Situation Quotes - Page 17

You be as truthful as you can to a specific situation, and it will become universal.

We're in a very Orwellian situation where when we - we've slashed defense. And we've raised taxes. And we consider $600 billion annual deficit success because it's not $1 trillion.

It's exciting to, uh, it's very exciting to know that doors have a possibility of opening to certain situations.

Take back the web because it is a situation that really isn't working for anyone.

The experienced pastor will recognize to which situation humor belongs and to which belongs sobriety.

So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations.

Performing is great, but you are exposed to all this extra stuff that you don't have to deal with when you stop. I'm getting used to it now, but it's kind of just the fallout. It's really weird. It's not a natural situation to be in. It sounds like moaning, because I know that's what I'm supposed to do, and I'm not moaning.

When discouraged some people will give up, give in or give out far too early. They blame their problems on difficult situations, unreasonable people or their own inabilities. When discouraged other people will push back that first impulse to quit, push down their initial fear, push through feelings of helplessness and push ahead. They're less likely to find something to blame and more likely to find a way through.

If you enjoy what you do, if you are interested in what you do, I really think that's the best situation.

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

One thing we would talk about with my therapist is, "Well, you could feel bad about this, but you don't have to. You could be angry about this situation that you can't control or not." It really helped me with a lot of situations and helped me feel more at peace.

We decide what we will make of each and every situation. We decide whether we’ll break or whether we’ll resist.

I like the idea that a song can be about a romantic relationship, but it can also about a relationship to your career, or a relationship to your city. It can be about a person, but at the same time it can be about a situation.

Hope. People want hope. We crave hope. We long for hope. Hope has been present since the very beginning. And almost in the worst situations of human history, you often find the greatest amount of hope. The very nature of the situation, the way stepped-on people created within them even more hope than when things were going fine. Hope has always been around.

What situations can I create that allow me not to have the disease of familiarity?

I am content and happy with my situation and like the flexibility that comes with being self-employed. And it's nice to know that I can contribute something to society

I am always frustrated when I see situations that could have been handled simpler.

To act choicelessly is to act in accord with the situation. If someone throws a rock, you duck.

In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.

I find being on set very invigorating. I never have a problem with that component of it, no matter the situation.

I swear in real life-probably too much-though I don't swear in front of my gran. We adapt to every situation.

You have to put yourself in a situation, a lifestyle, that makes you do the work. Even if it's a monastery.

There are situations that refuse to be photographed. But at other times nothing will stop me, because I know my pictures will not shout against anyone - only against time.

At certain times in the revolutionary struggle, the difficulties outweigh the favorable conditions and so constitute the principal aspect of the contradiction and the favorable conditions constitute the secondary aspect. But through their efforts the revolutionaries can overcome the difficulties step by step and open up a favorable new situation, thus a difficult situation yields place to a favorable one.

The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.