Nicole's world had fallen to pieces, but it was only a flimsy and scarcely created world; beneath it her emotions and instincts fought on.
Quotes about flimsy (12 Quotes)
If we have made an error, done a wrong, been unjust to another or to ourselves, or, like the Pharisee, passed by some opportunity for good, we should have the courage to face our mistake squarely, to call it boldly by its right name, to acknowledge it frankly and to put in no flimsy alibis of excuse to protect an anemic self-esteem.
We found the rationale for the raid flimsy. The stated reason was that there was information threatening national security that was about to be revealed. Yet we have seen no evidence that this is actually the case.
When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
They did not invent something flimsy that then got better over time, ... The earliest shoe is every bit as well-made and as complex as those from later on.
There's certainly a need for charitable organizations that help house the less fortunate. But helping the needy piece together flimsy plastic tubes and then snapping the door shut after them gives them shelter at the expense of their dignity.
Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.
The legal case against me, standing alone, is a flimsy, hollow shell and reeks of politics, ... With justice in the balance, do you have a real case, based on the law and not on politics Subject to the judges schedule, meet me in court before November.
As we've learned or really re-learned one can't build a business or our economic future on that type of flimsy foundation.
No eyewitnesses, no confession, no fingerprints. This is about as flimsy a circumstantial evidence case as I've ever seen.
We are running the cable business on flimsy profits. Already, we incur an expense of RS 380 per cable connection. This includes entertainment tax and broadcaster charges.
He's got to do better than the shoddy piecing together of flimsy evidence that contradicts the briefings we have received by various agencies, ... I'm not hearing the same things at the briefings that I'm hearing from the president's top officials.