Levers Quotes

78 quotes by 75 authors

it occurred to me what a simple thing reality is, how easy it is to make it work. It's just reality. Just housework. Just a… — Haruki Murakami
The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral, but it became increasingly obvious… — Dave Barry
The intentions of a tool are what it does. A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift.… — Philip Pullman
Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out… — Daniel Handler
It's so quiet this high up, the feeling you get is that you're one of those space monkeys. You do the little job you're trained… — Chuck Palahniuk
Of course genes canâ€™t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is… — Steven Pinker
I went to the four levers. None of them were marked. There was only one way to figure out which one was the right one.… — D. J. MacHale
This was the kid who used to toddle over to my bed at 6 oâ€™ clock in the morning every weekend morning to pull on… — Jordan Sonnenblick
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Good mental machinery ought to break its own wheels and levers, if anything is thrust… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys. — Emma Bull
I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient Oliver Tate inside… — Joe Dunthorne
Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason. — Patrick Rothfuss
All my life I have battled the alarm clock, pummeling the snooze button over and over with mounting self-loathing until the shame is finally strong… — Isaac Marion
Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation… — Tom Peters
I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver. — Margaret Thatcher
While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about… — Bill Owens
Give me a lever, and I shall move the world (oh, and I'll also need a world). — John Alejandro King
Successful leaders understand the need to look at things from the other's perspective. They seek to understand what turns others on. And then get to… — Prakah Iyer

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