Stiff Quotations

The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life.

After the Civil War, when blacks fought along whites to secure freedom for all, southern states enacted Black Codes, laws that restricted the civil rights and liberties of blacks. Central to the enforcement of these laws were the stiff penalties for blacks possessing firearms.

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

The first thing that matters: I am a child of the eighties. I grew up in a neon wonderland of talking horses, compassionate bears, hair that didn't move in a stiff wind, and the constant threat of nuclear war.

Just as actors are afraid of child audiences because they're so honest, I would be scared stiff of going before the big folks.

Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt cannot just threaten to stiff its creditors. It must cut its spending in the future, but also take responsibility for the debt incurred in the past.

Can anything be more grotesque and barbarous than our 'florists' bouquets,' a series of concentric rings of flowers of divers colours, bordered by maidenhair and a piece of stiff lace paper, in which stems, leaves, and even petals are brutally crushed, and the grace and individuality of each flower systematically destroyed?

If two scientists are giving their papers at a symposium, and one of them is just naturally better at talking to the public or talking to a group of people, that scientist is liable to get more attention - in fact, I'm told that they do get more attention - than the one who's a little more stiff about it. Well, that's not good for science.

Rand Paul comes off like an academic stiff who wants to give us a lecture on American civics.

This was a solid performance in the face of continuing stiff headwinds from rising raw material and energy costs and currency movements, and reflects a sharp focus on managing the things within our control and the steady execution of our operating agenda,

We have had to get innovative. We are going through that growing period where we are having to meet some pretty stiff challenges to do the good job we have always done.

When the idea came up to drive in the DP with Pat I was thrilled. I am just elated that Porsche has looked at the big picture and realized this is a great experience for me. And I am very grateful to Pat for the experience. This is my first time driving in any kind of prototype. I'm looking forward to learning this weekend as much as I am having fun. Both Pat and I are going to take a calm, methodical approach and just soak it all up and enjoy the experience. Obviously, with my single-seater and karting background, I've been itching to get back into one of these types of racecars. So it will rekindle some of the emotion of a fast, stiff racecar. But, my main objective is to win with Porsche in the GT classes.

Love should make us smile, jest and laugh. A stiff relationship is a symptom of a demented affair. God loves a cheerful lover.

She was brought up in that upper class tradition of keeping quiet, keeping that stiff upper lip, and I think she's been very wise to keep as private as she has through this period. I think people have respect for that even if they might not approve of anything else.

One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. - Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania

One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare,/ Stood stupefied, however he came there: / Thrust out past service from the devil's stud!

My arms have mutinied against me brutes!My fingers fidget like ten idle brats,My back's been stiff for hours, damned hours.Death never gives his squad a Stand-at-ease.

My back was a little stiff coming in, but I only threw one bad pitch - on the triple. It was belly-button high. I loosened up by the end of the inning and had my slider and fastball working. I was basically just throwing to the glove at that point.

Nothing against Tony, but there's other guys playing great. Tracy (McGrady) has to be there. It's in Houston. And then you got Kobe and Ray Allen. He's just got some stiff competition.

One of the problems is the ground gets saturated, and the trees are more likely to fall over followed by a stiff wind.

I am expecting six medals and hoping for eight. Our Sport England target is eight, which is very stiff indeed but it is up to us to rise to the challenge.

Bart has been a little stiff the last couple of days. It started to knot up in the sixth and I said enough is enough. He's a little tight right now, but we don't think it will affect his next start.

If elected, I would impose stiff spending caps to rein in the out-of-control spending.

I feel good right now. It was a little stiff yesterday. I can still feel a little bit of it.

For years, winning Key West has been one of the greatest achievements in U.S. sailing. Now the competition at Miami Race Week is just as stiff in several one-design classes. Winning the Acura Grand Prix Trophy shows a tremendous level of excellence. To put forth a consistent performance at two major regattas is not an easy feat.

If oil companies make excessive profits, they should be subjected to a stiff tax on those excessive profits. The threat of heavy taxation will send a clear signal to oil companies that price gouging simply will not pay.

He has a power-runner's mentality. You still have to catch him, but he doesn't run for the sideline, his first thought isn't to make a move on you, and he has a strong stiff arm.

Having had a problem with my stomach in Cincinnati I think my body ended up compensating for it and my back is now a little stiff as a result,

He looked like he got a little stiff out there. When you get ahead 4-0, it's time to bury them. If you want to be an excellent team, that's what you have to do.

He's going to run into stiff opposition. I suspect that he will also find himself the target of people who believe that what he's doing is really detrimental to the well-being of the American middle class.

He was fine last night. He was a little stiff today and got some treatment.

He (Costa) completely makes sense for Calvin Klein. You absolutely knew that this last show was a Calvin show. It was cool and lean, had soft fabrics, nothing stiff and nothing difficult. It was not aggressive, not hard and not overly sexy. That's the Calvin Klein way of dressing. Despite the sexy ads and reputation, the clothes are actually more beautiful and polished and sensual than anything else.

He just said he was stiff and he was tight, but you knew it was hurting him because he only got to the free-throw line once. He had his mid-range game working tonight.

he joked later, while being photographed in his garden, ''my job is to look stiff without being stiff.

has 99 percent of all the feeling back. He has a little tingling in one of his shoulders. But he's got most of everything, his faculties back where they need to be. It's just when you watch him walk, he's very stiff and not very mobile and understandably so.

It hurts right now, ... My neck's real stiff and I have a headache. But it could have been worse.

I think you're going to see some pretty stiff penalties coming out of this, probably by Tuesday at the earliest.

I think it's something I can deal with because it's my non-throwing shoulder. It feels really stiff right now because I just iced it.

I think some people are trying to do me over ... and they're going to meet with some very stiff resistance.

I was just trying to make a play, really. He had a good grab on me. I was just trying to run as hard as I could and stiff arm him as long as I could.

It is better. It is more a stiff back, it is not spasms anymore.

Jimmy came to practice Tuesday with a stiff neck so I held him out of Wednesday's match with Riverview (Lemon Bay lost 7-0). He could have played today, but I had plenty of other kids who could play so I decided why take a chance.

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Survivors are sometimes a little too brave. Many of my clients I've represented in the past have put on a stiff upper lip.

I woke up this morning and I wasn't as stiff as I thought I was going to be. That's when I decided, 'Hey, shoot, let's see if we can't get in there tonight.

I'm stiff right now. The doctor said I'm going to feel the effects for a couple of days. ... It's just more of a muscle ache and having a really, really sore neck.

I'm standing all the way through the piece, very stiff like a tree, very much rooted in the earth, ... It's like she was wishing to die standing, to die alive. It's a strange feeling.

I was battling all night long, really. I wasn't as concerned about my losing streak on the road as I was my stiff neck.

We'd stay at the Hyatt and I'd go up to that church up there across the street from the river. Oh man, I'd be frozen stiff and I'd go up there to light candles before the game just to get out.

You always do that. Sometimes a guy looks real good and he's real stiff the next day. It will wait at least another day here. I still have some questions as to how this all works, and what this paperwork all means.

With the dried blood stiff on my temples I climbed the hill, cursing the satanic way of men, yet knowing myself vile, for they had not known what they were doing, but I betrayed an innocent; and the tears - weak, whiskey tears - would not wash from my brow the blood of a little brother.

We do different workouts depending on what day it is. If we have a game the next day, we won't lift weights so we won't be sore or stiff on a game day.

When judges are given flexibility to consider the full merits of each case, they are likely to impose stiff penalties for serious offenses, but will distinguish these from cases in which the defendant is less culpable or less of a threat to public safety.

The question will be how they move forward against a very stiff headwind.

While voracious consumer spending has helped maintain overall economic strength, companies are still hampered by stiff pricing competition from abroad, ... The inability to raise prices has cut into corporate profits, which, in turn, has most certainly contributed to increased job cutting.

The opposition is very stiff but I am optimistic.

You got them, and they were stiff as a board, and you broke them in.

Washington's tattered relations with Latin America have mainly translated into a series of lost opportunities for both sides. The US could end up paying a stiff price for the region's economic reversals and unsettled politics ... Washington can do better.

A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

Craig bruised his tailbone. It's pretty painful and stiff right now. He could be (out).

Converting them to new standards ... often involves a pretty stiff budget and a few surprises along the way.

Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth.

Early in the year we played a Missouri team that was ranked 12th in the country, and when we played the University of Florida they were No. 1 in the country. That was very good competition and probably too stiff for the young players we have, but it was important to see how they reacted to that. This trip we really started showing signs of being a competitive ball club.

Ernie Els, into a stiff one and he'll certainly be able to feel it up by the green

There's no disputing it'll be a stiff test,

There's nothing you can do about it. A freak accident. It's pretty stiff today. It's tough to be really mobile, move around. This morning was pretty tough.

Sometimes it's hard for us to tell (how much it's bothering him). He says it's not so bad, (but) we tend to think it's a little worse than what he tells us. It doesn't hurt him so much until he sits down for stretches at a time. It takes him longer to get warmed up, and the day after he'll be stiff and complain about having a 40-year-old body.

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

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

Actually, it is an extremely stiff penalty for someone who's children were not injured. Their decision shows they recognized they were wrong and want to make amends as soon as possible.

You're stiff as a rock but you roll with soul baby.

You're going to see some pretty stiff penalties coming out of this.

This fuel cell power plant will help reduce energy costs for the clinic, which, like other businesses, has seen a stiff increase in heating and power costs in the past five years. We really have to tackle cost containment from every possible angle, whether it is medical liability insurance or energy efficiency.

This morning it was all right. I woke up stiff. I did some work and it made me feel better. Took a nap and it was a little stiff. It was more stiff when I woke up this afternoon than this morning. I said, 'Hey, just let it go.' That was the hardest thing for me, to not dress up and play.

At first I sounded like any stiff classical musician, trying to play that stuff.

It was fairly nothing. It came through and had a good stiff wind, but that was about it.

It's still stiff and still sore. It's the same as yesterday. I'm day to day.

It's stiff right now because I iced it and it's kind of hard to walk on. But it should be fine in the morning.

The big thing you can do in Chapter 11 is stiff your creditors and get rid of all the airplanes you don't want and force employees to accept givebacks.

It'll be really stiff competition. Some of the best college freshmen will be there.

It was nerve-wracking when I had to go in. There's not much thinking. I just got out there and prepared myself for the next shot. It felt pretty fast, like I wasn't moving at all out there. I was stiff from the nervousness, but after I moved around a bit it was better.

I've invited young swimmers to train with me, to see what it takes, ... They see us warm up, see us perform. But they don't see the months and months of training, the mornings when you're so stiff you can't even get out of bed. I want them to see that.

I've got a slight injury. I've got a stiff neck that is not helping my movement around the court. It's getting better and I'm confident it'll be right by Wednesday.

It was pretty stiff and it was getting worse.

They call this place Stiff & Ugly. I'd love to find one of the locals and find out why.

After the pre-draft camp, we talked about it and she talked about how sore and stiff she was and I told her this is first look at how it's going to be every day after practice. You have to compete every single day on a very physical level. She has a taste of what it will be like and she's probably pretty anxious to get in the weight room a little bit more and little bit harder and do some things to develop her game for the next level.

Afterward we asked Andy -- who's normally pretty stiff for a kid -- to check the range of motion in his hamstrings by raising his knee to his chest. Well, Andy almost knocked himself out when his kneecap hit his chin. He was that loose.

The fall in employment is a good indicator that things are pretty tough. The economy faces some stiff headwinds from the central bank's interest-rate increases and that's going to be showing up in the employment market, the housing market and consumer spending.

I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife and, maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep. And then I'm going to go right back to FEMA and continue to do all I can to help these victims, ... This story's not about me. This story's about the worst disaster of the history of our country that stretched every government to its limit and now we have to help these victims.

I'm not going to keep him from being a great player. If I told him to stay in the pocket and not make plays with his legs, he wouldn't be the same player. I don't want some stiff in the pocket.

I'm pretty excited about being the first choice. I had some stiff competition and didn't know if I was going to get the nod.

If men were equally at risk from this condition -- if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage cirrhosis, that they would have to go nearly a year without a stiff drink, a cigarette, or even an aspirin, that they would be subject to fainting spells and unable to fight their way onto commuter trains -- then I am sure that pregnancy would be classified as a sexually transmitted disease and abortions would be no more controversial than emergency appendectomies.

I needed a way to have the platter continuously spinning while I'm moving the record back and forth. I went to a fabric store. When I touched this hairy stuff - felt - I found it. I rubbed spray starch on both sides and ironed it until it became a stiff wafer. After that, I was able to stop time.

I paid my bill and I went up to the room and got a telephone call from the waitress. They're all pretty cheap guys to stiff a waitress.

I just felt it was getting more stiff as time went on.

He's likable and normal but is a slight degree of a hermit and has a huge secret, ... I think it bothers him, but he's getting through and trying to keep a stiff upper lip about it.

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

I can't stand cheap sheets. And I simply can't tolerate stiff pillowcases.

I am very happy with our goalkeepers. I'm expecting big things from Anna. Anna will have stiff competition for the starting role from Candace.

He's not a stiff at all. So he's able to make plays up high.