Tense Quotes · Page 8

“I am here. I am in the present tense. I'm not always here, and sometimes here is a very difficult place. Sometimes…

— Meg Howrey

She was--I keep using the past tense; I ought to say she is--one of those people who, at first sight, look plain,…

— Aidan Chambers

I get very tense working, so I often have to get up and wander around the house. It is very bad on…

— William H. Gass

“The terror of falling asleep knowing that on waking she’d relive the loss, like Prometheus bound and tormented each day. Everything had…

— Louise Penny

Chevy Stevens is in top form. ALWAYS WATCHING is a tense and twisty exploration of dark memories, hidden pasts, and a place…

— Lisa Unger

Relaxation is the point. And if you can relax with an enlightened person his enlightenment will start penetrating you, because when you…

— Rajneesh

“The caption reads, “Emperor Andon-Roon enjoys a surge in popularity after brokering a peace deal with Caderyn after twelve cycles of war.”…

— Stephen Alder

I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I…

— Arnold Bennett

And the first till last alshemist wrote over every square inch of the only foolscap available, his own body, till by its…

— James Joyce

I do believe that the very tense relationship between the United States and Iran presents a challenge to the United States. But…

— Trita Parsi

“  Mary fought a savage impulse to slam the door on the couple. But they were too interesting to ignore in the…

— Susan Rowland

I always kind of aim with the action stuff to make it feel like, as an audience member, you're experiencing what the…

— Joel Edgerton

I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event.…

— Andy Weir

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the…

— Judy Holliday

I don't view myself from the past present or future tense i like to think of the world from my own personal…

— Riff Raff

“For children, childhood is timeless. It is always the present. Everything is in the present tense. Of course, they have memories. Of…

— Ian McEwan

During conflicts and tense situations, women often work in a more collaborative way, include a larger variety of viewpoints, and function more…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

The heavy odds against finding the desired... work of art in the mess and flux of life, as opposed to the serene…

— Janet Malcolm

Confidence is the present tense of hope.

— Soren Kierkegaard

When Martina is tense it helps her relax.

— Dan Maskell

“Illness is a story told in the past tense.”

— John Green

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

— Zadie Smith

“Love has no past tense.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“Anything more than 5/10ths makes me tense”

— Jarod Kintz

“This should all be rewritten in the pluperfect.”

— Samuel Beckett

A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.

— Joshua Foer

Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.

— Sam Snead

You can't improvise if you are tense. Or thinking too much. You have to really let it go.

— Joy Bryant

People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.

— Diane Sawyer

I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.

— Martha Beck

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“it was impossible; trying to find a meaning in everything meant he had to remain alert and tense”

— Paulo Coelho

I'm not the first one to say it, but that time onstage is a heightened sense of present tense.

— Bill Pullman

Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worry over the future.

— William DeWitt Hyde

I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations…

— Lorrie Moore

The nowness of everything is absolutely wondrous. [...] If you see the present tense, boy do you see it! And boy can…

— Dennis Potter

“In 1997, climate change was discussed in the future tense. Today we discuss it in the present tense. It is no longer…

— Lester R. Brown

Paintings exist in the present tense, yet somehow, because of how it's structured, it can move backwards through time as well.

— Joe Bradley

America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that…

— Norman Vincent Peale

Inject laughter into tense situations to save the day; laughter calms tempers and soothes jangled nerves.

— Wilferd Peterson