Quotes About Choking Under Pressure

#1. I was stuck as a Boomer type in a lot of people's minds.

David Morse

#2. A calamity, a catastrophe- it changes everything, doesn't it? It makes you aware that you cannot be indifferent toward your life. You cannot simply give away your life.

Anita Shreve

#3. The Universe is a mirror of consciousness ...

Deepak Chopra

#4. I don't think we choked this time. We never played well enough to choke.

Craig Matthews

#5. Your stylist turned out to be prophetic in his wardrobe choice. Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem.

Suzanne Collins

#6. Some days there were more police in schools than students. Rumors spread that armed black marauders would ride through their neighborhoods shooting whites at random; that blacks were carrying knives and razors to school to turn girls' rooms into rape rooms. So whites started carrying them first.

Rick Perlstein

#7. You have a lot to learn before becoming a champion. Once you are champion, you must accept the consequences.

Sergio Martinez

#8. Actually, I don't really like being confused with my image.

Eva Herzigova

#9. Even the suggestion of swimming be stirring. Watch a swimmer pass a building with a pool: the whiff of chlorine produces a wistful smile. Sit with swimmers when a TV commercial shows someone in the water: they actually stop and watch.

Lynn Sherr

#10. Even English-teacher bookworms need friends and bars.

Jenny Hubbard

#11. Honor is a simple word; it means to give special respect and to pay tribute. It means to respond to teachings that have been patiently and thoughtfully given. Each of our families would be more happy if we as children would honor our fathers and our mothers.

Hugh W. Pinnock

#12. Truth is like poetry.
And most people fucking hate poetry.

Adam McKay

#13. Art is by nature promotional, pushing beliefs, broadcasting status, aggrandizing personalities.

Holland Cotter

#14. Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?"
Tris: "Because I like them. Because I have better things to do with my magic than fixing my vision when ordinary glass will do.

Tamora Pierce