Situations Quotes

1428 Situations quotes by 1124 unique authors

On the rare occasions when our dreams succeed and achieve perfection - most dreams are bungled - the are symbolic chains of scene and images… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information, — Ted Olson
A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared — Jack Ramsay
When you do not know how to focus your thoughts effectively, they can become scattered, miscellaneous, and fixated on "stuff negative notions, toxic relationships, and… — Darren Johnson
Maybe we don't put our young people in situations often enough where they're allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough… — Colin Powell
It is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the lessons of historical… — Henry A. Kissinger
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that… — Haim Ginott
NVC can be effectively applied at all levels of communication and in diverse situations: intimate relationships, families, schools, organizations and institutions, therapy and counseling, diplomatic… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
What is freedom? What is slavery? Does man's freedom consist in revolting against all laws? We say No, in so far as laws are natural,… — Mikhail Bakunin
People are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines. — Ludwig von Bertalanffy
People, like large groups of people are stupid. Individuals are smart and can deal with things and can make things last and work, but when… — Brandon Boyd
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams. — Gaston Bachelard
It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation. — Rudolf Virchow
Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They… — Atul Gawande
Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations. — Tony Abbott
Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither.… — Jasper Johns
We have converted our wounds into a type of relationship currency that we use in order to control situations and people. — Caroline Myss
We want to infuse our day with good habits so that we can turn seemingly mundane situations into a ceremony of goodness. — Sakyong Mipham
Watching the Dallas Cowboys perform, it is not difficult to believe that coach Tom Landry flew fourengines bombers during World War II. He was in… — Len Morgan
There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic. — George Orwell
In all these situations, there was not enough violence against them to take it beyond the category of sex; they were not coerced enough. — Catharine MacKinnon
Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate reality: situations, friends,… — Jonas Mekas
I am starting to realize that a lot of guys look up to me, ... Older guys, and even younger guys, are asking me questions… — Adrian Peterson
When longing is most intense separation is complete, and the purpose of separation, which was that Love might experience itself as Lover and Beloved, is… — Meher Baba
We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment… — Eckhart Tolle

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