Quotes About Tension

All forms of fear produce fatigue.

Then human mind holds tight to those things it can't reconcile.

The human mind holds tightly to those things it can't reconcile.

A tidal wave is caused by the snapping of tension that has built for a long time,' said Nondany. "An earthquake under the sea. To be caught in a tidal wave is not to be its cause.

It's just a game," she says. Make no mistake: people who say it's just a game are out for blood.

Don't show the monster too much at the beginning." —Roger Corman, 1997

He advanced, and before Teresa could react, he snatched her up against his chest, looked down into her furious eyes, and kissed her. Really kissed her. And he did it so well and so deliciously she forgot to sock him and melted right there on the spot.

When language fails, violence becomes a language.

Lucas grabs a pair of barber shears and presses a blade into Capone's jugular vein. "Yeah, I know who you are, grease ball. And if you don't get back to the end of the line, I'm going to know who you were.

diplomacy by "balance of fear.

calling the Soviet Union

and has created an atmosphere of suspicion

If you have not lost your self-control, and sensibly conceive what this might lead to, then, Mr. President, we and you ought not to pull on the ends of the rope in which you have tied the knot of war, because the more the two of us pull, the tighter the knot will be tied. And a moment may come when that knot will be tied so tight that even he who tied it will not have the strength to untie it, and then it will be necessary to cut that knot.

The whites have shown themselves capable of great brutality toward the Indians of the Northern Plains. The Americans should expect the same in return.

such small moments are great feuds made.

A perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.

The money" The girl stiffened at something she heard in his voice, something jagged and sharp, like words torn by the blade of a knife.

A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.

I have to admit I can be pretty high strung and tightly wound.

One of my biggest regrets in coaching was my eighth or ninth game of my career. I was wound up about a conference game in December - I was wound up tight, and we ended up playing really tight. Our players were bickering with the officials, I was bickering... and then all of a sudden we lose.

There is always tension between the possibilities we aspire to and our wounded memories and past mistakes.

Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.

Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.

The nice thing about a series is you can end on cliffhangers all the time. You can be like, 'You know what? Here we go, this person just died, end of book.' And with the end of the series, you're very conscious of all the plotlines that were left hanging. There's a balance there to wrap those up but still leave it exciting.