Iyanla Vanzant

For most of my life, I believed that my father had broken many of my bones. They were emotional and psychological bones; things no one could see, things that caused me to limp through life clutching for and holding on to people and situations that often rendered me immobile.

American Author

Joan Miro

What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'.

Spanish Artist

Jane Lindskold

When I was finishing grad school, the hot new PC was the IBM 286. Bulky. Immobile. Expensive. I touched-typed easily and quickly, but nevertheless, I realized that the machine was a chain.

American Writer

Bryce Dallas Howard

I've admired Anthony Hopkins for so long, and when I finally got to meet him in person, I became totally immobile and speechless! I stood there looking at him and couldn't say a word.

American Actress

Richard Pryor

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

American Actor

Eve Ensler

Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they're waiting for someone to say, 'You're good, you're pretty, I give you permission.

American Playwright

Jack Kevorkian

Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button.

American Activist

Jeb Bush

I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.

American Politician

Gustav Mahler

The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks.

Austrian Composer

RJ Mitte

Used to describe something or someone completely at rest and unmoving, often temporarily.

Physical Stillness

Can refer to a loss of mobility due to injury or illness, often requires medical attention.

Medical Condition

Highlights a situation where there's no development or forward movement, implying a need for change.

Lack of Progress

Suggests that something remains unchanged over time, which can be negative or positive based on context.

Stability Implication

Describes someone who shows no emotional reaction, often in situations where a response is expected.

Emotional Restraint

May indicate a deliberate choice to not display emotions, sometimes as a way to maintain composure.

Intentional Dispassion

 and may even benefit from harming us since a sick and immobile person is easier for mosquitoes to bite. We would expect germs that depend less on host mobility, like those transmitted by insects, water or food, to cause more severe symptoms. So, what can we do to reduce the harmfulness of infectious diseases?

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 and carry your eggs away when you lay them you aren't acting helpless because you think you need oil treatment you are hopeless see a termite Queens head is nearly as small as the rest of the termites in the colony but she's rendered immobile by her four inch

Her Majesty the Termite...

 to make up for the added hassle? For one, it keeps larvae and adults from competing for the same habitats and food sources. And while the pupa may seem vulnerable, this immobile stage can actually be a good way to pass parts of the year when food is scarce.

The weird and wonderful...

 them you aren't acting helpless because you think you need royal treatment you are helpless see a termite queen's head is nearly as small as the rest of the termites in the colony but she's rendered immobile by her four inch

Termite Queen Lays...

 them you aren't acting helpless because you think you need royal treatment you are helpless see a termite queen's head is nearly as small as the rest of the termites in the colony but she's rendered immobile by her four-inch

Her Majesty, The Termite...

 With no chance of escape, you do what any courageous, self-respecting possum would curl into an immobile state called catatonia, stick out your tongue, drool, and ooze some foul-smelling liquid from your anal glands.

The surprising reasons...

 it pushes its way out of the abdomen of that ladybug and it spins its cocoon. And the problem is this cocoon is a very vulnerable stage in the lifecycle of this wasp. It's just sitting there immobile

Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...

 These traditions, beliefs and rituals, they're far from being immobile. They're the result of thousands of years of practice in a painful regenerative process. These are unique pieces of wisdom

Jorge Mañes Rubio: What...

 In that pool of water, these larvae are concentrated. They're all together there. They are immobile. They can't escape from that water. They can't fly. And they're accessible.

Bart Knols: Cheese, dogs...

 Sunning themselves on rocks or waddling awkwardly across the beach, it’s easy to think of these immobile mammals less as sea lions, and more as sea house cats.