Errors have nothing to do with luck; they are caused by time pressure, discomfort or unfamiliarilty with a position, distractions, feelings of… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
No one who is in a state of fear or sorrow or tension is free, but whosoever is delivered from sorrows or… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If I had to choose one which best characterized the condition of being a political leader in Athens, the word would be… — Moses Finley Copy Share Image
Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident. — Raphael Soyer Copy Share Image
It's about finding meaning through light. I'm always interested in tensions. A primary one is the collision between the familiar and the… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
There is no ideal length, but you develop a little interior gauge that tells you whether or not you're supporting the house… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
You know how some people say that they can only read one story a day from this or that collection? If that's… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
Contingency is rich and fascinating; it embodies an exquisite tension between the power of individuals to modify history and the intelligible limits… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Think about how many of us have wondered why we don't fit, why our faith doesn't stabilize us, why we seem so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, certainly I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos.… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
In the province of Quebec where I come from, we speak French, and the only cosmopolitan city is Montreal. Every time we… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I don't look for a fight or look for animosity or tension where it's not needed. — Johanna Konta Copy Share Image
Feel that the energy of your willpower can easily deflect tension-causing feelings and frustrations that are directed towards you from the outside… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
“The tension between the governed and the governing is what makes the world go 'round. It's not love, it's that tension, because… — William Safire Copy Share Image
When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I believe when you bring, say, a plant into a room, everything in that room changes in relation to it. This tension… — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack.… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, human security means a child who did not die, a disease that did not spread, an ethnic tension… — Mahbub ul Haq Copy Share Image
So many forces and resources would become available if States, aware (or conscious) of their true (or real) mission, would want to… — African Spir Copy Share Image
With the persistence of tensions and conflicts in various parts of the world, the international community must never forget what happened at… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
