Pushing Quotes · Page 19

By pushing or forcing something upon people, you tend to push people further away.

— Christopher Atkins

I think pushing the ideas is important. I wouldn't say it's more important than action. You can't really separate the two.

— John Zerzan

When we work out, we think about pushing ourselves muscularly or cardiovascularly, but why not also challenge yourself neurologically?

— Laird Hamilton

It's really exciting to be a part of something new that's pushing boundaries.

— Arthur Darvill

“We all push sometimes, just to make sure someone is on the other side, pushing back.”

— Brigid Kemmerer

Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.

— Barry Ritholtz

Immigration reform is a must, an amnesty. So that's my position. I've been pushing that one since before it was popular.

— Dick Mountjoy

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

— George Clooney

You know, you don't work 30 something years in this business without knowing how to push yourself. So, I just kept pushing…

— Marie Osmond

We embrace two-legged beings, and can warm to four-legged beings, too, but for most people, six legs is pushing it. Most don't…

— Diane Ackerman

What does it mean to be a snowboarder? It's about having fun, with your friends or by yourself. It's about pushing yourself…

— Shaun White

An extremely competitive retail market is pushing extensive discounting and large volumes of wine at low prices, and New World competitors from…

— Trevor O'Hoy

Is that really the issue [of bathrooms and gender] we want to be pushing leading up to a momentous election like this…

— Steve Inskeep

I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different…

— Linus Torvalds

I'd like to see a little more action on the energy side of things. I've been pushing for some kind of a…

— Robert F. Engle

The winds were blowing from west to east, pushing Abby's boat toward the rocks as Abby struggled with the autopilots below. If…

— Abby Sunderland

I always challenged men, you know, in foot races or whatever as a kid growing up, because it was a way of…

— Katie Uhlaender

I think that there's absolutely no point trying to force your body to be anything than what it is. I think that…

— Keira Knightley

I just stay healthy all year round. I try to feel good in my skin. For me, I have trained in ballet…

— Angelina Jolie

The confidence and security of a people can be measured by their attitude toward laxatives. At the high noon of the British…

— Florence King

The fact that [Hillary Clinton] is pushing for paid family leave and also for [affordable] childcare will make a huge difference for…

— Natalie Portman

Global central banks are working hard to lift their economies through an aggressively easy monetary policy. The ECB [European Central Bank] and…

— Mark Zandi

What happens a lot with songwriting is that a melody or rhythm or something stays with you like catching a cold. And…

— Thom Yorke

A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the…

— Stephen Merchant

You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather…

— Willem Dafoe

There are no pat answers - we're pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don't always apply.

— Anonymous

There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.

— Carrie Fisher

I have to keep pushing and keep striving, and also keep being me on the field.

— Alphonso Davies

I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff.

— Jeff Lindsay

My goal is to constantly be pushing the envelope and surprising viewers around the world.

— Ryan Serhant

I push everyone I love away." He shrugged. "I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little…

— Kristin Cashore

As long as I feel I'm pushing myself and my riding, then I'm where I want to be.

— Scotty Lago

As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home.

— Brigid Schulte

You have to be grateful for what you have, but you're always pushing further.

— Farhan Akhtar

Nobody knows what you have in you until you've done it, so I just keep pushing those boundaries, and I figure it…

— Greta Gerwig

“Always to be pushing out like this, beyond what I know cannot be the limits - what else should a man's life…

— David Malouf

How long can I hold on, if you were the one who pushing me out of your life

— Mark Trinidad

You're not doing yourself a favor lying like that. Your pushing away everybody who's ever been there for you!

— Anonymous

The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy.

— Richard N. Haass

I like pushing the envelope. But I don't like to do it just for the sake of doing it.

— Madonna Ciccone