Top 336 Stiff Quotes & Sayings

A man is born gentle and weak. At death he is hard and stiff.

Pride, that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff.

We celebrities have stiff upper-lips.

And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.

Cersei in 'Game of Thrones' is quite solid and stiff.

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.

And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip.

At my age I'm envious of a stiff wind.

My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.

Nick is like a good stiff drink: He gives everything the correct perspective.

I've developed a stiff neck that's about to drive me insane.

Keep a stiff upper chin.

Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love?

I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job.

Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.

The one you confront in Yoga is yourself. All that is rigid and stiff in you, all that says 'No.

Stiff-necked fools, you think you are cool to deny me for simplicity.

A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.

Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand-trap shot here.

For someone so small, you're heavy, Stiff," he mutters.

They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed.

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.

I don't want to be bulky and stiff.

A stiff letter galls one like a stiff shirt collar -- whilst a sheet garnished here and there with a careless blot -- and here and there a dash -- but in the main full of excellent matter, is like a clever fellow in a dirty shirt whom we value for the good humour he brings with him and not for the garb he wears.

When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life and dry in brittle in death So the soft and supple are the companion of life While the stiff and unyielding are the companions of death An army that cannot yield will be defeated A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind Thus by Nature's own decree the hard and strong are defeated while the soft and gentle are triumphant

Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.

I don't want to be too stiff, because then my hands won't be as quick.

I hate when I get stiff, and I really notice that.

I've played dinner theaters. I'm a working stiff.

Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.

There are two things I like stiff and one of them's jelly.

I can't work in an environment where it's a stiff hierarchy; that's not my kind of way.

I don't mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day.

I think that the stiff competition for places is a positive thing.

The best scheme of Phonetics is a stiff uncertain thing.

We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.

People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.

Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold bottle, bored him stiff.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

Our employers today face numerous challenges and stiff competition from businesses all over the world.

It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip.

Your hips get really stiff when you're stuck on a bike for several hours each day.

Actually, I started throwing the stiff-arm in college. I had some big plays in college from the stiff-arm.

I think people are very stiff. Money makes people stiff, and we want it, and we have to pay the penalty. I never agreed with stiffness. I think people have an understanding of what their life is. I define success by being a realist and not humiliating people. I'm a revolutionary - but not in the political sense.

A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

Fairly large print is a real antidote to stiff reading.

A limo is corny. It's extra long. You feel stiff when you get out.

People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.

I am too old and stiff-necked to change my memories now.

I have been tight as a tick! Fried as a mink! Stiff as a goat!

Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton

Boxing is so loose and flowy, and martial arts is more stiff, and about strength and structure.

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.

If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck.

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

Cersei in Game of Thrones is quite solid and stiff.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.