Quotes About Predicament

One of the two horns of my dilemma.

At last, however, he began to think -- as you or I would have thought at first; for it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would unquestionably have done it too . . .

What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and desert their chosen intendeds for my sake?' 'Because they can't help it, miss,' replied the girl; 'the reason's plain.' (If Miss Squeers were the reason, it was very plain.)

was sometimes apprehensive that he might be at that very moment an interesting case of spontaneous combustion, without having the consolation of knowing it. At last, however, he began to think—as you or I would have thought at first; for it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it.

The tickets might be returned perhaps, but where would she go?

Have you ever had one of those intoxicated night and BAM! You're stuck with this problem.

Qui vous a mis dans cette fichue position?

It was as if a boa constrictor had wrapped itself around my torso and was squeezing me into the shape of a meal.

Someone who's asking questions of the clergy, that he doesn't have the answers to, I think that's a universal predicament.

An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.

To be 'squeezed' is to be bound by a very American psychological and socio-economic predicament. Being squeezed involves one's finances, one's social status, and one's self-image.

Paradoxically, it is the uncommon event that may best demonstrate the common predicament of our race.

Since the worst comes to the worst.

It has taken me all these years to make the simplest discovery: that I am surrounded by two classes of maniacs. The first are the believers, who think they know the reason why we find ourselves in this ludicrous predicament yet act for all the world as if they don't. The second are the unbelievers, who don't know the reason and don't care if they don't.

Knowing what the problem was didn't help if none of the solutions were available in any case.

Deciding on the right thing to do in a situation is a bit like deciding on the right thing to wear to a party. It is easy to decide on what is wrong to wear to a party, such as deep-sea diving equipment or a pair of large pillows, but deciding what is right is much trickier.

Quagmires, remember?

And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.

Obamacare imposed an unprecedented level of regulation and standardization on individual-market health insurance all across America. This has left many consumers in an intolerable predicament - in some cases, having to spend up to a third or even half of their income on premiums and deductibles before insurance kicks in.

It seems that every time I stick my neck out, I get my foot into something else.

Name the problem.

Sometimes the only course of action is the lesser of two evils.

It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament.

you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.