Pressure Quotes

1817 Pressure quotes by 1488 unique authors

Because it is a monopoly, government brings inefficiency and stagnation to most things it runs; government agencies pursue the inflation of their budgets rather than… — Matt Ridley
But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that… — Howard Zinn
If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to… — Daniel Handler
People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the… — Daniel Kahneman
The real power of a wolf isn't in its fearsome jaws, which can clench with fifteen hundred pounds of pressure per square inch. The real… — Jodi Picoult
Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But… — Gary L. Francione
On the eve of long voyages or an absence of many years, friends who are tenderly attached will seperate with the usual look, the usual… — Charles Dickens
That's a good question. I don't really remember what it was like before. Whatever I had going on, it was bullshit. It wasn't important. It's… — Louis C. K.
...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too… — Timothy Keller
...as man under pressure tends to give in to physical and intellectual weakness, only great strength of will can lead to the objective. — Carl von Clausewitz
My whole love and respect is for the person who accepts himself totally, as he is. He has courage. He has courage to face the… — Rajneesh
God never asked us to meet life's pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands… — Charles R. Swindoll
She introduced herself to my parents with one of her mighty, bunny-crushing handshakes. (I'd never seen Claudia crush a bunny, to be fair, but that's… — Maureen Johnson
To be a man, to have been born without knowing it or wanting it, to be thrown into the ocean of existence, to be obliged… — Ivo Andric
I'm a registered Republican, I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage. — Aaron Sorkin
Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy, and under its… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Librarians are serious people, seldomgiven to idle jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of good… — Lynn Austin
Nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those… — Carlos Castaneda
I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone… — David Levithan
Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a baby.… — Louis Zamperini
Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw everybody else. You're… — Augusten Burroughs
People feel tremendous pressure to settle down in some sort of permanent space and fill it up with stuff, but deep inside they resent those… — Tom Robbins
Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If… — Robert A. Heinlein
Our whole family thrives under pressure. It's like our family motto or something. Apart from my brother Peter, of course. He had a nervous break… — Sophie Kinsella
I have been made to learn that the doom and burden of our life is bound forever on man’s shoulders; and when the attempt is… — Robert Louis Stevenson

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