Top 1200 Tipping Point Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

It was the lowest point of my life. I just kept thinking, 'What have I done to deserve this?' I didn't see the point in living.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.

I know they're not getting divorced or anything, but when your parents argue it makes the whole universe seem like it's tipping, like everything could change if they got mad enough at each other, like the world isn't a safe place. And of course, that's true, isn't it? The world is not a safe place.

An artist, in my experience, is a man or woman of unusual talent and peculiar, highly individual sensibility, with an independent and probably contrary mind, driven by mysterious passions for which another word is neurosis. In getting from point A to point B, the neurotic goes via point Q. It's in that roundabout that people are either completely crippled and hopeless in life, or highly creative.

As long as our user base continues to grow, at some point it will have critical mass, and at some point it will tip, and at some point, people will just have to use WhatsApp because their friends are using WhatsApp.

I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter. I tried to make up for being short by affecting a strut, by adopting the voice of a much bigger man, by spending more money than I made, by tipping double or triple at bars and restaurants, by dating tall, beautiful women.

Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point MY POINT EXACTLY.

The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today

I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.

I assume that the point of American democracy is you can express any point of view you want.

I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me.

I would like to shoot a better 3-point percentage, especially because the game is becoming more 3-point oriented.

The one point gamers all hate is the point where they have to put the controller down.

If you want to take down your opponent, you do it tactically, point by point.

I suppose the point you grow up is the point you let the dreams go.

There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.

The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point.

At no point, at a very important point: that of having convinced the Indians that they can do things.

Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.

Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societies' histories] towards success or failure: long-term planning and willingness to reconsider core values. On reflection we can also recognize the crucial role of these same two choices for the outcomes of our individual lives.

I have never seen someone point after point that just gives it everything.

I have expressed some ideas that point to the center; I have saluted the dawn in my way, from my point of view. He who knows the way should do the same, in his way, and from his point of view.

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

Have you ever noticed that the waiter who takes your order is not the one who brings your food anymore? What is THAT about? And which waiter are you tipping, anyway? I think next time I go to a restaurant I'll just say, "Oh, sorry, I only eat the food. The guy who pays the bill will be along shortly."

Be mindful of everything going on around you and always be on point but don't be so on point that you lose that ability to be what it was that got you out there.

In mindfulness, breath can not play as not only reference point but point of view.

I didn't think we'd get to this point that we're at now, but I was ready to lead If we got to this point.

In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film.

If you have a cofounder, one of the benefits is you'll get from point A to point B two times faster.

There's no greater feeling than moving a man from Point A to Point B, against his will.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

You know what? At this point in my career, at this point in my life... I'm 34 years old; I don't have time to be hiding.

I think the important point is the turning point in combining offense and defense in a reasonable way.

You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.

The Greek word for sinning means to ‘miss the point;’ The point is eternal life which is here and now.

Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.

The songs sort of come out spontaneously and it'll take me awhile to figure out what exactly is happening lyrically, what kind of story I'm telling. Then I start building little bridges - word bridges - to make everything go from one point to the next point to the next point until it reaches the end.

I don't see any point in nihilism... just as I suppose the nihilist sees no point in everything else.

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.

...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its first movements, from this center. It can no longer be tested by any force or trial, nor moved by the winds of change, and at this point the self has obviously outworn its function; it is no longer needed or useful, and life can go on without it.

People think one-point and two-point perspective is how the world actually looks, but of course, it isn't. It's a convention.

As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.

The point is that any law that makes criminals out of 15 million Americans is probably not such a good idea. The point was that drug abuse isn't a criminal issue, it's a healthcare issue. And the money and manpower we spend prosecuting a surfer in San Diego might better be used fighting things that genuinely threaten our national health and safety. That was the point.

If I were to point to the person who's having the greatest impact... I'd point to Elon Musk.

The point isn’t to live without any regrets. The point is to not hate ourselves for having them.

From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive.

The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure.

When we hit a nail with a hammer, the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes into the point without any of it being lost, although it is only a point. If the hammer and the head of the nail were infinitely big it would be just the same. The point of the nail would transmit this infinite shock at the point to which it was applied. Extreme affliction, which means physical pain, distress of soul and social degradation, all at the same time, constitutes the nail. The point is applied at the very center of the soul, whose head is all necessity, spreading throughout space and time.

Consider this point. It is a main point of true wisdom. Whenever there is an execution of purpose, there must be an agent.

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.

It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

In our travels, we have come across many equations--math for understanding the universe, for making music, for mapping stars, and also for tipping, which is important. Here is our favorite equation: Us plus Them equals All of Us. It is very simple math. Try it sometime. You probably won’t even need a pencil.

The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.

The center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth.

The point isn't to live without any regrets. The point is to not hate ourselves for having them.

Before I point a finger at anyone, I have to point it at myself first.