Henry Miller

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.

American Author

Chris Grayling

Social immobility is driven by family background, instability in childhood and often by parents who don't know how to give children the right start in life.

British Politician

Maria Montessori

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

Italian Educator

Edith Pearlman

Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobility.

American Writer

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Primates feel pure, flat immobility as boredom. But dogs feel it as peace.

Refers to an inability to move, often due to injury or illness.

Physical Limitation

Implies a lasting or long-term condition, not just a moment of stillness.

Not Temporary

Important in discussions on accessibility, where overcoming immobility is a focus.

Accessibility Context

Used metaphorically to describe a lack of change or progress in organizations.

Resistance to Change

When relating to progress, often conveys a sense of frustration or criticism.

Frustration Tone

Highlights a situation where there is an expectation or need for progress or action.

Opposite of Progress

Focuses on real-world difficulties in moving large objects or equipment.

Practical Challenges

Often used in supply chain and transportation to describe cumbersome goods.

Transportation Context

Implies the need for planning to deal with large, immobile items.

Consider Logistics

 But most scientists call it tonic immobility, or TI. How and why TI occurs depends on the species and situation. Spewing stench and adopting odd postures are common and often play important roles. Other animals sacrifice their quail chicks that freeze while their kin run amok

The surprising reasons...

 they will move into these shallow mangroves and harbors and very deftly pick up a stingray they actually turn it upside down and essentially put it to sleep and something called tonic immobility which works with some species of sharks and rays if you

The Secret Culture of...

 They morphed from this undifferentiated sea of green into individual species with individual characters. And I think a lot of people just tend to see plants as background scenery, assuming that their immobility makes them uninteresting.

Immobility