Tension Quotes

678 Tension quotes by 537 unique authors

Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension. — Unknown Author
Many have questioned the quality of this sort of achievement, deploring the use of pitons, tension traverses and expansion bolts, but the record speaks for… — Allen Steck
The result was the same as tuning down the strings by a semitone and using a capo at the first fret. With less tension in… — Tal Farlow
Father, let me be weak that I might loose my clutch on everything temporal. My life, my reputation, my possessions, Lord, let me loose the… — Jim Elliot
Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or… — Peter Farrelly
By these pleasures it is permitted to relax the mind with play, in turmoils of the mind, or when our labors are light, or in… — Gerolamo Cardano
Most people engage in activities that are tension-relieving rather than goal-achieving. — Brian Tracy
All seasoned players know, or at least have felt, that when you are playing your best, you are much the same as in a state… — Harvey Penick
It's about finding meaning through light. I'm always interested in tensions. A primary one is the collision between the familiar and the strange. — Gregory Crewdson
When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement… — Andrea Mitchell
But compassion is a deeper thing that waits beyond the tension of choosing sides. Compassion, in practice, does not require us to give up the… — Mark Nepo
I've always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the conclusion that the… — Nancy Spero
The ability to face constructively the tension of opposing ideas and instead of choosing one at the expense of the other, generate a creative resolution… — Roger Martin
It takes confidence and guts to intentionally create tension. — Seth Godin
The easiest way to make something cool is to get cool people to do it. Part of this might mean the president has to forget… — Denis Hayes
In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension… — Paul Greengrass
Futurists are already predicting the day mankind builds its replacement, Artificial Intelligence. Daniel Wilson shows what might happen when that computer realizes its creators are… — Unknown Author
Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more. Do your best every… — Horatio Dresser
Be very careful that you do not unconsciously assume that nervous tension is power. This is vital. Watch yourself the next time you work toward… — Vernon Howard
The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested — Michael M. Honda
I was literally singing to myself on my way home, after the killing. The tension, the desire to kill a woman had built up in… — David Berkowitz
Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits. — John Avlon
The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one way of getting… — Andy Goldsworthy
With Climate Change as a Security Risk, WBGU has compiled a flagship report on an issue that quite rightly is rising rapidly up the international… — Achim Steiner
The life we live today - the environment in which we live - is not one of security - it's one of doubt, one of… — Reg Butler

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