Stubborn means steadfastly refusing to change opinions or position.
Stubborn has been used as a name for the following:
- HMS Stubborn (P238), an S class submarine
- Little Miss Stubborn, a character in the Little Miss series of books
- Mr. Stubborn, a character on the children's television show The Mr. Men Show
- Louis X of France, King of France called "the Stubborn"
Famous quotes containing the word stubborn:
“Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“Andrews: You married him only because I told you not to.
Ellie: You’ve been telling me what not to do ever since I can remember.
Andrews: That’s because you’ve always been a stubborn idiot.
Ellie: I come from a long line of stubborn idiots.”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)
“Your beauty can but leave among us
Vague memories, nothing but memories.
A young man when the old men are done talking
Will say to an old man, “Tell me of that lady
The poet stubborn with his passion sang us
When age might well have chilled his blood.””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)