Tension And Release Quotes

#1. Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.

Quincy Jones

#2. The books [and games] that give us the most pleasure combine uncertainty and satisfaction, tension and release.

Peter Turchi

#3. The only effect that I ever noticed from smoking marijuana was a sort of mild sedative, a release of tension when I was overworking. It never made me boisterous of quarrelsome. If anything, it calmed me and reduced my activity.

Robert Mitchum

#4. Laughter is a release of tension. When influencing, make the other person laugh; you'll gain rapport instantly.

Marshall Sylver

#5. It really helps if you've got something like cycling, walking, running or swimming that can let your body release all that tension and keep your muscles fit.

Paul Rankin

#6. Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.

Jimmy Carter

#7. Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.

Ai Weiwei

#8. Music is like a huge release of tension.

James Taylor

#9. Pressure on nerves causes irriatation and tension with deranged functions as a result. Why not release the pressure? Why not adjust the cause instead of treating the effects? Why not?

Daniel D. Palmer

#10. This sound meditation is gentle and subtle, but its benefits are extensive, in that it allows you to gently release tension that arises from your present circumstances, and if you choose to work with it further it can help release negativity from your past.

Tom Kenyon

#11. There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh.

George Meyer

#12. Exercise stimulates your circulation, massages your internal organs, stretches and strengthens your muscles, and energizes you. Exercise is also a great way to discharge tension, work through emotional blocks, release anger, and gain self-esteem.

Ellen Bass

#13. The significant question is whether the activity pursued permits the release of tension without resolving the underlying conflict. If so, the conflict still remains, and hence the activity must be engaged in repeatedly. We then may have the beginning of compulsion neurosis.

Rollo May

#14. The greatest contributor to the feeling of tension and fear of war arose from the power of the bombing aeroplane. If all nations would consent to abolish air bombardment ... that would mean the greatest possible release from fear.

Ernest Rutherford

#15. Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.

Georg Simmel

#16. We both just stood there. I let the breeze brush against my skin, the sun release the tension in my muscles. It was as close as I had felt to God in a long time. "It's like we're praying," Celeste whispered. "Only we're not saying anything.

Nancy Rue

#17. I count on chiropractic sessions to keep my body aligned. Standing for hours can impact my posture, and that can throw the rest of my body out of whack. Acupuncture helps me relax and release stress. I'm also very into massage to help release tension in my back, neck, and shoulders.

Giada De Laurentiis

#18. We are creatures whose behavior cannot be simply explained as a striving for survival and happiness, for release of tension and contentment.

Adolf Guggenbhuhl-Craig

#19. A good joke provides tension, and then, release of that tension. You build the tension by saying things that are controversial. The release is the laugh. The bigger the surprise or insight in your joke, the bigger the laugh.

Greg Giraldo

#20. We know the speaker has received adequate empathy when a. we sense a release of tension, or b. the flow of words comes to a halt.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#21. I don't like to watch a movie where it's just kind of like all one note, dee-dee-dee-dee. I want spikes of adrenaline and highs and lows and exciting tension release.

Catherine Hardwicke

#22. Tension is all about, 'Why is this taking so long?' The interesting thing about that is that it's also the tension of comedy. The tension of drama and comedy is similar, and that's why usually you can get a big laugh in a really tense moment because people need that release.

Noah Hawley

#23. If pornography releases sexual tension, why don't we send recipe books to the starving?

Andrea Dworkin

#24. In order to reprogram the subconscious mind, you need to relax the body. Release the tension. Let the emotions go. Get to a state of openness and receptivity. You are always in change. You are always safe.

Louise Hay

#25. Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.

Henry Moore

#26. Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.

Lorrie Moore

#27. When we are aware about our body's sensations, we can release physical pain, tensions or stress through slow movements.

Amit Ray

#28. I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.

Twyla Tharp

#29. Look out from within and observe the words, actions, reactions, and feelings that evolve from you. Release the identity with what you have observed if it creates tension and stress. Surely you will dissolve into effortless being that way.

Franklin Gillette

#30. The desire for perfect release and the real-world impossibility of perfect, whenever-you-want-it release had together produced a tension they could no longer stand.

David Foster Wallace

#31. Life is a constant build up and release of tension. If we go too far in either direction bad things happen.

Chris Matakas

#32. Tension demands release. Unusual tension demands release that can only be described as appalling.

Garth Ennis