Orson Welles

As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

American Actor

Whitney Cummings

I feel like, in a lot of shows where the woman is in charge, the woman is this ball buster and the guy is sort of weak and spineless. And that's never been my experience in a relationship. I think it's much more interesting that the guy is the boss. And there are stakes.

American Comedian

Frank Lautenberg

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

American Politician

LZ Granderson

The ugly truth is it's the spineless parents who parade their undisciplined children around like royalty that make people dislike kids.

American Journalist

Mona Eltahawy

Too many on the Left are earnest about nothing at all, sadly. They've been rendered spineless by snarkiness - not least on Twitter.

Egyptian Journalist

Jesse Ventura

Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

Shane Douglas

Your Shawn Michaels can lose his smile, and he's so afraid of me, he comes out and hands me his belt. Spineless!

American Wrestler

Bernice King

Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.

American

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it.

American Poet

Tanushree Dutta

Tinsel town is full of liars, show-offs and spineless hypocrites.

Indian Model

Using 'spineless' to describe someone has a derogatory meaning, suggesting a lack of strength.

Negative Tone

'Spineless' is often used in informal situations among friends or in the media.

Conversational

The word can evoke strong negative emotions; use it cautiously to avoid offending someone.

Emotionally Charged

'Spineless' is a scientific term used to describe organisms without a backbone.

Biological Context

When used in a zoological sense, 'spineless' does not carry the negative connotations it has in other contexts.

Neutral Term

Some spineless animals may have hard shells or exoskeletons, but they still lack an internal backbone.

Not Always Visible

 And the aquarium had a lot of big fish tanks but not a lot of invertebrate displays, and being the spineless guy, I thought, well I'll just go out in the field and collect these wonderful animals I had been learning about as a student and bring them in, and I built these elaborate sets and put them on display.