flexible strategy. Votes: 0

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form. Votes: 0

Our health-care issues is another big structural drag. All of these need to be dealt with if we're going to keep the American economy the most dynamic and flexible in the world. Votes: 0

IBM customers of any size can now rest assured that Double-Take, the most innovative, flexible and reliable data protection solution on the market, is proven to integrate easily into their IBM infrastructure. Votes: 0

The bureaucratic culture that we [Afghanistan] have inherited is an obstacle. Hierarchies may be extremely efficient for dealing with certain events, but they are not quick in responding to global, flexible networks. Votes: 0

Recently somebody said, "Hey, you lost weight," and I said, "Yeah, thirty-five pounds and three and a half billion dollars." So I'm quite a bit lighter and more flexible than I was. Votes: 0

Opera stars know that biology is destiny. Sometime in their 50s or early 60s, the powerful, flexible and ultimately mysterious instrument that has been the source of their artistry frays, cracks and disappears. Votes: 0

All companies can benefit from fostering a more flexible environment (creating a place where the most talented, industrious, and entrepreneurial people want to work) and relinquishing hierarchical control to favor a results-oriented meritocracy. Votes: 0

My thinking is very flexible, and I hope that it will remain flexible and creative as long as biology permits me to think and that I will remain a rebel all my life. Votes: 0

I believe that we respond most and best to work in any art form (and to other experience as well) if we are pluralistic, flexible, relative in our judgments, if we are electic. Votes: 0

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving. Votes: 0

We have believed for many years, much earlier than anyone else was talking about this issue, that it was in the interest of China to evolve to a more flexible exchange rate system. Votes: 0

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue. Votes: 0

Take your risks now; as you become older, you become more fearful and less flexible. And I mean that literally. I hurt my knee this week on the treadmill, and it wasn't even on. Votes: 0

Techniques employ four qualities that reflect the nature of our world. Depending on the circumstance, you should be: hard as a diamond, flexible as a willow, smooth-flowing like water, or as empty as space. Votes: 0

What does 'work' mean in this 21st, ultra-wired century, with its exploding new industries, low barriers to entry and endless possibilities? Is technology making our lives more flexible - or our days more endless? Votes: 0

There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible. Votes: 0

A vampire is a flexible metaphor. You know, death, sex, change, stagnation, loss of self, loss of agency, having to keep one's real self secret, the possibility of something lasting forever: love, hate, grief. Votes: 0

I put my own d*ck in my mouth. I was 14 and much more flexible at the time. It was soft and required a lot of pulling. I really wanted that case of beer. Votes: 0

As you get older, you get stuck in your ways; just as you become stiffer physically, you also become stiffer mentally and more narrow-minded unless you make a conscious effort to keep yourself flexible. Votes: 0

We can never be certain about the future and therefore we must continue to be flexible and adaptable so that we can react quickly to the needs of our clients and our market place. Votes: 0

Nonfiction, qua label, is nothing more or less than a very flexible (easily breakable) frame that allows you to pull the thing away from narrative and toward contemplation, which is all I've ever wanted. Votes: 0

The broad liberal objective is a balanced and flexible "mixed economy," thus seeking to occupy that middle ground between capitalism and socialism whose viability has so long been denied by both capitalists and socialists. Votes: 0

Graphite also absorbs the shock of a hit. The first (graphite) clubs that came out were too flexible, but now you can get them to be just as firm as you want and need. Votes: 0

Building Code changes to mid-rise wood construction will give builders and the public even safer, more flexible building options. Our made-in-Ontario model for mid-rise wood provides the highest requirements for fire safety in Canada. Votes: 0

Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback. Votes: 0

I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team. Votes: 0

It's one of my favorite things to do, watch TV and stretch. I'm so flexible. I can put my legs behind my head. I want to be the most flexible person in the world. Votes: 0

In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity. Votes: 0

I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want. Votes: 0

I exult in the fact I can see everywhere with a flexible eye; the very notion of home is foreign to me, as the state of foreignness is the closest thing I know to home. Votes: 0

On the Vietnam War: I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare war. We've been flexible enough to kill people without declaring war. Votes: 0

Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience. Votes: 0

I will not go out with a man who wears more jewelry than me, and I'll never, ever go to bed with a guy who calls me Babe. Other than that, however, I'm real flexible. Votes: 0

More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and dynamic thing that changes over the life span and is shaped by experience. Votes: 0

It's hard to stay flexible if you don't stretch. I think if you train the right way you'll be flexible. There are people that don't appreciate the value of stretching. I think it's very important. Votes: 0

The photo collage is a way to travel that must be used with skill and precision if we are to arrive... The collage as a flexible hieroglyph language of juxtaposition: A collage makes a statement. Votes: 0