Quotes About Pressure

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind.

Lord Jesus, bring comfort to all those who mourn and peace of heart to those under pressure and tension, in Jesus Christ's name

So many young pets burn out in Hollywood, it's crazy.

Adding last-minute features, whether in response to competitive pressure, as a developer's pet feature, or on the whim of management, causes more bugs in software than almost anything else.

None of us have true freedom because every one of us has to conform.

You and I can handle certain pressures. We don't feel the need to exaggerate or indulge in, quote, unquote, stress. We're survivors. We have perspective. Remember that.

A man's final query is determined by how well he acts under pressure. If man can control his demeanor under extreme stress, he will be judged in a positive way.

How can I be myself, when others expect me to be someone else?

A rumbling volcano is like a pimple.You know that they're both going to explode, but you just don't know when.

That's what interests me in poetry. That withholding, that white space, the pressure, and my long-term faith in violent concision, is still with me.

Have trembled beneath the pressure of a light beam.

In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, it takes off seven years of your life.

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

Institutionalized, I live my life a product made to crumble.

All of us in the Senate live in an iron lung-the iron lung of politics, and it is no easy task to emerge from that rarified atmosphere in order to breathe the same fresh air our constituents breathe.

I'm lucky because I don't feel too much pressure - it's only in the last hour before the race, and even then it's good, positive pressure.

Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.

Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw everybody else. You're not a bottle of Valium.

Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness that nervous energy into a positive way.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts.

The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life.

Preparation is the pressure valve on a busy schedule.

A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer's block.