Backbone Quotes

“You, sir, are not only a selfish asshole, but you're a coward. You didn't have the balls to stand and fight for what was yours, instead you chose to flee and force others into a fight that wasn't even theirs to begin with.”
― Rose Wynters, My Wolf Cowboy

“A steely look of anger flared in my mother’s eyes, and I thought, just maybe, I was leaving her in good hands after all. Her own.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I heard you showed some backbone. I decided to visit in the vain hope that you might be turning interesting.”
― Kimberly Frost, Would-Be Witch

“I get awkwardly sturdy with a frigid liquid backbone. I get swept in the pressure cooker, tryin' to paddle back home...i'm gonna be a big bang, gotta be, never bottle me up in a probably...i huddle in a tunnel of big dreams, i think big things. I'm gonna burn w/ this little light of mine & a prime concern to earn thanks, I'm gonna be a Big Bang...' --Big Bang”
― Aesop Rock, The Living Human Curiosity Sideshow

“One heart, one brain, one backbone - that's all it takes to change the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“In a world of flexible spine and rigid mind, muster an unbending spine with expanding mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Never make a wishbone where your backbone ought to be. Sometimes we must leave things as we find them. And we should recognize that a fact is only a fact because all our wishing cannot make it otherwise.”
― P.B. Kerr, The Cobra King of Kathmandu

“Tax is the backbone of the welfare society that maintains its system; take care of that before that gets weak.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Backbone not used to bear the world, is a backbone wasted.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Pain is what nourishes the backbone, while absence of pain turns a human into haribo.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“It's one thing to have a spinal cord, another to have a backbone.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“When backbone becomes a relic,
and sentiments inconvenient,
it's not progress but the
beginning of doom and derangement.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“I am the person
beyond the paradigm,
I am but a reflection
of the best of humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Every spine holds a backbone,
But peer pressure turns it into jello.
Every body holds a conscientious being,
But society conditions it to be callow.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“Better to get spine broken than bend it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Backbone is more than a stick to hang your head.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Backbone responsible is antidote to malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“One heart, one brain, one backbone -
that's all it takes to change the world.
When all three boil with vigor of life,
you can barely sit still avoiding effort.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Backbone has no gender,
Backbone has no orientation.
Backbone is plainly human,
Backbone is brawn to ascension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“When the world cries blood, backbone oughta spark thunder.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Brain is there to think human,
Heart is there to feel human,
Spine is there to stand human,
Hands are there to help a human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Vagabond Poet (Sonnet)

Bi' gün değil, bugün,
bugün yaşamalı,
bugün parlamalı,
bugün uyanmalı,
bugün yürümeli.

Wear your wounds like crown,
not tomorrow, but today.
In front of your thunderous resolve,
intimidating clouds all fade away.

Where lips don't speak, eyes do -
where eyes don't speak, backbone do.
And once backbone has spoken, all the
militaries cannot render it untrue.

Poetry, my nationality,
words, my brethren.
To the world I'm monsoon,
for inside I'm barren.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Where lips don't speak, eyes do -
where eyes don't speak, backbone do.
And once backbone has spoken, all the
militaries cannot render it untrue.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“No backing, only backbone.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“No backing, only backbone.
No benefactor, only brain power.
No industry, only integrity.
No contract, only character.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Brain is there to think first, then take a side, but society teaches you to pick a side first, then think alike. In a world of flexible spine and rigid mind, muster an unbending spine with expanding mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Pray less against the storm, and more for strength to withstand its rage.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Burn Like Fire

“Spine broken, still unbent.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Biggest lab is in your brain, greatest temple is in your heart, mightiest powerstation is in your spine.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Backbone battery, brain currency, heart bedrock.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat