Crumble Quotations

The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer.

If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job.

I'd like to say that everyone swam really well. We had a great meet. We had one slip-up, but we really responded well. I've seen teams crumble after they make a mistake in the first relay, but we didn't.

I don't think we will crumble the economy of the United States on May 1 but we will make a dent.

If the sun refused to shine, I'd still be loving you. If mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.

Just as bridges and roads crumble without adequate investment, so are the Great lakes deteriorating.

Law and Justice created theater to crumble the will of its allies...and force them into submission. This was a crisis that turned out to be a storm in a teacup.

I think we've been hardened by it. You can either crumble and come apart or be hardened by it.

Unfortunately sometimes the cookie doesn't crumble your way.

You can crumble under the weight of it all or commit yourself to working that much harder.

When people are frightened, they cut their time horizon dramatically, ... Even advisors will say to sell because they see portfolios crumble and they fear people will have nothing left. It's really not rational, but it does happen.

(The) refugees have said time and time again that they will only go back if they see NATO in that peacekeeping force. They need to know that that force is built around that NATO core (and) that that force ... is not going to crumble like a pack of cards at the first sign of a challenge.

We didn't crumble after 9/11. We didn't falter after the Boston Marathon. But we're America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome. We own the finish line.

We weathered this storm with a reasonable outcome, but we have more tides coming at the end of the month, so we need to continue to restore things. This is a strong reminder to keep the pressure on our decision makers to continue to fund the local reclamation districts. Basically, when you build a highway, you don't walk away from that highway and let the thing crumble to pieces, you maintain it at a very high level.

In an earthquake, the most dangerous place to be is in a tall building that is not flexible. Yet, one of the safest places is a tall building that has been stressed for earthquakes -- - in other words, one that has a deep foundation and is flexible. So, too, over the coming years, large organizations that remain rigid will crumble and fall, while those that succeed in adding flexibility, teamwork and creativity to their cultures will thrive.

If you truly want to succeed, you have to stay humble - humble or crumble - because it can all go away in the blink of an eye.

They blame him now for having frozen the manuscripts. It made them crumble all the worse.

In one way, the fickle fish of the mind will be held steady; the swan-soul shall not fly away, and the body-wall will not crumble

As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on a holiday promising yourself you could go without the Internet, only to crumble and walk in a daze to the local Internet cafe to gorge on connectivity.

We cannot afford to put billions of dollars into foreign adventures while we watch schools crumble in the United States.

All the mountains of the Earth will crumble into one single mountain and this mountain will be greater than any mountain that has ever existed before.