Quotes About Tension

Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10.

I really want to punch you right now. Maybe even break your nose." She rolled her eyes upward, seeking calm. "But I won't because I like this dress.

People say that they want to kill me. All I say is "I'm sorry but your appointment doesn't start until another hour, please sit in the waiting room.

I was thinking...""We know, " Pedro said, "It was like sitting next to a pressure cooker

The most diplomatic statement you can use for the person you hate:"If I would have water, and you would be on fire, ...I would drink IT.

When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.

Clearly it's not all that pacific on the Pacific Ocean

Way to defuse a situation. It's tough to enjoy a good bloodbath in the middle of a PowerPoint presentation.

Kaitlyn froze and then said in a low tone, "That'd better be your gun." "Why yes, I always pack my gun where it'll blow my balls off."[Landon]

Why was the meeting between the Americans and the Russians so tensed?Because nobody knows what Vladimir Put In Barbara's Bush! From 'Walk On By II

I don't like that guy. He calls the cops for everything.

I didn't think it was possible — but this situation has managed to get worse." "But you're so calm, " she observed."That's usually when you can tell everything has gone to shit.

You've already said you were going to kill me, " Alex said, "but I didn't think that meant you were going to bore me to death.

He's stubborn, " Tux warned in a singsong tone."Stay out of this, " Mark spat."And touchy, " Tux added.

Hmmm... that's interesting.""What?""There seems to be a gentleman walking towards us with a shotgun.

When you make a thriller/horror, darkness is [your] friend, because it lets the imagination go wild and what not. So you always end up going into darkness.

Both the Freudian and the Platonic metaphors emphasize the considerable independence of and tension among the constituent parts of the psyche, a point that characterizes the human condition.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Pressure is what you feel when you don't know what's going on.

Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

I lived for 10 years in Los Angeles, and the one element that surpasses everything else - that you are very conscious of - is fear. You can smell it.

I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.