Tense Quotes

252 Tense quotes by 200 unique authors

The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them. — Sid Waddell
I've always had that knack for staying pretty even keel and the more the situation gets tense the more I see things clearly and I… — Tiger Woods
My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense. — Trisha Yearwood
One of my personal indulgences is getting a weekly massage - it helps to re-align my body. I usually feel so much less tense after… — Noureen DeWulf
I wanted all things to seem to make some sense, So we could all be happy, yes, instead of tense. And I made up lies,… — Kurt Vonnegut
Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But i dont agree with that because policeman don't have… — George Balanchine
Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being… — Bruce Lee
To be human is to be in the tense condition of a death-foreseeing, consciously libidinous animal. No other earthly creature suffers such a capacity for… — John Updike
The past is always tense, the future perfect. — Zadie Smith
The present tense made him nervous. — William Gibson
Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess… — Anne Lamott
You donâ€™t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an assistant… — Dorothy Parker
...I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret… — Mary Doria Russell
Cher Marcel, AllÃ´. I am Oskar's mom. I have thought about it a ton, and I have decided that it isn't obvious why Oskar should… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything is beautiful. We have all this beauty in the world and all we have to do is reach out and touch it, it is… — Charles Bukowski
I'll tell you, my friends: it's all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love.… — Roberto Bolano
They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in every word she didn't say… — Lauren Willig
Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. — Sarah Dessen
...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a… — Che Guevara
His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand… — Rainer Maria Rilke

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