Top 1168 Tension Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on December 4, 2024.
I believe our emotional tension can manifest itself physically.
Diplomacy is essential if we are to find peaceful resolutions in times of tension.
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
Disharmony that comes from circumstances that are valid has tension, poignancy, quality, and beauty.
When time, money, and results are on the line, it's easy for tension to build.
In California, there is a strong tension between north and south.
The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
In a democracy there will always be a tension between security and privacy.
One lives one's life under constant tension, until it's time to go for good
There's a fundamental tension that is hard to overcome, that what's wholesome is not convenient and vice versa.
Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.
For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.
Conservatism as an "ism" is always going to be somewhat in tension with a political party.
To follow Jesus doesn't remove us from the stuff of life. It is not resolution. It is tension and journey.
You translate everything-whether physical, mental, or spiritual into muscular tension.
Whatever tension is on set can end up on your face.
In my early England days, there was a bit of tension with captain Nasser Hussain.
The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
Tension without cosmic pulsation to animate it is the transition to nothingness
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.
The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun.
In life, we like tranquility; in books, we love tension.
Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
I'm a big fan of suspense and tension filmmaking, and that was my goal with 'The Conjuring.'
There is tension between the values of modern society and the principles of Islam.
The great tension in media has always been that freedom and quality are conflicting goals.
If you have high expectations you're going to get resentments and all kinds of tension.
I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home.
The urge to gain release from tension by action is a precipitating cause of war.
Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.
The photographer hopes, in brief, to discover a tension so exact that it is peace.
Holding together a kind of tension. When you see a painting that's really good that's what it's doing.
The creative tension with spirituality vs. practicality in the world of politics is a vital conversation.
All art is the tension, expressed between the uncontainable and its one perfect inevitable form.
I have problems with the trigeminal nerves, which may be triggered by stress and tension.
There was enough tension in the room to send a fleet of the nervous running for their tranquilizers.
Creativity reduces instinctual tension, it fuses pleasure with reality, and satisfies the libido.
It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.
There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh.
The one arm one leg pushup is an exercise in total body tension
Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it.
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.
Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.
Music can be so manipulating - especially in terms of horror. It's such an important part of building the tension.
It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight.
Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.
I'm not flailing now, as my muscles are rigid with the tension of holding myself together.
Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change.
There's a tension in Washington that was undeniable. I could write my name in the air there.
People don't realise how much tension they hold in their forearms.
When I am designing, my aim is to create tension and then gradually proceed into quiet.
A warrior of the light...never confuses tension with anxiety.
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
The tension between the Capulets and the Montagues is like a gang rivalry, and that has everything to do with Compton.
The tension between Jews and Arabs tears us apart.
So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.
