Quotes tagged ‘pressure’

“Do you know what it's like to have a secret?”

— Sarah Gubbins, Shirley Jackson, Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com

“Feels like I'm trying to urinate in front of a war crimes tribunal.”

— Armando Iannucci, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Ryan Clark, Hugh Laurie, imdb.com

“President Wagner: Dr. Lee, do you want to explain why Devon is not on the field? Dr. Lee: No, really. President Wagner: Well, let me rephrase. I want my boy on the field now. Dr. Lee: There are some issues preventing that. President Wagner: No, the only issue, is for you to give me the same show lik…”

— Shawn Schepps, Tina Gordon Chism, Dr. Lee, Orlando Jones, imdb.com

“The earth put its hopes in him, and now its fate is on me.”

— James Gray, Ethan Gross, Roy McBride, Brad Pitt, imdb.com

“Pressure, yes. Let's get your mom's panini press. We'll make a pan-enis. The house will smell for weeks.”

— Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin, Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Maury the Hormone Monster, Nick Kroll, imdb.com

“Remind yourself that when your heart is beating fast and your palms are sweaty, these are physiological responses that are helping shunt resources to your body and brain so you can think and focus on the things you wanna focus on.”

— Clay Skipper, gq.com

“We tend to work well under pressure. But do we row? Oh my dear, we're the bitchiest band on earth. You'll have to spend a couple of days with us. We're at each other's THROATS. But if we didn't disagree, we'd just be yes-men, and we do get the cream in the end.”

— Freddie Mercury, queenarchives.com

“You have failed this city!”

— Lana Cho, Beth Schwartz, Oliver Queen, Stephen Amell, imdb.com

“When I get up on stage and say what I gotta say, I know who I am, and right now y’all are pushing me to be who you want me to be and nobody’s asking what I wanna be.”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“Geology is the study of pressure and time. That’s all it takes, really. Pressure and time. That and a big goddamn poster.”

— Frank Darabont, Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding, Morgan Freeman, imdb.com

“Everything negative — pressure, challenges — is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

— Kobe Bryant, huffingtonpost.com

“Young hearts need the pressure to pound.”

— Vampire Weekend, open.spotify.com

“Marshall: Man, every time I walk into a gym it gets my blood up. Scott Worley: Oh, did you play? Marshall: Badminton. We played our tournaments here. See this scar? Shuttlecock injury. Ended my career.”

— David Maples, Matt Ward, Marshall Mann, Frederick Weller, imdb.com

“I like a little heat.”

— Jeff Eastin, Agent Dale Jakes, Brandon Jay McLaren, imdb.com

“Sometimes you need to exert pressure where it’s most effective, especially in times of war.”

— Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Sadavir Errinwright, Shawn Doyle, imdb.com

“I want you. I want us. But I want to slow down. I want our business handled. I want our problems fixed. I want to be ready before the world is watching. Once we're in that spotlight, being picked at and scrubbed and stretched in every direction, we will never get the chance to make things right. If…”

— Tony Goldwyn, Olivia Pope, Kerry Washington, imdb.com

“It's the performance of your life. Don't fuck it up.”

— Courtney A. Kemp, imdb.com

“If you try to leave your old self behind, she will find you and haunt you.”

— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com

“Pressure in football is an interesting topic. Personally, I try to help myself as best I can. I’m always looking to remain as calm and relaxed as possible when I go onto the pitch. When I feel the grass beneath my feat I feel sure, because playing football is what I enjoy most.”

— Lionel Messi, fourfourtwo.com

“Kennedy wasn't under as much pressure as I am.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com