Between religion's this is and poetry's but suppose this is, there must always be some kind of tension, until the possible and… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot. — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
In leadership there are always problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. When you try to solve a tension, you… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way… what is more important is a… — Richard Diebenkorn Copy Share Image
The tension between 'yes' and no', between 'I can' and 'I cannot,' makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
Most people engage in activities that are tension-relieving rather than goal-achieving. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
...Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressure and danger relaxed him. — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction,… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
Everyone has a special place they store their tension (I'm on shiatsu duty), the same way everyone misspells the same words over… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The one thing that I love about the live audience is the energy level. Like, from the minute of cast introductions, it's… — Jonathan Sadowski Copy Share Image
In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination. In a… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
The problem is, if at all, in the different view of the economy, of economic growth. Growth is too low, even for… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
By these pleasures it is permitted to relax the mind with play, in turmoils of the mind, or when our labors are… — Gerolamo Cardano Copy Share Image
From the beginning, there has been a tension in the reception of the Kantian idea of autonomy. If you emphasize the 'nomos'… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The mind is a very intricate machine. It can store memories, past impressions, grudges, criticisms, judgments. It can hold a lot of… — MC Yogi Copy Share Image
Doing something, however pathetic, is psychologically better than doing nothing. In the current political environment - that is, with no more Cold… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? Nothing else. Tell me then, you men, do you wish… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The believer's cross is no longer any and every kind of suffering, sickness, or tension, the bearing of which is demanded. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Actions are interesting to watch. I learn about the actors. Their movements are emblems of the tensions in this internal landscape, which… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
What I've found is there is no barometer that allows you to chart when you're oversaturating a desire. You're left really trying… — Christopher Meledandri 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
Any expectation, even the expectation of peace, brings restlessness. The tension has to go. As soon as this happens a divine peace… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument. — Henry David Thoreau 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
“The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
“The moment feels laden with mystery and tension, as if for one second the world has agreed to pay attention to time… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“Good tension. Bad tension. I wasn't sure if there was a difference when it came to Donovan.” — Laurelin Paige Copy Share Image
If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there's a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Holding together a kind of tension. When you see a painting that's really good that's what it's doing. — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
“And then— He leans in. Not much. Just slightly. Just enough that if she moved even an inch— Their lips would touch.” — Amelia Frostwood Copy Share Image
The tension in the world is the tension between the ego and the feminine, not between the masculine and the feminine. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“If you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word… — Katherine McIntyre Copy Share Image
