Poised Quotes

107 Poised quotes by 96 unique authors

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's… — Adam Sedgwick
You stand exactly in the middle, poised between heaven and earth, a human conductor for the energy that seeks to flow between these two polarities. — Margot Anand
All human desire is poised on an axis of paradox, absence and presence its poles, love and hate its motive energies. — Anne Carson
The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at… — George Plimpton
With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign. — Rudy Giuliani
If eternity had a season, it would be midsummer. Autumn, winter, spring are all change and passage, but at the height of summer the year… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Water becomes clear and transparent when in a quiescent stage. How much the more wonderful will be the mind of a sage when poised in… — Zhuangzi
People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell… — Ziauddin Yousafzai
You know, there's a thing about the woman across the room. You see the woman across the room, you think, She's so poised; she's so… — Diane von Furstenberg
When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and… — Steven Pressfield
The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us..... — Marcel Proust
Poised for flight, Wings spread bright, Spring from night into the Sun. — Robert Hunter
It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts. — Robert Muller
I can't believe that this world can go on beyond our generation and on down to succeeding generations with this kind of weapon on both… — Ronald Reagan
I've watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! Indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How… — William Wordsworth
The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. (OK, it doesn't take… — Steven Levy
A Foreign Secretaryand this applies also to a prospective Foreign Secretaryis always faced with this cruel dilemma. Nothing he can say can do very much… — Harold MacMillan
More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they… — Richard Neal
My Grandmother standing wordless fifteen minutes Between rows of loganberries, clippers poised in her hand. — Gary Snyder
What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate,… — Peter Berg
As its best, SF is the medium in which our miserable certainty that tomorrow will be different from today in ways we cant predict, can… — John Brunner
Our strategic evolution has established Monsanto as the leading innovator in agricultural seeds and technology, .. The financial discipline we have exercised has also allowed… — Terry Crews
The primary function of art is not to imitate or represent or interpret, but to create a living thing; it is the reduction of all… — Lawren Harris
Once when I looked up, I happened to see a sea eagle poised on magesterial wings above the knurled summit of the mountain behind my… — Lawrence Millman
When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize… — Marcus Aurelius

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