Pressing Quotes
276 Pressing quotes by 237 unique authors
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In each of us there are places we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.
— Joyce Brothers
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Romeo wants Juliet as the filings want the magnet; and if no obstacles intervene he moves towards her by as straight a line as they.…
— William James
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He who does not realize to what extent shifting fortune and necessity hold in subjection every human spirit, cannot regard as fellow-creatures nor love as…
— Simone Weil
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There is only one world; the world pressing against you at this minute. There is only one minute in which you are alive; this minute…
— Storm Jameson
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For years I had lived in my body half-consciously, ignoring it mostly, dismissing its agendas wherever I could, and forever pressing it into the service…
— Rachel Cusk
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If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line…
— Brene Brown
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One of the ironies of a conference dedicated to all things digital and virtual is that the best ways to connect with people are surprisingly…
— Ryan Holmes
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Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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I am working hard to provide solutions to meet a most pressing goal: preserving our way of life for our kids and grandkids.
— Mike Pompeo
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If Bush and Blair are eventually put on trial for war crimes, I shall not be among those pressing for them to be hanged.
— Richard Dawkins
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Food redistribution is economically sensible, ecologically pressing, and socially responsible; it is high time food corporations woke up to it and governments started funding the…
— Tristram Stuart
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The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The…
— Ban Ki-moon
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President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be a country that…
— Thomas Perez
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I do remember when it occurred to me the first time, when I got the idea of painting the way I feel at a given…
— Maria Lassnig
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While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.
— Dan Hill
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In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt, thought and willed from our earliest infancy is there, leaning…
— Henri Bergson
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As soon as you sit down to write about something you are pressing your nose deeper into the sewer of facts.
— Theo Van Gogh
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Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
— Beau Bridges
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At the present moment, with little or no detail to hand, it is difficult for me to make any comment, beyond the expression of horror…
— Ethel Rosenberg
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In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion.
— Robert Casey
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When I look at the chaotic and volatile debate right now, both in Germany and around the world, my impression and concern is that the…
— Peer Steinbruck
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Many questions torment America in its dark night of the soul, questions more urgently pressing, and yet it must be asked: How did we get…
— James Wolcott
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I am sure I have a defective iphone, I keep pressing the home button and Im still at work
— Hussein Nishah
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Don't Quit When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and…
— Superman
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The calmness in your face That I see through the night The warmthress your light is pressing unto us You didn't ask me why I…
— Superman
Who Wrote These Pressing Quotes
237 authors contributed a total of 276 Pressing Quotes, led by these top contributors: