Quotes About Pressure

If I'm at a book signing, and someone decides to take me to task, it can make for quite a sticky moment.

As a civil society, our task is to pressure governments into democratic changes.

It's no easy task to coach the national team. I never realised to what extent one becomes the property of the people.

Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between them. As a result, we become less and less productive exactly when we need to be most productive.

I suppose I experienced the personal dilemma that baffles every working woman. What happens when you are expected to be Superwoman, to perform a dozen conflicting tasks at the same time?

I'd had boyfriends berate me for not having dinner on the table, calling me lazy for sitting around with the grout in the bathroom being dirty. My friends who are moms spoke of their husbands, it was a bit of the same, or they sometimes likened them to an additional child: someone who whined and couldn't accomplish simple tasks.

We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success.

You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me more energy just before the race.

There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so.

I'm nicer on tax day than I am when I'm on deadline.

The reformocons court right-wing censure simply by acknowledging that the middle class is under pressure and that government has a role to play beyond cutting taxes.

Believe me, there's nothing worse than the feeling in the pit of your stomach when you're sat in the back of a taxi, listening to someone else doing your show as you dash to the studio.

In 2012, President Obama was faced with a new Egyptian leader, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Instead of applying pressure to root him out, President Obama waived U.S. law and provided taxpayer aid to prop up the most radical elements within Egypt.

I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.

When Phil Taylor is in the field - no matter whether it's tiddlywinks or the world championship at Alexandra Palace - he is the man to beat.

I don't want to worry about someone calling me and going, 'You better find a way to get another Taylor Swift record out this quarter.' When there's that kind of financial pressure dictating your path, it's hard to take creative risks.

There's a lot of stuff they don't teach you in the mythical editors' school. They don't teach you that you're going to have to spend a lot of your life in crisis management.

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

I'm from a family of teachers. My father would drown me in the bathtub if my daughter didn't graduate from college. I don't care who she is or what she does. Just get the diploma.

One thing I don't want to feel is marketplace pressure, so I'm really glad I enjoy teaching because I can rely on that for a salary. I think it would be such a different game if I had to write a book that has to sell well.

As a goalkeeper, you always expect every team to give you nightmares.

At Tottenham Hotspur, we can share the pressure, but on the South Korea team, some of the players have more pressure than others.

I hope I never have to face that feeling of missing and sending my country or team out of a competition.

If a team concedes a goal, then the first question is always of the goalkeeper.