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Famous Tight Quotes

Borrowed clothes are either too tight or too loose. — Filipino Proverbs

Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer — Sarah Kay

I like a girl to look relaxed. Tight jeans and rock t-shirts are cute! - Devon Werkheiser

I like a girl to look relaxed. Tight jeans and rock t-shirts are cute! — Devon Werkheiser

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open. — Corrie Ten Boom

I'm a part of the no-tight-jeans coalition. - Ludacris

I'm a part of the no-tight-jeans coalition. — Ludacris

Don't think of it as wrinkles. Think of ot as relaxed-fit skin. — Cathy Crimmins

Body is not stiff, mind is stiff. - K. Pattabhi Jois

Body is not stiff, mind is stiff. — K. Pattabhi Jois

Better bend than break. - Scottish Proverbs

Better bend than break. — Scottish Proverbs

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have! — Natalie Merchant

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels. — John Calvin

My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds. - Donatella Versace

My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds. — Donatella Versace

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. — Ali ibn Abi Talib

If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. IF it is completely flexible at 60, you are young. — Joseph Pilates

The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard - one that thinks too much. — Benjamin Hoff

Almost too hot for skinny jeans, the impossible becomes the possible. — Luke Hemmings

Short Tight Quotes

  • It is one to say you have faith and another to be in a tight corner and prove it. — Smith Wigglesworth
  • We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us. — R. C. Sproul
  • Dim them lights get it in pimp tight do wat i do i lace up my own nikes. — Kid Cudi
  • Life has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go. — Nicole Kidman
  • Time is the ultimate currency and I should have been more tight-fisted with it. — Naval Ravikant
  • People will stare. Make it worth their while. — Harry Winston
  • A broom is sturdy because its strands are tightly bound. — Filipino Proverbs
  • A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley. — Dan Rather
  • Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
  • Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens. — Maria von Trapp

Tight Image Quotes

Tight quote One day someone is going to hug you so tight that all of your broken pieces will stick back together
One day someone is going to hug you so tight that all of your broken pieces will stick back together.

Sleep Tight Quotes

But he sleeps on the top of his mast with his eyes closed tight. The gull inquired into his dream, which was, "I must not fall. The spangled sea below wants me to fall. It is hard as diamonds; it wants to destroy us all. — Elizabeth Bishop

Sleep tight, ya morons! — J. D. Salinger

A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights. — Alan Jay Lerner

Tight quote And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to bl
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Better close your window tight or I might come in for a bite, I'm a sleep walker. — Ray Davies

The whispers in the morning of lovers sleeping tight are rolling like thunder now as I look in your eyes. I hold on to your body and feel each move you make, your voice is warm and tender, a love that I could not forsake. — Celine Dion

Nonsmokers--this is for you and you only. Ready? Nonsmokers die every day. Sleep tight. — Bill Hicks

Tight quote Your clothes should be tight enough to show you are a woman, but loose enough to show you are a lady
Your clothes should be tight enough to show you are a woman, but loose enough to show you are a lady.

He wanted to wake up every morning to her. Go to sleep with his body wrapped tightly around hers. He wanted her to have his child—his children. He knew he wanted to live out the rest of his life with her by his side and when he died, he wanted to die in her arms. — Christine Feehan

I suppose when the things that give you bad dreams live inside you, there's no point in trying to stop them. They're going to come out whenever they decide it is their time. Better just to close your eyes and hold on tight, the faster to get the things you fear to go back to sleep themselves. — Cameron Dokey

Chiron insisted that we talk about the Labyrinth in the morning which is like 'Hey, your life's in mortal danger. Sleep tight! — Rick Riordan

Hold Tight Quotes

Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him. Never, ever stop going back to Him. Repent often. Cry to Allah. And hold on tight-with your life-to His remembrance and to prayer. If you do this, you may get wet, but insha Allah never drown in this ocean of dunya. — Yasmin Mogahed

Wonderful!Hold Me Tight blends the best in research findings with practical suggestions from a caring and compassionate clinician. This fabulous book will be of great benefitto couples trying to find their way to better communication and deeper, more fulfilling ways of being with each other. Bravo! — Daniel J. Siegel

He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life. — John Boyne

Tight quote When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could n
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hand on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms. — Neal A. Maxwell

I am waiting for the day when I will see you again and hold your soft hands, touch your sweet lips and hug you tight so that you will never leave me again. — Mercy Johnson

Sometimes it was hard to express how much you loved someone. You said the words, but you could never quite capture the depth of it. You could never quite hold someone tightly enough. — Diane Chamberlain

Tight quote And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it
And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

When we surrender every area of our lives- including our finances-to God, then we are free to trust Him to meet our needs. But if we would rather hold tightly to those things that we possess, then we find ourselves in bondage to those very things. — Larry Burkett

LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go. — Nicole Kidman

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning. — Diahann Carroll

If you believe within your soul, just hold on tight and don't let go! You can make it, make it happen — Mariah Carey

Tight Jeans Quotes

Back in the day, a pair of tight jeans was enough to earn a girl a bad reputation. Now slutty has gone Main Street. — Linda Chavez

I'm usually all about the tight jeans and little T-shirt, but sometimes I want to put on a black, sequined dress and be a freaking girl — Britney Spears

I'm into a casual-dressing girl: blue jeans and a tank top is super sexy. But the sexiest thing on a girl - when I see it I'm like, oh my God - is these little tight boxers. Don't get me wrong, g-strings are fine, but those cover a little, to where it's just enough. — Jensen Ackles

Those jeans are comfortable, and for those of you who want your president to look great in his tight jeans, I'm sorry I'm not the guy. It just doesn't fit me. I'm not 20. — Barack Obama

I take them 8 to 80, dumb, crippled, and crazy. Crisp and clean with no caffeine, and a pair of spandex or either tight jeans. — Big Daddy Kane

I don't like to see teenage men wearing very tight jeans. The sight of an erection belongs in the privacy of the bedroom, living room, or kitchen floor. — Ruth Westheimer

She was married for seven years to a concrete castle king. She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar and to hear her children sing. So I'd show up about once a week in my faded tight-legged jeans with a backlog full of hobo stories and dilapidated dreams. — Harry Chapin

I treat my cheeks like breasts in a push-up bra. I just reach down in there, lift them up and push them together. And they'll stay put if the jeans are tight enough. — Kelly Ripa

If you don't feel comfortable in a plunging sweater, skin-tight jeans and killer heels, go home and change. — Ines de La Fressange

I live in jeans, mainly Wrangler and Nudie. I like them as dark blue as they'll go and tightly woven. — Jason Flemyng

Tight Dresses Quotes

A lot of sequins for New Year's! Red, green, white - I fail at all of that because I'm always in black. But for Christmas, I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots. — Ashley Benson

I guess a lot of people think that a girl who shows her bosom and wears tight dresses can't be close to God. God has always been close to me. Only He knew what was in my heart. — Sayings

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large. — Charlie Chaplin

If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable. — Beau Brummell

Oh, I wish it were in my power to put men in the place of fashionable women for one six months! They should curl their hair, consult the milliner, make spongecake, do a little embroidery, wear long skirts, and dress so tightly that they could scarcely breathe. — Lucy Stone

Anyway, there is one thing I have learned and that is not to dress uncomfortably, in styles which hurt: winklepicker shoes that cripple your feet and tight pants that squash your balls. Indian clothes are better. — George Harrison

Glamour's my thing. The glamour is what got me into this business in the first place. I lived in a fantasy world in order to survive. Now that I'm here, I plan to work it. That means playing the part--long, tight dresses, slick! Unless you rise to the occasion, Hollywood doesn't really exist. — Theresa Randle

I feel like a turtleneck dress that's long-sleeved and covers your entire body but is tight fitting is so much sexier than boobs spilling out, you know? So I guess I'm more into being classy sexy versus apparent sexy. — Shailene Woodley

It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns. — Prabal Gurung

I don't have to alter the way I look - I can still wear a short, tight dress, but if what I'm saying is correct, then hopefully you garner respect. — Charissa Thompson

Tight Clothes Quotes

I know for some girls, tight clothes make them feel like they can take on the world-and that's fine too. But I don't think that sexy only means showing skin: It's all about wearing whatever makes you feel the most badass. — Holland Roden

My character was obnoxious, had stinky feet and wore things like purple tights and a yellow top. I hated the clothes. — Andrea Barber

Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for two or three days. After your skin bubbles and peels off, roll in coarse salt, then pull on long underwear woven from spun glass and razor wire. Over that goes your regular clothes, as long as they are tight. — Laurie Halse Anderson

I like my clothes tight enough to show I'm a woman, but loose enough to show I'm a lady. — Mae West

It was the best kind of November day. Cold and crisp, but not quite freezing, not icy. Just cold enough that she could justifiably wear all her favorite clothes—cardigans and tights and leg warmers. — Rainbow Rowell

Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But they're actually tied up. — David Duchovny

Use your head; cut off theirs. — Max Brooks

I couldn't believe they were saying I put a horrible fake plastic bosom over scars I was trying to heal and keep it in place with a tight bra, which could stop my blood flow, just so I could fit into my clothes. — Koo Stark

Now I usually try not to give advice. Information, yes, advice, no. But, what has worked for me may not work for you. Well, take for instance what has worked for me. Wigs. Tight clothes. Push up bras. — Dolly Parton

We take care of our health; we lay up money; we make our roof tight, and our clothing sufficient; but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all, -friends? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tight Pants Quotes

Ballet: men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are. — Robin Williams

I love my dad, although I'm definitely critical of him sometimes, like when his pants are too tight. But I love him so much and I try to be really supportive of him. — Liv Tyler

Those hot pants of hers were so damned tight, I could hardly breathe. — Benny Hill

The fashion industry isn't merely content to encase my meaty flanks in skintight denim. Oh, no! That denim also has to be white, a color that attracts ketchup, wine, garlic aioli, and any other foodstuffs I might otherwise be able to enjoy if I wasn't wearing ridiculously tight pants. — Diablo Cody

Every bride and groom in the history of civilization has gained weight after their wedding day. It is only a matter of time until archaeologists unearth a married caveman who's wearing a pair of old tux pants that were so tight he couldn't get the zipper closed. — Peter Scott

They make this drink in Brazil Called cachaca. It's sugar can alcholho. Costs 35 cents a quart. One quart of that stuff and you see God. Two quarts and you graow a pair of tight pants and an electric guitar. — David Lee Roth

From time to time, you may see a girl wearing her black opaque tights as pants. They are, in fact, not. — Nina Garcia

I don't wear small shoes, or tight pants that squash your balls. — George Harrison

Oh, that character was light years away from me. I'm not debonair. I'm not suave. I did wear tight pants, though, because I found out that it worked. — Robert Conrad

Last night we had Bill Clinton, the former president. Security was as tight as Governor Christie's yoga pants. — David Letterman

Tight Spaces Quotes

Being a part of the finesse and physicality of box lacrosse has been a great experience for me. I feel that I have learned and improved as an overall lacrosse player. Learning to adapt in tight space while reading defenders and offensive players has been the biggest improvement in my game. — Paul Rabil

I played Futebol de Salão for many years and it helped me to become the player I am today. There you don't have time to think, you are always tightly marked and you develop a sense for performing in small spaces. — Robinho

Love one another, but make not a bond of love. — Kahlil Gibran

I'm claustrophobic. I can't go into haunted houses. They have these tight, dark, enclosed space. I freak out. That's my phobia. It gets me out of stuff. Someone asks me to do something and I tell them I can't because I'm claustrophobic. — Mark Consuelos

I was like a lost moon―my planet destroyed in some cataclysmic, disaster-movie scenario of desolation―that continued, nevertheless, to circle in a tight little orbit around the empty space left behind, ignoring the laws of gravity. — Stephenie Meyer

I love writing from enclosed spaces: you really learn about your characters when they have tight walls to push against. — Lauren Groff

As far as I see it you just can't give Messi space in the dangerous areas - we have to close him down, get tight and give him as little room as we can because if you don't, he can destroy you. — Frank Lampard

More actors in action movies should be gangly because that way it's believable when they move through tight spaces. — Sofia Coppola

A woman should not hold on to her man so tight, afraid to let him out of sight. A woman should give her man his space but hold on to his heart — Rita Zahara

Cole chuckled, saying, “Fear of spiders is arachnophobia, and fear of tight spaces is claustrophobia, but fear of Ali Bell is just called logic. — Gena Showalter

Tighten Quotes

After victory, tighten your helmet cord. — English Proverbs

The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose — Elena Ferrante

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley. — Seneca

After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet. — Ieyasu Tokugawa

Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies. — Michael McCaul

Maternal love, like an orange tree, buds and blossoms and bears at once. When a woman puts her finger for the first time into the tiny hand of her baby and feels that helpless clutch which tightens her very heartstrings, she is born again with her newborn child. — Kate Douglas Wiggin

A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your own belt. And a panic is when you have no belt to tighten and your pants fall down. — Tommy Douglas

The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit. — Morihei Ueshiba

Tighten my headband for an extra rush. — Frank Zappa

I know, I know - you're a woman who's had a lot of tough breaks. Well, we can clean and tighten those brakes, but you'll have to stay in the garage all night. — Groucho Marx

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More Tight Quotes

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies. — Toni Morrison

Like Jim Crow (and slavery), mass incarceration operates as a tightly networked system of laws, policies, customs, and institutions that operate collectively to ensure the subordinate status of a group defined largely by race. — Michelle Alexander

Women really do pay attention to a man's glutes. A tight, compact ass is often voted even more desirable than muscular arms and chest. So, if you're lacking, start squatting! — Ronnie Coleman

A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do it. He rarely goes up in the air as is the case with most of our college players when they get in a tight place. — Red Grange

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. — Anais Nin

Lectins bind to receptors on the surface of each cell lining the gut, breaking down the tight junctions that normally make an impenetrable barrier between the intestinal contents including bacteria and ourselves. — Steven Gundry

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia. — James Lovelock

I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond... And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs. — Pimp C

Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em. I ain't got none, but I'm planning on growing some. Imagine all the Hebrews going dumb... Dancing on top of chariots and turning tight ones. — E-40

She wore a short skirt and a tight sweater and her figure described a set of parabolas that could cause cardiac arrest in a yak. — Woody Allen

I often speak publicly, and when I do, I also get to listen to other presenters. The most memorable are the ones that hit an emotional chord with a tight story and a punch line. No fluff. Keep it creative and concise. Greatness exists in quality, not quantity. — Lewis Howes

After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight! — Jesse Lauriston Livermore

Love opens all doors, no matter how tightly closed they may be, no matter how rusty from lack of use. Your work is to bring unity and harmony, to open all those doors which have been closed for a long time. Have patience and tolerance. Open your heart all the time. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. — Anais Nin

I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters. — Joaquin Phoenix

Dearest - my body is simply crazy with wanting you - If you don't come tomorrow - I don't see how I can wait for you - I wonder if your body wants mine the way mine wants yours - the kisses - the hotness - the wetness - all melting together - the being held so tight that it hurts - the strangle and the struggle. — Georgia O'Keeffe

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It was always my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight! — Edwin Lefevre

The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore

Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it. — Red Barber

Technology is applied science. Science is the study of nature. Mathematics is the language of nature. Philosophy is the root of mathematics. All tightly interrelated. — Naval Ravikant

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed. — James C. Collins

I have to push my limits to the max. Sitting tight, waiting it out and living in the past, has never been my thing. I want to be at the world’s highest point again, knowing it might slip out from underneath me at any moment. Because that is the only way to live. — Nirmal Purja

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