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Tense Quotes (page 4)

...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a clenched fist and a tense jaw, the epitome of hatred and struggle, because you are not a symbol (some inanimate example) but a genuine member of the society to be destroyed; the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and motivates your actions. You are as useful as I am, but you are not aware of how useful your contribution is to the society that sacrifices you. Che Guevara
Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess and out of it comes some joy. It must be magic. Anne Lamott
I tensed for the spring, my eyes squinting as I cringed away, and the sound of Edward's furious roar echoed distantly in the back of my head. His name burst through all the walls I'd built to contain it. Edward, Edward, Edward. I was going to die. It shouldn't matter if I thought of him now. Edward, I love you. Stephenie Meyer
Whatever language we speak, before we begin a sentence we have an almost infinite choice of words to use. A, The, They, Whereas, Having, Then, To, Bison, Ignorant, Since, Winnemucca, In, It, As . . . Any word of the immense vocabulary of English may begin an English sentence. As we speak or write the sentence, each word influences the choice of the next its syntactical function as noun, verb, adjective, etc., its person and number if a pronoun, its tense and number as a verb, etc. ,etc. ... Ursula K. Le Guin
I wanted all things to seem to make some sense, So we could all be happy, yes, instead of tense. And I made up lies, sothey all fit nice, and I made this sad worlda paradise Kurt Vonnegut
It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store. Andy Goldsworthy
Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit, I just wanted to be like those people on the radio. It was all of a case of the present tense with no projecting into the future, particularly. Art Garfunkel
I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it's the one thing, as I look into people's eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody. William Friedkin
I found it a little bit stressful, because I wasn't used to working with Doctor Who. I got the impression I'd walked into the end of seven years and it was all a bit tense. Sarah Sutton
Mary Douglas quote: "Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a..."
Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off. Mary Douglas
Catherine Deneuve quote: "I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never..."
I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored. Catherine Deneuve
Gloria Stuart quote: "In the '60s, '70s and '80s, everybody was pretty tense on the..."
In the '60s, '70s and '80s, everybody was pretty tense on the set. Gloria Stuart
Erich von Stroheim quote: "If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man..."
If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead. Erich von Stroheim
A great free joy surges through me when I work... with tense slashes and a few thrusts the beautiful white fields receive their color and the work is finished in a few minutes. Clyfford Still
Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing. Hope Davis

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