Quotes About Dependence

Before she could protest, Baird swung her up into his arms and rose in one smooth motion, as though she didn't weigh a thing. "Hey, I can walk you know!" She wanted to struggle in his arms but the ground was suddenly a long way down and she had no desire to fall on her ass on the tarmac. "No you can't. You're injured.

The kitchen oven is reliable, but it's made us lazy.

'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.

My first pay cheque was when I was a security guard in a Benetton showroom, which was Rs 900. I took all my security guard friends for a treat to eat Chinese food and ended up spending my entire salary in just three days, leaving me with no choice but to rely on my friends for food for the entire month.

I rely on other people every day of my life.

And it was at that point that I realized, in fact, our whole administration realized, that we could not rely on Metropolitan Edison for the kind of information we needed to make decisions.

The more you try to grip control of your life the more God's gonna untangle that from you. He's going to make things go where you have to rely on Him.

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.

My kitty cats could rely on my poker winnings.

When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they'd have enough to last them for years. By 1923, that was starting to run out, so your average person started to rely more and more on criminals.

You want to be wanted, and you want people to rely on you.

Too often, we rely on other people - whether it be politicians or institutions - to effect change.

It's great to know that you can rely on anyone.

Missionaries learn to manage situations and to rely on the Lord.

I hate being on my own, I rely on my friends and my family and my job to keep me occupied and to make me feel comforted and wanted and needed and all that stuff.

I was a young mother with a dependent. I went from nice flat and fire service job to cold and hungry with a child. I lived rough for two years, with six months relying on the food bank.

I call my mother every day for things: 'How long do you cook an egg for?' Or, 'Can you remind me of our dentist's phone number at home?'

We must shift the energy policy debate in America with an increased focus on alternative and renewable fuels and Congress must pass meaningful alternative fuels and incentive programs to help move the U.S. away from dependence on foreign oil.

We will work on maximizing the introduction of energy conservation and renewable energy, while lowering our dependence on nuclear power generation as much as possible.

Stop relying only on technology. Technology can help the qualified, well-trained human being but cannot replace him.

My husband is everything to me and without him it's just not the same.

Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.

I tell people that if I'm ignoring them, chances are I may not have heard them. I depend on hearing aids, but I've not found it a problem. I'm visually very aware!

Our society's dependence on imagery says a lot about our values.