Tense Quotes

252 quotes by 207 authors

What choices are you making in your perception of the events around you? We choose how we view our times. There is a pinch of… — Jennifer James
"Never speak of me in the past tense". My presence here will be many times greater without the burden of my tortured body. — Rajneesh
Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. — Alex Rodriguez
I get very tense working, so I often have to get up and wander around the house. It is very bad on my stomach. I… — William H. Gass
When the light is right and everything is working for me, I feel as tense as when making a difficult maneuver high on a mountain.… — Galen Rowell
Rewrite your major goals every day, in the present tense, exactly as if they already existed — Brian Tracy
Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worry over the future. — William DeWitt Hyde
A man who thinks that death is against life can never be non-violent. It is impossible. A man who thinks that death is the enemy… — Rajneesh
Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature. — Camille Paglia
Almost everyone seems concerned with the need to relax tension. However, relaxation of tension, which everyone thinks is good, is not easily distinguished from relaxing… — Albert Wohlstetter
When happiness is happening it feels as if nothing else happened before it, it is a sensation that happens only in the present tense. — Deborah Levy
I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the time, I'm so nervous… — Casey Affleck
First Lady Michelle Obama appears on 'Sesame Street' to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. It's going to be a big episode. Yes, sources say the… — Conan O'Brien
The whole world is tense. Everybody gets the international news. Theres been no American comedy at all that even remotely addresses the subject in any… — Albert Brooks
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. — Bruce Lee
Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever. — Paul Rudd
Iâ€™m a serious-minded and intense little devil â€“ terribly gauche and so tense that I donâ€™t see how people can stay in the same room… — James Dean
Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality. — C J Cherryh
I'm focussing on what I haven't attained, not what I have. A lot has come to me early. I don't want to get consumed with… — Alex Rodriguez
One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack. Not being able… — Jennifer James

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