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Quotes About Conditions

A good pilot knows her skills, has confidence in the machine she is flying, and is aware of what actions are required in case of a hurricane, or in case the wings ice over. Therefore she is confident in her ability to cope with whatever weather conditions may arise—not because she will force the plane to obey her will, but because she will be the instrument for matching the properties of the plane to the conditions of the air.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It is easier to enhance creativity by changing conditions in the environment than by trying to make people think more creatively.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
THERE ARE TWO main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life. The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we experience external conditions to make them fit our goals better.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
How we feel at any given moment of a flow activity is strongly influenced by the objective conditions; but consciousness is still free to follow its own assessment of the case.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Two terms describing states of social pathology apply also to conditions that make flow difficult to experience: anomie and alienation. Anomie—
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It is the striving for target conditions via the routine of the improvement kata that characterizes what we have been calling "lean manufacturing.
~ Mike Rother
In the midst of my spleen and my yearnings for the past, and despite these ridiculous cramped circumstances I find myself in, in this vile room in this foul apartment-block, I sometimes experience, as at this moment, bursts of confidence and strength. And I become aware of the thought darting up in me that it is true, I am immeasurably more powerful a writer than any of those I know. But in conditions such as the ones I have presently to endure I may have to kowtow to them.
~ Mikhail Bulgakov
We had fallen in love; that was still true. But given the right psychological conditions, a person could fall in love with anyone or anything. A wooden desk -- always on all fours, always prone, always there for you. What was the lifespan of these improbable loves? An hour. A week. A few months at best. The end was a natural thing, like the seasons, like getting older, fruit turning. That was the saddest part -- there was no one to blame and no way to reverse it.
~ Miranda July
Conditions may vary. We will strive to make your stay as comfortable as possible. However there will be turbulence. There will be unexpected events. There will be human error. Fortunately, we are happy to provide you love. At no extra cost.
~ Mo Willems
La degradación del poder ha cambiado las condiciones y las posibilidades del conflicto y ha aumentado la influencia de los actores pequeños, no estatales y no tradicionales,
~ Moisés Naím
For all these differences, the basic insight remains: when a critical mass of people in society feel their expectations in life have been dashed, conditions soon build up to a crisis. And in today's world, those whose expectations have been dashed are able to reach out to one another and build communities of meaning in a way that had never been technologically possible before.
~ Moisés Naím
We must remember that mentacidal conditions are the result of illnesses created within the constraints of white supremacist culture. The choices Afrikans make occur within these constraints. As we know, if you swim in a sea of perversity you are bound to get wet.
~ Unknown
Sometimes it rains and other times clear skies, life is full of compensations. We must compromise to its terms and conditions; without complaining.
~ Unknown
The landlord, however, may not use the security to repair or improve conditions that existed before the tenancy began or that are the cumulative effect of ordinary wear and tear occurring during any one or more tenancies. CC §1950.5(e).
~ Unknown
The idea that "suffering is good for you, therefore you need to put up with the conditions we are laying upon you" is at best callous and patronizing. At worst it is unpardonable and abusive. Jesus himself, warning that suffering was bound to come, pronounced a solemn woe on the person through whom it came (Matt. 18:7). Life will throw quite enough problems at us without the church adding more while telling us sanctimoniously that it's good for us.
~ Unknown
It is manifest that the existence of unstable conditions renders impossible the prediction of future events, if our knowledge of the present state is only approximate and not accurate.3
~ Unknown
large numbers of early American colonists spent their entire lives in such dingy, nasty conditions.
~ Unknown
Nothing could be trusted in Chicago, especially the weather.
~ Unknown
statistics, like any tool, don't work well in all cases and conditions and like any tool can be used well or badly
~ Naomi Oreskes
As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
~ Nate Mendel
Walking and overcoming by faith is not easy. For one thing, the dimension of time constantly constrains our perspective. Likewise, the world steadily tempts us. No wonder we are given instructive words from Jesus about the narrowness and the straightness of the only path available to return home: "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). And then he said, "No man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Jesus laid down strict conditions.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
try to soften the differentiator. You might ask, "How do you measure machine speed? Do you mean speed for continuous run, or speed for a one-off job? Some machines are very fast under continuous run conditions, but they perform much more slowly if you have one-off production needs.
~ Unknown
Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.
~ Nelson Mandela