Vulnerable famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.
-- A. J. McLean -
The better the artist, the more vulnerable he seems to be.
-- Al Alvarez -
You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said
-- Alan Pardew -
I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.
-- Alanis Morissette -
To change is to be vulnerable. And to be vulnerable is to be alive.
-- Alexis De Veaux -
There was something almost painful about that, the intensity of being so vulnerable and so intimate with him.
-- Amanda Hocking -
When we are aware of our inner-growth potential yet have no pretensions about ourselves, when we are vulnerable, then we can change.
-- Amit Goswami -
I had feared that love would make me vulnerable. Instead I felt empowered.
-- Amy Plum -
I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable.
-- Amy Winehouse -
Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.
-- Andre Maurois -
Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.
-- Andrew Vachss -
Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences - and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn't connect and, since the film is very personal, obviously I am made to feel very vulnerable by that.
-- Atom Egoyan -
...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.
-- Audre Lorde -
See yourself as a small child, fragile and vulnerable, and breathe in. Smile with love to this small child within yourself, and breathe out.
-- Barbara Ann Kipfer -
Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.
-- Beau Garrett -
Humans are vulnerable, because they’re capable of being hurt.
-- Becca Fitzpatrick -
I am learning to be more vulnerable and open on stage. This comes with the development of my acting abilities.
-- Ben Heppner -
I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.
-- Big Sean -
What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.
-- Brené Brown -
Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.
-- Brené Brown -
When we're defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable.
-- Brené Brown -
Somehow when I express my voice, I feel that much more vulnerable. For instance, if I used the wrong word, or if I said something and somebody could take the word and misinterpret it.
-- Carrie Ann Inaba -
People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.
-- Catherine Deneuve -
Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.
-- Cathy Rigby -
And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.
-- Christine Feehan -
I am clearly vulnerable on the question of socializing under circumstances not appropriate for a married man.
-- Chuck Robb -
I think it takes a lot of confidence to be comfortable in being vulnerable.
-- Ciara -
Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune.
-- Claire Tomalin -
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.
-- Criss Jami -
If we have no identity apart from our jobs, we are truly vulnerable.
-- Dan Miller -
In being vulnerable, we reach for our greatest need while risking our greatest pain.
-- Danny Silk -
The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.
-- Deana Carter -
Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer.
-- Deborah Bull -
To love is to be vulnerable: if God loves, then God is mortal.
-- Don Cupitt -
Because our agriculture is so spread out, that makes it vulnerable. Our food gets transported a number of times and very widely.
-- Donald Hamilton -
If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation.
-- Dorothy E. Denning -
It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed to find a win even in a won position
-- Efim Geller -
I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.
-- Faye Dunaway -
Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.
-- Fiona Apple -
It’s good to be vulnerable in amongst the grandeur; you shouldn’t lose that sense of intimacy and vulnerability with people.
-- Florence Welch -
I found myself both touched and irritated by the discovery that she was vulnerable.
-- Francoise Sagan -
If you get married, you become vulnerable.
-- Frank Stallone -
With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure . We are left exposed and vulnerable - but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before.
-- Gail Sheehy -
The arrows of malevolence ... however barbed and well pointed, never can reach the most vulnerable part of me; though, whilst I am up as a mark, they will be continually aimed.
-- George Washington -
We remain vulnerable.There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism.
-- Gijs de Vries -
Fighting is very physical and extreme and you're very vulnerable. It's a very mental type of thing.
-- Gina Carano -
We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.
-- Glenn Close -
We are all products of our time, vulnerable to history.
-- Han Suyin -
Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
-- Harriet Tubman -
It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying.
-- Helena Bonham Carter -
Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.
-- Hillary Clinton -
I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.
-- James McGreevey -
Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike.
-- James T. Walsh -
When ideas are young and vulnerable, criticism can be lethal.
-- Janet Echelman -
There's nothing more vulnerable than just standing in front of a thousand people, or ten thousand people, and doing your best to entertain them, touch them in some way.
-- Jason Mraz -
Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.
-- Jeanne Moreau -
Corporations now govern society, perhaps more than governments themselves do; yet ironically, it is their very power, much of which they have gained through economic globalization, that makes them vulnerable.
-- Joel Bakan -
We don't take the time to be vulnerable with each other
-- John Cassavetes -
There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.
-- John Dickey -
Nobody fights you like your own sister; nobody else knows the most vulnerable parts of you and will aim for them without mercy.
-- Jojo Moyes -
If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.
-- Joni Eareckson Tada -
As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.
-- Justin Welby -
As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress.
-- Kate Beckinsale -
I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us.
-- Kathy Ireland -
An ardent temperament makes one very vulnerable to dreamkillers.
-- Kay Redfield Jamison -
Everyone is vulnerable who is at once gifted and gregarious.
-- Kenneth Tynan -
I haven't played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable.
-- Kim Cattrall -
If we aren’t intersectional, some of us, the most vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks.
-- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw -
I went out into the woods for a few days. I just disconnected from everything and allowed myself to be free and be human. Because, that's what makes you really good, if you can be vulnerable, if you can be vulnerable on stage.
-- Lady Gaga -
To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.
-- Lana Parrilla -
Mac OS is just as vulnerable as Microsoft Windows
-- Lance Ulanoff -
The Commission's findings underscore that the nation is still vulnerable to attack and that we must move more quickly to make us safer. We must take the Commission's work and use it to make certain that such horrific attacks never occur again.
-- Lane Evans -
When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere.
-- Laz Alonso -
The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members
-- Mahatma Gandhi -
One of the things I like best about men is they're a little vulnerable.
-- Marilyn Monroe -
I'm vulnerable, I'm vulnerable. I am not a robot.
-- Marina and the Diamonds -
I am vulnerable, starved for kindness. And when I receive it, I lose my mind.
-- Marjorie M. Liu -
Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.
-- Mark Hatfield -
As the clockwork of the millennia moved a notch in front of their eyes, it had taken their thoughts from small things and reminded them of how vulnerable they were to time.
-- Mark Helprin -
In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable to the accusation of being "soft on Basques.
-- Mark Kurlansky -
We are extremely vulnerable because we take too much time to implement the necessary measures. This is a painful process. When you go through a painful process - make it as short as possible
-- Mark Rutte -
Jesus often calls us to risk. He asks us to be vulnerable, to be authentic, so others can see Him in and through us.
-- Mary E. DeMuth -
Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm.
-- Mary MacLane -
Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.
-- Matthew Macfadyen -
Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable...
-- Melody Beattie -
Find your authentic voice, become vulnerable, and then put yourself out there.
-- Meredith Brooks -
Say it. But..." "But what?" he asked. She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only if its the truth, Caine. Only. If." "I love you," he said.
-- Michael Grant -
I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open.
-- Michael Stipe -
It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.
-- Michelle Pfeiffer -
Everybody is vulnerable to being in relationships where they get fooled. I'm no different. It's just human nature.
-- Michelle Pfeiffer -
The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contrary--how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive?
-- Montgomery Clift -
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
-- Mother Teresa -
When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.
-- Neal Shusterman -
I never liked the Oscars. They didn't do too much for me at all. I felt like a big, vulnerable hunk of baloney being used to sell some products.
-- Nick Nolte -
It’s important to be fearless yet vulnerable. It takes courage to do both.
-- Nicole Scherzinger -
There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.
-- Noah Baumbach