Pressure famous quotes

Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.
-- A. Philip Randolph

#Pressure #Revolution #Action

I know the pressure I'm under. I know who I'm following.
-- Aaron Rodgers

#Nfl #Pressure #Following

I've always seemed to have my best performances when I'm under the most pressure.
-- Aaron Rodgers

#Pressure #Performances

I'm a registered Republican, I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage.
-- Aaron Sorkin

#Believe #Gay #Pressure

I don’t think any relationship responds well to pressure.
-- Adam Levine

#Thinking #Pressure #Wells

Not just in modeling, but in society, there's so much pressure about what a woman should be, and, of course, it's just so unobtainable. You can never become that thing, because it's such a projection.
-- Agyness Deyn

#Pressure #Should #Modeling

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.
-- Al Franken

#People #Comedian #Pressure

Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.
-- Alain Badiou

#Evil #Pressure #Individual

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.
-- Alan Hansen

#Congratulations #Rewards #Pressure

I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.
-- Alan Shearer

#People #Pressure #Penalties

When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.
-- Alec Baldwin

#Want #Pressure

I love leaving the house in a new outfit; I don't feel the pressure at all.
-- Alexandra Roach

#House #Leaving #Pressure

Population pressure is the ultimate cause of every war.
-- Alexei Panshin

#War #Population #Pressure

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.
-- Alfred Adler

#Pressure #Talent

You should not be subjected to the pressures, the intimidation, whether by Government or by the private sector, which would force you into self-censorship.
-- Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

#Government #Self #Pressure

The increase in inequality in income is a longtime trend, but the pressure on middle- and low-income workers is going up rapidly. Especially if they live in an area where there are high housing and gas prices, like California.
-- Alice Rivlin

#California #Pressure #Low Income

I don't put pressure on myself. I just compete.
-- Allen Iverson

#Pressure

I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I also have what I call an X-factor.
-- Amy Weber

#Pressure

When I cannot bear outer pressures anymore, I begin to put order in my belongings...As if unable to organize and control my life, I seek to exert this on the world of objects.
-- Anais Nin

#Order #World #Pressure

For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me.
-- Andrei Sakharov

#Lying #Pressure #Bears

Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche
-- Andrew Denton

#Stress #Pressure #Common

There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Play #Way #Pressure

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the taxpayer to withdraw his capital from productive business.
-- Andrew Mellon

#Taxation #Pressure #Taxpayers

Acting is a sort of pressure cooker that allows the fizz to come out the top. God knows what I'd be like if I didn't have that.
-- Andy Serkis

#Acting #Pressure #God Knows

Press junkets are incredibly annoying. You sit in a chair for three to six hours and have different journalists shuttle in for three minutes at a time, asking cheesy movie questions to get a quick sound bite - and that's their only objective. You can't really move or eat. You're just stuck there. It's pressure, constant pressure.
-- Annabella Sciorra

#Moving #Cheesy #Pressure

Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.
-- Anni-Frid Lyngstad

#Happiness #Pressure #Rich

Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where he did actually shut up in the end.
-- Anthony Holden

#Wings #Pressure #Done

Ive felt the pressure of wanting to be known as a young actress rather than just Alisha from Misfits.
-- Antonia Thomas

#Pressure #Actresses #Misfits

We must beware of yielding to the pressure of a spirit of cowardly conformity which proclaims itself everybody's friend in the hope that everybody will obligingly return the compliment.
-- Antonin Sertillanges

#Pressure #Return #Spirit

Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.
-- Anurag Kashyap

#Want #Pressure #Kind

When you reach that competing point, when you reach that time when the gun is about to go off, everyone's level is pretty much the same. The one thing that's going to separate you from everybody else is how you deal with those pressures, how you stay relaxed.
-- Apolo Ohno

#Gun #Levels #Pressure

Twitter's a lot of work! That's the first thing I would say. There's so much pressure to be funny.
-- Ari Graynor

#Pressure #Firsts

All you leave the world is what you've done. No one will ever know the conditions, the comments, the pressures. Only the work remains.
-- Arnold Friberg

#Done #World #Pressure

A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure.
-- Arthur Baer

#Blood #Library #Pressure

No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything.
-- Ashley Judd

#Pressure #Tolerate

Though we live amid promiscuous pressures, spiritual clutter and forgetfulness, we probably still value the integrity of life.
-- Baker Brownell

#Spiritual #Integrity #Pressure

There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.
-- Barbara Broccoli

#Song #Spotlight #Pressure

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
-- Barbara Deming

#Heart #Pressure #Argument

These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.
-- Barney Frank

#Two #People #Pressure

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.
-- Bea Arthur

#Roles #Movement #Pressure

Discontented women are like pressure cookers. The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point.
-- Bella Pollen

#One Day #Pressure #Steam

It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.
-- Ben Bernanke

#Circles #Political #Pressure

The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
-- Ben Bradlee

#Running #Pressure #Administration

To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.
-- Benicio Del Toro

#Pressure #Honest #Being Honest

I work really well under pressure but I really hate doing things on a timeframe.
-- Beth Ditto

#Hate #Pressure #Wells

There is now more pressure on consumers than there has ever been and it is not sustainable.
-- Betty Furness

#Pressure #Consumers

Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
-- Billie Jean King

#Champion #Pressure #Privilege

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
-- Billie Jean King

#Pressure #Privilege

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.
-- Billie Jean King

#Badass #Women #Pressure

Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
-- Billie Jean King

#Wrestling #Winning #Pressure

No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen.
-- Bob Ross

#Relax #Watches #Pressure

After being out so long, I was more anxious to pitch than anything, just ready to get back into things. I can't imagine a better situation to test me against some pressure.
-- Bobby Bell

#Long #Pressure #Tests

We've got a lot of pressure going. This is for my Latin counterpart.
-- Bobby Bonilla

#Sports #Latin #Pressure

My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.
-- Bobby Orr

#Dad #Pressure #My Dad

The artist is always searching for the meaning of life, his own and that of mankind, searching for truth. A system of uncertainty has entered our daily life. The pressures of mechanization and uniformity to which it is subject call for protest and the artist has only one means of expressing this, by music.
-- Bohuslav Martinu

#Mean #Artist #Pressure

Pressure Point. Pressure point
-- Brendan Fevola

#Party #Pressure

Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves.
-- Brian Clough

#Dog #World #Pressure

Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.
-- Brian Herbert

#Way #Pressure

Nobody works better under pressure. They just work faster.
-- Brian Tracy

#Pressure #Faster #Under Pressure

You can always tell your true values by looking at your behavior -- especially under pressure.
-- Brian Tracy

#Pressure #Behavior #True Value

I mean, there is a certain element that, when you read the bad press about yourself and post it on the web-site, takes the pressure off.
-- Brian Viglione

#Mean #Elements #Pressure

Scholars today are under increasing pressure to publish. Consequences of this pressure are incentives to deviate from the truth
-- Bruno Frey

#Incentives #Today #Pressure

To me, character in a person is judged by the decisions that are made under pressure.
-- Bryan Cranston

#Character #Decision #Pressure

It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.
-- Buck Brannaman

#Pressure

As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to eliminate the elderly and infirm to 'free up' more money for the 'fit' and those who contribute more than they take from society.
-- Cal Thomas

#Elderly #Ease #Pressure

I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how so many women come from backgrounds where the pressure to be a good mother is so severe that if they can't do it, something really snaps.
-- Caleb Carr

#Mother #Pressure #Excuse

I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
-- Cameron Diaz

#Mean #Pressure #Facts

Prom is a movie that follows a bunch of high-schoolers lives leading up to the prom, the climax of the movie. It focuses all their struggles and the social pressures that prom creates on their lives.
-- Cameron Monaghan

#Struggle #Pressure #Social

The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.
-- Carl Bernstein

#May #Information #Pressure

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.
-- Carl Lewis

#People #Pressure

We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress and their allies in the oil industry. They recognize that the budget is an inappropriate place to decide controversial national policy matters like America's energy policy. We urge all members of Congress to remain steadfast in their belief that the vast, unspoiled wilderness of America?s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is more than a line item in the Federal Budget.
-- Carl Pope

#America #Oil #Pressure

I don't think there could ever be more pressure to succeed than the pressure I place on myself.
-- Carmelo Anthony

#Basketball #Thinking #Pressure

If someone puts too much pressure on me, I will automatically rebel.
-- Carnie Wilson

#Rebel #Too Much #Pressure

I used to always be the young one playing without pressure, but I am just happy to be where I am and enjoying my time.
-- Caroline Wozniacki

#Pressure #Used #Young

The only one I feel pressure from is myself to go and give my all for every match and, obviously, I'm a competitor.
-- Caroline Wozniacki

#Giving #Pressure #Feels

You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
-- Chadwick Boseman

#Different #Way #Pressure

There's always pressure and that pressure is earned.
-- Chael Sonnen

#Mma #Pressure

This is normal, to have pressure. It's how you respond. Take the pressure, use the pressure, have fun.
-- Chan Ho Park

#Fun #Use #Pressure

Unless we increase our economy's productivity-its vitality and competitiveness-we will face pressure for increasing controls.
-- Charles H. Percy

#Vitality #Politics #Pressure

We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.
-- Charles Kelley

#Albums #Want #Pressure

I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.
-- Charles Kuralt

#Thinking #Pressure #Reputation

Some staff doesn't work well under pressure. So I make sure that my staff is very comfortable. I've got a bad reputation for being quite callous when it comes to culling staff. They are selected personally by me. I socialize with all my staff and they know me well and I consider them friends and we travel overseas together.
-- Charles Teo

#Together #Pressure #Reputation

All we can do now is try to prevent secondary damage by relieving pressure on the brain caused by the initial injury. There is no reparative treatment for traumatic brain injury.
-- Charlie Cox

#Brain #Trying #Pressure

Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of looking good. If you don't establish yourself as McDreamy then you don't have to live up to it.
-- Charlie Day

#Knowing #Pressure #Mcdreamy

As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.
-- Charlie Day

#Actors #Pressure #Sometimes

As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.
-- Chaz Bono

#Confusing #Pressure #Fit

There is so much pressure to be thin, and you constantly compare yourself to others. But confidence is something that comes with age and experience - it has to be earned along the way.
-- Cherie Lunghi

#Age #Way #Pressure

I think it's just a lot more pressure to make the scenes work when you're doing a film, because when you're doing a series you feel like, I have so many scenes, so many episodes, so if I don't get it exactly right this time, I have another scene later. You feel less pressure.
-- Chloe Sevigny

#Thinking #Pressure #Film

There’s a lot of pressure playing something that existed for so many years before you were involved, and already has a fan base. I approached it by doing it as well as I can.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Years #Fans #Pressure

Singing is something that I'm always happy to do it and going in the studio I never felt any pressure. I just feel like I get to sing, you know. It's fun.
-- Chris Isaak

#Fun #Singing #Pressure

You feel the pressure of going to university because you need a back-up plan, which is why I enrolled.
-- Chris Lilley

#Needs #Pressure #Plans

There's no point bleating about the future of pandas, polar bears and tigers when we're not addressing the one single factor that's putting more pressure on the ecosystem than any other, namely the ever-increasing size of the world's population
-- Chris Packham

#Ecosystems #Pressure #Bears

There's a lot more pressure when you're a medal favorite. Now, nobody has any expectations for me. Nobody knows what I can do, so I'm riding with nothing to lose.
-- Chris Witty

#Expectations #Pressure #Riding

There is so much pressure on me to surfboard now
-- Chrissy Teigen

#Pressure

Imports remain a concern with the currency holding at $US0.75 cents and cost pressures persist, in particular for power and transport.
-- Christofer Drew

#Cost #Pressure #Currency

I try to be as efficient as possible because in my process, I think that actually helps the work. I like having the pressure of time and money and really trying to stick to the parameters we've been given.
-- Christopher Nolan

#Thinking #Trying #Pressure

Pressure is what you feel when you don't know what's going on.
-- Chuck Noll

#Teamwork #Pressure #Feels

Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.
-- Chuck Noll

#Basketball #Coaching #Pressure

Freed from the pressure of haste, the tyranny of film, and now the restraint of clothes, I found myself looking more closely at what went on around me.
-- Colin Fletcher

#Clothes #Pressure #Haste

I tend to play better in the studio, no pressures, just sheer volume and alcohol.
-- Colin Greenwood

#Play #Alcohol #Pressure