Poised Quotes

107 Poised quotes by 96 unique authors

I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and… — Helmut Jahn
All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up to a new hot state. It is accelerating so fast… — James Lovelock
(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion. — Harold MacMillan
For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. — Thomas Mann
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the… — Dee Dee Myers
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Digital time does not flow; it flicks. Like any binary, discrete decision, it is either here or there. In contrast to our experience of the… — Douglas Rushkoff
...the problem of space remained, she thought, taking up her brush again. It glared at her. The whole mass of the picture was poised upon… — Virginia Woolf
At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. When he looked into her… — Paulo Coelho
A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being. For such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the… — James Allen
I will not get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen. — Helen Fielding
What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several… — Amin Maalouf
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perhaps [transgression] is like a flash of lightning in the night which, from the beginning of time, gives a dense and black intensity to the… — Michel Foucault
Nothing mattered much. Nothing much mattered. And the less it mattered the less it mattered. It was never important enough. Because Worse Things had happened.… — Arundhati Roy
Any given moment - no matter how casual, how ordinary - is poised, full of gaping life. — Anne Michaels
Ranger is an unusual name," she managed. "Is it a nickname?" It's a street name," Ranger said. "I was a Ranger in the army." I… — Janet Evanovich
And I was remembering that time in our lives together, the time of those ritual walks. I was remembering the way it feels at just… — Sue Miller
He sat on as the sun's rays came slowly down through the trees, lower and lower, and when the lowest reached a branch not far… — Patrick O'Brian
Whenever something great happens, you’re always kind of poised for the universe to correct itself. — Sarah Dessen
If you knew how to cook, maybe I would eat," Jace muttered. Isabelle froze, her spoon poised dangerously. "What did you say?" Jace edged toward… — Cassandra Clare
But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more… — Marcel Proust
The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like a diamond shone, but you… — Robert Graves
They who reach down into the depths of life where, in the stillness, the voice of God is heard, have the stabilizing power which carries… — Spencer W. Kimball
Then, in my most careful handwriting, come all the details it would be a crime to forget. Lady licking Prim's cheek. My father's laugh. Peeta's… — Suzanne Collins

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