Disengage Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the… — Henri Frederic Amiel
The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They repeat, they re-arrange, they clarify the lessons of life; they… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid. — Gaston Bachelard
Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed. Germany, entangled in the meshes of vast land… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
What we need very badly these days is a company of Christians who are prepared to trust God as completely now as they know they… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Take heed of driving so hard after this world, as to hinder thyself and family from those duties towards God, which thou art by grace… — John Bunyan
The fastest way to disengage an employee is to tell him his work is meaningful only because of the paycheck. — Shawn Achor
People tend to believe that to be modern you have to disengage from your heritage, but it's not true. — Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned
For every young person living on the streets tonight, there are many at home zoning out inside their homes through video games, and even more… — Adam Fletcher
Imagine your shadow burning off the page / As the dear world and the dead word disengage — Don Paterson
When a painter thinks to disengage from the world outside himself and fantasies unprecedented forms he thinks he will make a painting, he finds in… — Pierre Alechinsky
Nothing is more bothersome to me than retiring. Weird things happen when you disengage; first you get negative, then you start telling people about your… — Charles R. Swindoll
The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy… — Emily Bronte
[M]emory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present. — Garth Stein
Because memory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present. In order to reach any kind of success in… — Garth Stein
After the death of the sadistic dictator Gen. Sanni Abacha in 1998, Nigeria underwent a one-year transitional military administration headed by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, who… — Wole Soyinka
What a sound money system does is to stabilize all the elements in it, and reduces the uncertainty that people confront. And the one thing… — Alan Greenspan
Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limits so you can concentrate when you… — Gretchen Rubin
You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh. — Kathryn Bigelow
So set yourself free and disengage from reality. — Suicide Silence

Who Wrote These Disengage Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 20 Disengage Quotes as follows: