All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable; and those who move. From LearnThat.org. [Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American entrepreneur, statesman, scientist and philosopher.]
The immovable hills. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
immovable if we choose to make them immovable, that is. From Wordnik.com. [I think it's safe to say. . .] Reference
'Being there is none, movable or immovable, which is without me' (X, 39). From Wordnik.com. [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48] Reference
So whether we approve of "immovable" or sneer at it depends on our own values and perspectives, not on an a priori notion that. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Arthur Waskow: The Nature of Negotiation] Reference
Williams is 6 feet 2, 327 -- the kind of immovable force teams like to have in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Saints Central] Reference
Dead Face is expressionless, impassive, immovable. From Wordnik.com. [We Pay Them to Be Rude to Us] Reference
She remained for a long time immovable and dreamy. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
We've been locked in an immovable debate for so long. From Wordnik.com. [Dialog of the Deaf] Reference
It's an irresistible force against an immovable object. From Wordnik.com. [As Seen On Tv] Reference
Sometimes the muscles would become heavy and immovable. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctuary] Reference
He remained immovable, dreamy, and gazed without seeing. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He sat immovable and his arms hung limply over his knees. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Often, Fishburne's characters have an immovable moral center. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For Larry Fishburne] Reference
All the pain, grief, and hurt get held in this immovable place. From Wordnik.com. [Ed and Deb Shapiro: If You Can't Forgive, You Can't Dance] Reference
He is immovable, squeezing tighter until she cries out in pain. From Wordnik.com. [A Rough Dance] Reference
Efforts to improve traffic flow run up against immovable obstacles. From Wordnik.com. [The Inconvenient Truth About Traffic Math: Progress Is Slow] Reference
"Remain here; be immovable, be silent," replied the young advocate. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Stationery, spelled wrong on the sales tag, as in something immovable. From Wordnik.com. [Assumption] Reference
So it's kind of the inverse of the immovable object and the unstoppable force. From Wordnik.com. [Ahead Of Super Bowl, Focus Turns To Game] Reference
The iron would be held fast and immovable, but when Tom himself went to raise it. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
The giant tree did not seem affected by them, but remained haughty and immovable. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He looked venerable and sincere, even if he did appear rather stern and immovable!. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
The 1960s protest song was mistaken in suggesting people were as immovable as trees. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
Her nerves were unstrung, and falling on a chair she remained immovable and humbled. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She felt hammers of fire beating in her chest and remained immovable on the threshold. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She remained for a while immovable under the curtains of shadow hanging from the arches. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He could do nothing but lie still in his leafy retreat -- silent and immovable as a statue. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
An irresistible force (the U.S. boom) and an immovable object (Asia's crisis) are colliding. From Wordnik.com. [A Guide For The Confused] Reference
In a way, the psychology of SUVs comes down to "I Want to Be Like Shaq" -- big and immovable. From Wordnik.com. [The Unstoppable Suv] Reference
And what if some obstacles are immovable, untransformable into anything other than obstacles?. From Wordnik.com. [Over the moon: Adam Phillips on the happiness myth] Reference
It is just a symptom of an authoritarian state that rests upon a giant, immovable bureaucracy. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Shuster: Putin's Pee Joke: It Would Be Funny if it Weren't so Sad] Reference
She is gentle, and full of firmness, immovable and implacable in her ideas and her repugnances. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
The images and objects in this immovable feast (the show closes on Nov. 10) make a rich but mostly stew. From Wordnik.com. [How Yesterday Saw Tomorrow] Reference
So what happens when an unstoppable force (HD-DVD's studio support) meets an immovable object (Blu-ray's hardware backing)?. From Wordnik.com. [THE BATTLE OF THE VIDEO DISCS] Reference
There have been angry words between the two countries; an irresistible force seems to be hurtling toward an immovable object. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Bashes Israel] Reference
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