Quotes tagged ‘pressure’

(63 total)

“Do oranges wanna be juice? Or are they just preassured into it?”

“Don’t pressure yourself. Don’t worry about what others think you should do or what the social norm is. Do what moves you and makes you smile and the good will follow.”

— Misha Collins, celebmix.com

“My name gives me a little more publicity, but there is some pressure living up to the standards of a legend. I just tell myself to play my game, be myself and enjoy every minute of it.”

— Willie Mays, successories.com

“We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we’re winning. In Grace under Pressure.”

— Thurgood Marshall, thurgoodmarshall.com

“Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as "grace under pressure" — grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of ha…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

“My friend Pierre tried to convince me to do drugs with him. It was really hard, but I managed to resist Pierre pressure.”

— ebola6696, reddit.com

“Thats how I work best, when I'm under pressure.”

— Alex Morgan, successstory.com

“What's brutal about the date is the scrutiny that you put each other through. Because whenever you think about this person in terms of the future, you have to magnify everything about them. You know, like the guy'll be like 'I don't think her eyebrows are even. Could I look at uneven eyebrows for th…”

— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan out and prove myself to be the showman and the player the college ranks had labeled me to be.”

— Pete Maravich, ccel.us

“Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure.”

— Joe Namath, cbsnews.com

“Certain kinds of knowledge rob people of their sleep.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“Whether we know it or choose to admit it, we are either an Encourager or a Discourager. We each make a choice as to which type we will be… every day. Discouragers bring ‘stresspools.’ I call any of those places that add unnecessary stress and aggravation ‘stresspools.’ They are just as stinky and ro…”

— Cathy Burnham Martin, amazon.com

“Since you’ve already had lots of sex together, and are likely going to have a lot more, each individual occasion doesn’t carry nearly as much pressure.”

— Jessica Blankenship, thoughtcatalog.com

“You never feel pressured to do anything you're not 100 percent hot for in bed.”

— Emma Barker, cosmopolitan.com

“Unless you are in the middle of a heist, or other time-sensitive situation, there is usually time to think things through before making a big decision. So be wary of people who pressure you for an answer, especially if money is involved.”

— Carolyn Steber, bustle.com

“In pain from your straps digging into your shoulders? Slide silicone bra strap pads under your straps. They relieve the pressure that's caused by strap tugging, and prevent grooves in your skin.”

— Elizabeth Denton, seventeen.com

“Sometimes crying is needed to feel better. The pressure of life becomes so much at times that you need to relieve it.”

— R.D. Cole, amazon.com

“To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.”

— Anne McCaffrey, amazon.com

“The wetter the vagina is, the less stimulation and pressure, and so the longer [he'll] last.”

— Ethan Green, risingmaster.com

“Don't give in to pressure. Look, if you wanted to have a random make out session but your partner is pressuring you to go further, don't give in. Do what you're comfortable with and make the other person deal with it.”

— Ashley Reese, gurl.com