Browsing Topic Best Nimble Quotes

I have a rule: before I can throw anything out, I have to write down five possible uses for it. This stretches my mind and keeps it nimble – just like stretching exercises do for my body.

We seek to be as nimble as a startup.

Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic – less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don’t agree.

We tell ourselves we’re here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.

The social-media landscape changes incredibly fast, so you have to be open-minded and nimble to keep up with it.

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack go under the limbo stick.

A man must keep his earnestness nimble, to escape ridicule.

To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a journal: a journal in which I must confess my every thought, must open my whole heart!

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack sat on a candle stick, cause fire is the devil’s only friend.

In Fleet Street, in Fleet Street, the People are so fleet, They barely touch the cobble-stones with their nimble feet!

Books, books, books! I had found the secret of a garret room Piled high with cases in my father’s name; Piled high, packed large,–where, creeping in and out Among the giant fossils of my past, Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs Of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there At this or that box, pulling through the gap, In heats of terror, haste, victorious joy, The first book first. And how I felt it beat Under my pillow, in the morning’s dark, An hour before the sun would let me read! My books!

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

The nimble lieIs like the second-hand upon a clock;We see it fly; while the hour-hand of truthSeems to stand still, and yet it moves unseen,And wins, at last, for the clock will not strikeTill it has reached the goal.

I have learned to walk: since then I have run. I have learned to fly: since then I do not have to be pushed in order to move. Now I am nimble, now I fly, now I see myself under myself, now a god dances within me.

I loved the show Lost, in part because the writers were so nimble in how they would take things from previous episodes, that probably weren’t created with any intent towards a larger narrative, and they would get woven into narratives in a really elegant and exciting way.

For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they are inherently positioned to be influential leaders of the movement for a sustainable economy.

The dragon-fly is dancing, – Is on the water glancing, She flits about with nimble wing, The flickering, fluttering, restless thing. Besotted chafers all admire Her light-blue, gauze-like, neat attire; They laud her blue complexion, And think her shape perfection.

When the first light dawned on the earth, and the birds awoke, and the brave river was heard rippling confidently seaward, and the nimble early rising wind rustled the oak leaves about our tent, all people, having reinforced their bodies and their souls with sleep, and cast aside doubt and fear, were invited to unattempted adventures.

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders of horses. Those who were not adept I have given a small whip and sent to be shepherds

A lot of us start out nimble. You need to stay that way. You want to have that in your culture. Check to see why things are going wrong and fix them. Understand what’s going on in your business so you know if there’s a drop somewhere.

His words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command. Ibid.

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.

We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.

A woman of haughty and fierce carriage, of a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man.

You have to be very nimble and very open minded. Your success is going to be very dependent on how your adapt.

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.

Help each user personally. Sure that won’t scale to a very large size, but when a startup is just starting out, it really helps you have an advantage as a small and nimble company.

There is the opportunity to do more and better if you’re smaller and more nimble.

Mistakes will not end your business. If you are nimble and willing to listen to constructive criticism you can excel by learning and evolving.

How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, there and back again. If your heels are nimble and light, You will get there by candle-light

Kids are more nimble than wise.

When the mind is totally present, it is relaxed, nimble, and sensitive. It feels lighter and clearer. It notices everything, but it is not distracted by anything. It is the feeling of knowing exactly where you are and what you are doing.

Nimble thought can jump both sea and land.