Top 100 Get In The Way Quotes
#1. I wasn't going to be the victim. I was going to be a survivor. And I would never let anyone get in the way of my happiness ever again.
M. Clarke
#2. Obama can't change his cool disposition, though it would be nice if he lost the vaguely grudging air he gives off that problems of management get in the way of ideas.
Tina Brown
#3. Any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster.
Terence Winter
#5. Don't let the things you can't do get in the way of the things you can.
John Wooden
#6. No one can stop death, Omari. It is normal and certain. And nothing should get in the way of a person's true destiny.
Stephen Whitfield
#7. You're like me - you play by the rules right up to the moment they get in the way of your enjoyment. Then you fuck the rules and take your pleasure, and you do it to the fullest.
Jake Malden
#8. The people who want to be recognized as the greatest traders are probably not the greatest traders. Egos get in the way of the process. In my opinion, you never want to be the largest player in the pit.
Blair Hull
#9. At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
Alan Hirsch
#10. Not even the tallest mountain of raccoon droppings could ever get in the way of my love for you.'
'That might be the most romantic thing you've ever said to me.'
'It's Shakespeare. One of the sonnets.
Gina Damico
#11. She felt whatever emotions she felt, but feeling was never a useful substitute for doing, and she never let the former get in the way of the latter. If anything, she used her emotions to motivate her and help her concentrate. The emphasis for her was always on doing what needed to be done.
Will Schwalbe
#13. I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability.
Susan Boyle
#14. I almost never let reality get in the way of a good story.
Elizabeth Bard
#15. Of course cher . A proper southern woman never allows a simple misunderstanding get in the way of hospitality.
Jaye Wells
#16. An angry man rarely stops to let facts get in the way of his fury.
Nikki Sex
#17. Cruising the Internet doesn't count as writing. Neither does answering e-mail. Before you check Twitter & FB and do other similar tasks that get in the way of writing, write first. (I really need to take my own advice here!)
Terry McMillan
#19. Rituals, ceremonies, prayers, and special outfits are inevitable, but they do not - they cannot - express the heart of what the Buddha taught. In fact, all too often, such things get in the way. They veil the simple wisdom of the Buddha's words, and distract us from it.
Steve Hagen
#20. Death is my world. Everything else, school and friends, they're just things that get in the way of my next ghost.
Kendare Blake
#21. When you're clumsy, even your pubic hairs get in the way." - Traditional Russian proverb
Unknown
#23. I'm interested in human vulnerability. We are alone, and my portraits reflect this quality. I don't want anything to get in the way of this feeling.
Thomas S. Buechner
#24. There's something about a roof isn't there? It makes you feel like it doesn't matter what's going on below. All of those things that get in the way of your dreams - you're above them. Anything is possible.
Cinda Williams Chima
#25. Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.
Timothy Ferriss
#26. A sense of style can be sort of fun, as long as it doesn't get in the way.
Edward N. Ney
#27. Humans have precious few instincts, but that's because we don't listen to them. We let logic and knowledge get in the way. My dad always said that when instincts are at war with something society has taught you, listen to your instincts first and ask questions later.
Elizabeth Norris
#28. It's hard to observe without imposing a theory to explain what we're seeing, but the trouble with theories, as Einstein said, is that they explain not only what is observed but what CAN BE observed. We start to build expectations based on our theories. And often those expectations get in the way.
Michael Crichton
#29. You were upset. I don't want you feeling forced into anything, he pressed on, horrified at his own words. Mental. Since when did he let chivalry get in the way of a blowjob? Talk about boycotting oneself, jeez.
Elle Aycart
#30. Seventeen's not a good age. That's when you realize that you have a heart. That's when feelings get in the way of thinking.
Mahbod Seraji
#31. The people who guard the rainbow don't like those who get in the way of the sun.
Terry Pratchett
#32. I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.
Bobby McFerrin
#33. Sometimes our emotions get in the way of our ability to make clear decisions and this was one of them. But I don't think you should regret it. Everything happens for a reason.
Loni Flowers
#34. Mere fact has no chance of being formally perfect. It will get in the way, it will be all elbows.
Martin Amis
#35. Sometimes you got to just feel, especially when it comes to music. Notes, scales, they just get in the way.
Jennifer Niven
#36. Don't let your ego get in the way of your success.
Tony Horton
#37. Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off).
J.R.R. Tolkien
#38. Sensationalism sells: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Tiger Woods
#39. She glanced at their fused bodies and told him, "The nuns would say we're not leaving enough room for the Holy Spirit."
It took a second for Doran to find his breath because she'd stolen it. "That's all right. The Holy Spirit doesn't belong here. He would just get in the way.
Melissa Landers
#40. Except in expert hands, stats can get in the way of story; an array of data that might better be presented in a table instead clogs up sentences.
John Thorn
#41. A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory.
China Mieville
#42. Countries don't create economies. It is entrepreneurs and companies that create and revitalize economies. The role of the governments should be to create a nourishing environment for entrepreneurs and companies to flourish, not to get in the way of economic development.
John Naisbitt
#43. There's a Buddhist story about the guy who wants to be enlightened, and then he gets a cow and a wife and a child, and all these things get in the way of his enlightenment. So, yeah, I have no chance of being enlightened.
Larkin Grimm
#45. Liking can get in the way of lusting a lot of the times. Some of my best orgasms have come from men I wanted to beat into unconsciousness. You know, after they were done fucking me." "It
Tiffany Reisz
#46. Simon's initial annoyance with having so many people and animals swarming around gave way to the realization that sometimes people didn't get in the way, but helped make a necessary and tedious job go smoother.
Nora Roberts
#47. You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.
Benmont Tench
#48. Here's the bottom line: If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way - especially shame, fear, and vulnerability.
Brene Brown
#49. Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
Bruce Beresford
#50. I hope we can keep doing it this way - making music and art that are pure products of our influences while not really having to let the whole celebrity side of it get in the way. Then maybe more virtual bands will come out and do the same thing.
Damon Albarn
#51. Well, well. The new head of the People's Atlanta office had come to see me personally. I'd curtsy but I was too tired to get off my donkey and the sword on my back would get in the way.
Ilona Andrews
#52. To her Cheshire smile, I'll stand on file, she's all I ever wanted. But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts.
Bruce Springsteen
#53. Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
Sharon Salzberg
#54. Outstanding beauty, like outstanding gifts of any kind, tends to get in the way of normal emotional development, and thus of that particular success in life which we call happiness.
Milton Sapirstein
#55. What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way.
Martina Navratilova
#56. My parents played by parents, in the second season [of Suits]. We had a Skype scene and they were my real parents. My parents are cartoons. When they come up and visit, they're hilarious. My mother somehow finds a way to get in the way of everything.
Rick Hoffman
#57. Lettering should be invisible. You shouldn't notice it, unless it is a determined piece of storytelling in graphic design. Whether handmade or digital, the lettering should be easy on the eye and well placed. It should help tell the story and do nothing to get in the way of it.
Brian Michael Bendis
#58. I believe that all literatures can have political uses and misuses. Sometimes politics can enhance, sometimes it can get in the way of imaginative literature ... I'm not sure one can be a creative writer and a politician
not a "good" politician.
Gayl Jones
#59. It's not a defeat nor an obstacle that is going to get in the way of our dream, my dream continues, the journey continues
Lyoto Machida
#60. When it comes to bending the truth to assist a story's plot versus staying completely true to the facts, we can assure you any dramatist will always select the former. Mark Twain's old saying "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story" still reigns in Hollywood.
James Morcan
#61. I think people discredit teenagers and how wise they can be. Sometimes I meet teenagers who are much wiser than many adults I've met, because they haven't let any insecurities or doubts about themselves get in the way of their thoughts.
Amandla Stenberg
#62. Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way.
Hugh Howey
#63. I think men can really get in the way when you are trying to sort your life out and get on with it. Because they just take up so much space. I'm not under any illusions that I could have been where I am now in literary terms if I had been heterosexual. I really believe I would not be.
Jeanette Winterson
#64. You can always care [about what others think]. You probably always will care. But don't let it dictate your choices and what you want and what you want to accomplish and who you want to be. Don't let anyone get in the way of that. That's being yourself.
Jenna Marbles
#65. America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.
Jackie Walorski
#66. Writers never really like each other anyway. Our insecurities get in the way.
Bill Willingham
#68. When you are in neutral, you are completely open to whatever information needs to come through at that time for the highest good. We simply can't be neutral if our emotions get in the way.
Catherine Carrigan
#69. There's nothing wrong with athletics, but they shouldn't get in the way of your schoolwork.
Lemony Snicket
#70. The sharper your knife, the less you cry ... for me, it also means cutting those things that get in the way of your passion and living your life the way it is meant to be lived.
Kathleen Flinn
#71. One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
Sam Levenson
#72. A halo? Won't that get in the way of your horns?" She extended her index fingers on either side of her head.
"I'll just wear my halo at a cocky angle over one horn. It'll be sexier that way. You won't know what hit you.
Olivia Cunning
#73. One of the ways we love Him well is to hold His gifts with open hands, willing to give them up if they get in the way of loving Him.
Barb Raveling
#74. Many people with jobs have a fantasy about all the amazing things they would do if they didn't need to work. In reality, if they had the drive and commitment to do actually do those things, they wouldn't let a job get in the way.
Paul Buchheit
#75. Don't ever let the other stuff get in the way of your inherent skills as a kick-butt storyteller. Move the reader, make them happy and sad and excited and scared. Make them stare into space after they've put the book down, thinking about the tale that's become a part of them.
James Dashner
#76. Jesus never allowed His theology to get in the way of His ministry.
Andy Stanley
#77. I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus.
Giovanni Ribisi
#78. When we take on responsibility for others, or make them wrong so we can feel right, we get in the way of spirit.
Heidi DuPree
#79. Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation.
Ted Koppel
#80. It's okay to feel bad about how things went down, but it's not okay to drown in guilt and regret every day for having made decisions other people don't agree with. At some point, we all have to man up and decide to do what we have to do, despite the people around us who try to get in the way.
M-E Girard
#81. We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry.
The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software, that's something we brought to computing.
And so it's a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don't get in the way of that dream.
Bill Gates
#82. Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way if justice.
Paolo Bacigalupi
#83. I never make studies from nature. They would get in the way. I make use of my mind.
Bridget Riley
#84. In Europe, nothing is certain except death and welfare, and why let the former get in the way of the latter?
Mark Steyn
#85. Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.
Ricky Williams
#86. You really should discard your inhibitions,' he said. 'They could get in the way of yielding to temptation.
Lisa Kleypas
#87. I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
Tamra Davis
#88. What are emotions exactly?' Lutta asked. 'Silly feelings that get in the way of actions.
Kathryn Lasky
#89. I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don't see my job as being a beautiful person.
Zooey Deschanel
#90. He could sit in the dust and dark of the carriage house and rot for the rest of his life. Clearly that's what he wished to do. It was not my place to get in the way of so profound a destiny.
Kristin Bailey
#91. A lot of equipment can get in the way of the connection with food, with touching and feeling.
Alice Waters
#92. If you let the image of the messenger get in the way of whatever message there may be, however large or small, that's your problem, not his.
Harlan Ellison
#93. Her mouth was open, as if she wanted to say something, and I wanted to kiss her to show her that sometimes you don't need words. Sometimes they only get in the way, and you end up talking yourself out of things you need. People you want.
Rachel Vincent
#94. One of the things I dread about becoming an adult is that sooner or later you begin letting sentimentality get in the way of simple logic. False feelings are allowed to clog the works like raw honey poured into the tiny wheels of a fine timepiece.
Alan Bradley
#95. Do not let the truth get in the way of a good story.
Dan Rather
#96. Paying attention to the present moment without letting your thoughts and ideas about the past and the future get in the way is essential.
Ed Catmull
#97. Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
#98. Never let a person's weakness get in the way of their strength.
Mike Krzyzewski
#99. Many Christians never let the Bible get in the way of their believing, but depend on their logic, tradition, or experience to formulate beliefs.
Paul Silway
#100. When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you let things like the location of a band get in the way or have an effect on your overview, you're cheating yourself out of a really good time.
Steve Vai
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