Tension Quotes

678 Tension quotes by 537 unique authors

My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be… — Natalie Merchant
There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros. — Meghan O'Rourke
I am convinced that the public, large majority of the Greek people, realize that policies pursued in the past and the market practices have to… — Lucas Papademos
Almost inevitably there are tensions in the picture, tensions between the outside world and the inside world. For me, a successful picture resolves these tensions… — Aaron Siskind
Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music… — David Sanborn
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have… — Olive Ann Burns
Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can look for every opportunity to… — Joan Z. Borysenko
Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called… — Criss Jami
Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes. — William Landay
The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as… — Ann Macbeth
If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension.… — Fuzzy Zoeller
We must be wise taskmasters and not require of ourselves what we cannot possibly perform. Recreation we must have. Otherwise, the strings of our soul,… — Elizabeth Prentiss
Pressure on nerves causes irriatation and tension with deranged functions as a result. Why not release the pressure? Why not adjust the cause instead of… — Daniel D. Palmer
I vividly remember the summer of 1964 with its voter registration drives, boiling racial tensions, and the erupting awareness of the cruelty of racism. I… — Sue Monk Kidd
I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and present… — Jonathan Sacks
Mental tensions, frustrations, insecurity, aimlessness are among the most damaging stressors, and psychosomatic studies have shown how often they cause migraine headache, peptic ulcers, heart… — Hans Selye
For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity. — Mahmoud Darwish
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which… — Stephen Bayley
I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person. — Andrew Denton
Over the years I've grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little conflict. You need… — Mark Batterson
In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities. — Guillaume Canet
In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding… — Sean Durkin
Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need. — David Guterson
I think 'Scarface' is a great film, but if you have a character like Tony Montana, you don't identify with him at all. I think… — Jacques Audiard
Play: It is an an activity which proceeds within certain limits of time and space, in a visible order, according to rules freely accepted, and… — Johan Huizinga

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