Quotes About Poised

It was that strange moment, poised on the edge of evening, when lights are still unnecessary, when even in the midst of a convivial gathering, one may be caught by a vague intimation of precariousness.

Has it occurred to you, after all these years together, that I just might not be flappable?

I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.

Being a pageant girl taught me to be polished, poised and slap on a smile.

I was as cool as a cucumber

She was, surprisingly, an exquisite dancer

We are most intensely excited when we are a little off-balance, uncertain, "poised on the perilous edge between ecstasy and disaster."7

contained. And equable.

You gotta be cool. That's all. Remain refrigerated.

Any given moment—no matter how casual, how ordinary—is poised, full of gaping life.

He was poised on circumstance.

At any rate those two, one the shadow of a shadow in the hall and the other a shadow also, an imitation of the ruthless man who'd stolen from the world with careless ease, both poised, caught in time.

his manner had the heavy ease of a politician, poised between bullying and flattery.

Like a swan, she made no sound.

No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.

Mummy calm and cool as a cucumber.

He raised his hands and froze there, still as an oil painting, poised like a man shielding his face from divine light.

the opponents of the Bolshevik Revolution were poised to command 56 percent of the votes in the Constituent Assembly. The Bolsheviks had exactly 175 of 715 seats—hardly a position from which to dominate the proceedings.27

The implication that women are poised to make unfounded accusations in droves is even more alarming when every piece of data on false reporting contradicts that false notion. We need to believe women and believe in women.

I loathe categorization. I cherish my independence, and I treasure chivalry. I live just fine with ambiguity, and I welcome a good quarrel about all things designed or grown - except for when men misnomer 'confident' with 'poised' and 'passionate' with 'feisty.' I work hard.

I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.

Any given moment—no matter how casual, how ordinary—is poised, full of gaping life.

You could tell they were dancers by the way they moved from sitting to standing like they were water.

For a long time I had not approached the forbidden fruit called happiness, but it was now tempting me with a melancholy persistence. I felt as though Sonoko were an abyss above which I stood poised.