Deflect Quotes

39 quotes by 38 authors

Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I kept finding the same anguish, the same doubt; a self-contempt that neither irony nor intellect seemed able to deflect. Even DuBoisâ€™s learning and Baldwinâ€™s… — Barack Obama
Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really wants and they… — John Steinbeck
Our children take their flight into the future with our thrust and with our aim. And even as we anxiously watch that arrow in flight… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Here is why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never… — Garth Stein
No, I'm too busy trying to deflect your Power of Stupidity. But I don't think I'm strong enough. — Kami Garcia
I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a… — Maureen Johnson
Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it. — Mark Z. Danielewski
It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth. — Rusty Schweickart
For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits in rich ones.… — Barton Gellman
We can sharply deflect the curve of HIV incidence. — Anthony Fauci
The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent. — Malcolm Gladwell
Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding a serious subject. — Ted Danson
Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can. — Dan Quisenberry
In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself. — Mika
Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to… — Catherine Tate
Terrorism is in good part an effect of government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside… — Mark Poster
Connect, deflect animosity and reflect sincerity. — Tasneem Hameed
Those who are weak in attitude ignore opportunities to take action and deflect accountability, presuming that because they didn't create the situation, they should not… — DrAnil Kr Sinha

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