I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
America has to stand by our allies. I think the tension that existed between Israel and the United States was very unfortunate. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Classical music is at odds with contemporary culture precisely because of its insistence on the tension between the bodily and intellectual, the… — Julian Johnson Copy Share Image
A meditator cannot smoke, for the simple reason that he never feels nervous, in anxiety, in tension. Smoking helps - on a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When people really hate one another, the tension within them can sometimes make itself felt throughout a room, like atmospheric waves, first… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
With the high stress of life many people find that their mind is constantly racing. They cannot stop from thinking even during… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
It really helps if you've got something like cycling, walking, running or swimming that can let your body release all that tension… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it. — John Green Copy Share Image
Psychiatrists declare that most of our fatigue derives from our mental and emotional attitudes... What kinds of emotional factors tire the sedentary… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty. — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Leadership is a dynamic tension between where a politician thinks his country must go and where his voters want it to go. — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
For a quick lap at the Nrburgring, you've probably experienced more in seven minutes...than most people have experienced in all their life… — Jackie Stewart Copy Share Image
Jesus brings mystery, paradox, and tension - rarely did someone get a straight answer out of Him — Mike Erre Copy Share Image
“History is one long chain of reflections. Hegel also indicated certain rules that apply for this chain of reflections. Anyone studying history… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
I have my set rigged with the biggest sound system possible and have a mini jack for my iPod attached to my… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
A level of anxiety and tension and outright fear that so many people have felt, not only during the recession but during… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Washington's adventuristic policy, whipping up international tension to the utmost, is pushing mankind towards nuclear catastrophe. — Konstantin Chernenko Copy Share Image
The great tension in media has always been that freedom and quality are conflicting goals. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
This perpetual toggling between nothing being new, under the sun, and everything having very recently changed, absolutely, is perhaps the central driving… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity,… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It's interesting that people bring different things to oppressive and difficult situations, when they're reduced to the barest terms of survival. That's… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
