“It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.” KindImportantSelfDoneBitsGoes OnPressureAlbumsBest ThingsTime Goes On Author:Al Yankovic
“I think it's real important to enjoy what you do, have fun with it and not to put the pressure on yourself of everyone watching.” ThinkingImportantRealFunEnjoyPressureHaving FunMma Author:T.J. Dillashaw
“It's so easy to get into the same routine. A novel every two years; perhaps, improving technique. But I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in doing something fundamentally important--and therefore, it needs time. And what I've been doing, really, is avoiding this pressure to get into the habit of one novel a year. This is what is expected of novelists. And I have never been really too much concerned with doing what is expected of novelists, or writers, or artists. I want to do what I believe is important.” WantNeedsWritingYearsBelieveTwoImportantArtistI BelieveEasyNovelToo MuchHabitConcernedPressureExpectedTechniqueNovelistsTwo YearsRoutineNot InterestedImprovingAvoidingEasy To GetTime Of Need Author:Chinua Achebe
“You are different from the really great man in only one thing: The great man, at one time, also was a very little man, but he developed one important ability: he learned to see where he was small in his thinking, and actions. Under the pressure of some task which was dear to him he learned better and better to sense the threat that comes from his smallness and pettiness. The great man, then, knows when and in what he is a little man.” ThinkingKnowsMenLittlesImportantDifferentActionAbilityOne ThingTasksPressureThreatDearGreat MenOne TimeReally GreatLittle ManSmallnessPettiness Author:Wilhelm Reich
“When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, " When I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars. I want to have groupies." But my idea of success is different today. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure, to try to be something that you're not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.” WorldWayWantGivingTryingPersonsImportantIdeasDifferentMotivationalTodaySuccessLife IsPurposeStarsGrowsGrowing UpNiceHonestCarIntegrityPressureImportant ThingsCompassionatePeersLive Your LifeGiving BackPeer PressureGroupieNice CarsImportant Things In Your Life Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of democracy. It is important to hear the views of all persons,including the "silent majority", and to give heed to the weaker voices.” GivingPersonsImportantSelfSometimesPoliticalSocialVoiceResultsViewsDemocracySeriousPressureMajoritySilentIncludingObstaclesCensorshipPolitical CorrectnessHeedCorrectnessIntimidationSocial PressureSelf CensorshipSilent Majority Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Reducing dietary salt is not only important for those who already have elevated blood pressure - limiting added salt is essential for all of us to remain in good health.” ImportantBloodEssentialsPressureSaltReducingGood HealthBlood Pressure Author:Joel Fuhrman
“To have the external pressure of a job removed is very astonishing. Your own will is now your only motor and it has no horse-power. Sometimes I think that perhaps the most competent business men, and lawyers and doctors, who must be at the office at nine o'clock every morning, do not realize this and take more credit for initiative and industry than they deserve. And it is why all the bright women of the world, who if more were expected of them, might do important work, but who instead have a chronic feeling of ineffectiveness and sloth.” IfsThinkingMenWorldImportantSometimesFeelingsMightJobsRealizingWorkMorningIndustryOfficeDeserveDoctorsHorsePressureCreditExpectedLawyerNineEmploymentClockInitiativeEvery MorningIdlenessMotorAstonishingDoctor WhoCompetentSlothBusiness ManImportant WorkIneffectiveness Author:Brenda Ueland
“It will be very important for us to continue to keep up the necessary pressure, the necessary vigilance, for there to be peace in Ukraine, our trust in the goodwill of President (Vladimir) Putin is limited. It is why we have to maintain our decision about sanctions.” ImportantPeacePresidentDecisionPressurePutinUkraineSanctionsGoodwillVigilance Author:Francois Hollande
“Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow. It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried out prudently, in dialogue with experts and people of wisdom, uninhibited by ideological pressure to draw hasty conclusions, and above all with the aim of reaching agreement on a model of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances.” PeopleWellsImportantTodayHumanityDevelopmentBalanceTomorrowCapableModelsDrawsConcernedPressureRegardAimEnvironmentalDialogueConclusionWell BeingExpertsReachingAgreementSustainabilityIdeologicalEcologicalAssessmentSustainable DevelopmentHastyEcological Balance Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“There's a huge amount of pressure on every astronaut, because when you get right down to it, the experiments that are conducted on a space flight, or the satellites that are carried up, the work that's to be done, is important and expensive work, and you are up there for a week or two on a Space Shuttle flight. The country has invested a lot of money in you and your training, and the Space Shuttle and everything that's in it, and you have to do things correctly. You can't make a mistake during that week or two that you're in space.” TwoImportantCountryDoneSpaceMistakeWeekHugeAmountTrainingPressureExperimentsFlightExpensiveLots Of MoneyAstronautSatellitesSpace ShuttleSpace Flight Author:Sally Ride
“After having been lost in the world, suddenly, through the pressure of suffering, the realization comes that the answers may not be found out there in worldly attainment and in the future. That's an important point for many people to reach. That sense of deep crisis-when the world as they have known it, and the sense of self that they have known that is identified with the world, become meaningless.” PeopleWorldMayImportantSelfSufferingFoundLostAnswersKnownPressureCrisisRealizationMeaninglessWorldlyAttainmentSense Of Self Author:Eckhart Tolle
“People who reach certain levels of frailty, more important than getting their mammogram, more important than getting their blood pressure tweaked, they're at high risk of falling. If they fall and break their hip, they not only die sooner, they die miserably.” PeopleIfsImportantCertainDiesFallLevelsBreakRiskBloodPressureHipsFrailtyBlood PressureHigh RiskMammograms Author:Atul Gawande
“I'm very lucky to be at this level and it is very hard to catch up. It is all about holding on and it is very important to learn from the other drivers. I tend to put a lot of pressure on myself, wanting to be very good very quickly, which forces me to up my game.” ImportantHardGamesForceLevelsLuckyPressureVery GoodDriversHolding On Author:Liz Halliday
“When I heard that heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined - when I heard that, I knew. The other thing that's very important is that heart disease...is preventable. There are some specific lifestyle changes that women can make: losing weight, not smoking, exercising, eating healthy foods. Knowing the risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, [being] overweight. And if you have heart disease in your family, you should see your doctor. Because this disease is preventable.” IfsShouldHeartImportantKnowingRiskHeardBloodExerciseHealthyDiseaseEatingLosingDoctorsWeightPressureCancerLifestyleFactorsOur FamilySmokingDiabetesOverweightHeart DiseaseHealthy FoodBlood PressureCholesterolEating HealthyLifestyle ChangeHigh Blood PressureEating Healthy FoodHigh Cholesterol Author:Laura Bush
“I think that it's important to try to keep reality. I think that Gabriel Garcia Marquez speaks a lot about reality in his magical realism. So I don't think we have to be hyper-realistic. But we have to understand the pressures that undergird the lives of the characters within that novel.” ThinkingTryingImportantCharacterRealitySpeakNovelPressureRealisticRealismMagical RealismHyperGabrielMarquezGarcia Marquez Author:Walter Mosley
“I don't think people ought to believe only one news medium. They ought to read and they ought to go to opinion journals and all the rest of it. I think it's terribly important that this be taught in the public schools, because otherwise, we're gonna get to a situation because of economic pressures and other things where television's all you've got left. And that would be disastrous. We can't cover the news in a half-hour event evening. That's ridiculous.” PeopleThinkingBelieveImportantWould BeSchoolLeftHoursHalfSituationOpinionEconomicEventsTelevisionTaughtOughtNewsPressureRidiculousMediumsEveningJournalPublic SchoolHalf Hours Author:Walter Cronkite
“Sometimes the most important word is no. It takes the pressure off.” ImportantSometimesPressureImportant Words Author:Joan Tewkesbury
“In Formula 1, the neck is really important. There's a lot of force that's going to your head. We also have a helmet and it's not that light. When it's all about g-force, all of that extra weight in the helmet compounds and puts more and more pressure. To be able to maintain your head in a straight position - especially around the corners and while braking - you need to have strong neck. To train that, it's difficult.” NeedsImportantLightAbleStrongForceDifficultPositionWeightPressureTrainCornersExtrasNecksFormulasCompoundsHelmetFormula 1G Force Author:Valtteri Bottas
“One of the things about my sport that's important is consistency - being able to do your routines consistently and training consistently. If you change it up or try to make everything more intense because the Olympics is coming up, you tend to put too much pressure on your mind and your body.” IfsTryingMindImportantBodyAbleSportsToo MuchTrainingPressureYour BodyIntenseConsistentlyOlympicsConsistency Author:Jonathan Horton
“The vast majority of golfers don't go on to play golf as a profession, but they do go onto other professions where there will heat on them from time to time. Some people choke under pressure. If you have that as part of your character - that you don't perform well under pressure - it's really important for you to know that. The game teaches you about that.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsImportantPlayCharacterGamesTeachGoes OnPressureMajorityGolfProfessionHeatGolfersChokeUnder Pressure Author:Stewart Cink
“Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you.” IfsThinkingWayMindKindImportantPrayerPrayingExercisePressureMotiveMetaphysical Author:Mike Huckabee
“If you don't live by priorities, you'll live by pressures. Either you determine what's important in life or other people will determine it for you.” PeopleIfsImportantPressureDeterminePrioritiesLive ByWhat's Important Author:Rick Warren
“I have been fully involved in designing my stage shows; it's important to me to do something really unique and almost off-the-wall to bring the music and the visuals together. I love design and actually went to school for a bit for graphic design, so it isn't so much 'pressure' for me; it's a way to be creative, and I really enjoy it.” WayHas BeensImportantShowsSchoolTogetherBitsEnjoyCreativeStageDesignWallInvolvedUniquePressureVisualsBe CreativeGraphicGraphic DesignOff The Wall Author:Afrojack
“We once went 13 games without winning. There's always pressure here. Winning is always important here. How do you handle yourself and compose yourself is important. (on Manchester United)” ImportantGamesWinningUnitedPressureHandleScotlandManchesterManchester United Author:Alex Ferguson
“I did gardening and cooking and drawing and reading to try take the pressure off the music - just being eclectic and putting the fun back in and bringing more innocence in again is really important.” TryingImportantReadingFunPressureCookingDrawingInnocenceGardeningJust BeingEclectic Author:Bat for Lashes
“Right now the topic of female empowerment is at the forefront of conversation and it's important we take advantage of the trend while there is added pressure to adjust long-standing beliefs, prejudices, and cultural discrimination.” LongImportantBeliefRight NowConversationAdvantageFemaleEmpowermentStandingPrejudicePressureDiscriminationTrendsTopicsFemale Empowerment Author:Gillian Anderson
“Of course it's very, very important for me to feel Kenya, to feel, every day, this is where images come from. So to be taken away from that by political pressure or other means - one is taken away from the area, which is the basis of inspiration - is difficult.” FeelsMeanImportantInspirationPoliticalCoursesDifficultTakenAreasBasesPressureKenya Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“The feminist movement has been important to me because it's made me feel less odd and also because it has made me understand some of the pressures on women which I was lucky enough to have escaped, perhaps because of my eccentricity or the oddness of my upbringing.” FeelsHas BeensMadeImportantEnoughMovementLuckyPressureFeministOddUpbringingEccentricityFeminist MovementOddness Author:Susan Sontag
“Getting the first win is very important. I think that takes a lot of pressure off going forward.” ThinkingFirstsImportantWinningPressure Author:Steve Williams
“I find that if I hold your hand, it transfers an energy first. I have a sense of how you feel. That's important to me trying to become another person. I have a lot pressure to bring a character to life in any kind of real sense.” IfsFeelsTryingFirstsKindPersonsImportantRealCharacterHandsEnergyPressureTransfersHow You Feel Author:Morgan Freeman
“I don't need to put extra pressure on myself right now. The important thing is for me to stay healthy, in practice, and just keep on the hours. You just never know when it's going to happen for you.” KnowsNeedsImportantHappensHoursPracticeHealthyRight NowPressureImportant ThingsExtras Author:Grigor Dimitrov
“There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It's important for people not to make celebrities their source of who they should be in life. I can't take on the pressure of being perfect. Nobody is.” PeopleWayShouldI CanImportantBigsBlackPerfectSourcePressureBlack WomenAll Black Author:Queen Latifah
“Some people are naturally thin, and some are heavier. There is a lot of focus on it, and it can be a lot of pressure for people. But honestly, I think as long as someone is healthy, that is most important.” PeopleThinkingLongImportantFocusHealthyPressureHonestly Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct ,but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveImportantTodayStrongRealizingBirthSeasonsPressureWhat You WantSaviorPolitically CorrectChristmas Season Author:Joel Osteen
“[about being a father] I don't really remember what it was like before. Whatever I had going on, it was bullshit. It wasn't important. It's kind of a nice thing about being a dad. My identity is really about them now, and what I can do for them, so it sort of takes the pressure off of your own life. What am I going to do, who am I? Who cares, you've got to get your kids to school. So I like it that way.” WayKindI CanImportantCareKidsSchoolRememberCan DoNiceIdentityDadPressureBullshitWho CaresNice ThingsBeing A DadGood Questions Author:Louis C. K.
“The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you're not.” GivingTryingImportantLife IsIntegrityPressureImportant ThingsPretendingPeersGraduationLive Your LifePeer PressureGroupieNice CarsImportant Things In Your Life Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“It is a commonplace of American life that immigrants have made our country great and continue to make a very important contribution to the fabric of American life. But...under the pressures we face today, we can't afford to lose control of our borders, or to take on new financial burdens, at a time when we are not adequately providing for the jobs, the health care, and the education of our own people. Therefore, immigration must be a priority for this administration.” PeopleMadeImportantCountryCareTodayJobsFacesLosesPressureFinancialBurdenPrioritiesImmigrationOur CountryAdministrationHealth CareBordersContributionImmigrantsProvidingFabricCommonplaceAmerican LifeImportant ContributionsFinancial Burden Author:William J. Clinton
“I feel there's so much pressure, especially for women, to declare what their life's going to be and what their career is, and are you married yet? Are you single? But you're 30. And girlfriends are so important. You can have a boyfriend or husband when you're 30, but you still need your girlfriends.” NeedsFeelsStillsImportantCareersHusbandMarriedFemalePressureGirlfriendFemale FriendshipYour Girlfriend Author:Kristen Wiig
“Under pressure, one of the most important things I have to remember to do is breathe.” ImportantRememberPressureImportant ThingsGolfBreatheUnder Pressure Author:Curtis Strange
“The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books; it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.” WayMeanImportantBookMatterPhilosophyFeelingsIndividualSeeingPressureHonestlyDumbCosmosPhylosophy Author:William James
“Scientists want full proof under laboratory conditions. And the answer is very simple: When Im put under pressure, I cant perform. Even the phenomenon Im most known for. When Im on stage, Im not under pressure and it happens. In other important places, it happens. But in a laboratory where I really want it to happen, its very hard for me.” WantImportantHardHappensSimpleAnswersKnownConditionsStageScientistPressureProofPhenomenonCantLaboratoryUnder Pressure Author:Uri Geller
“Being Chinese immigrants in the United States, it was important for my parents to maintain ties that went back a long time. They led by example. My dad didn't bring his work pressures home. We were always aware of them and would go as kids to his office and run around. But when he came home, he was able to leave things behind, at least from our perspective, and focus on us.” LongImportantStatesHomeRunningKidsAbleFatherParentUnitedBehindsUnited StatesFocusExamplePerspectiveDadOfficeLong TimePressureMy DadChineseTiesImmigrantsFathers Day Author:Chien Chung Pei
“Pressure, no doubt, has always been a most important factor in the metamorphism of rocks; but there is, I think, at present some danger in over-estimating this, and representing a partial statement of truth as the whole truth. Geology, like many human beings, suffered from convulsions in its infancy; now, in its later years, I apprehend an attack of pressure on the brain.” ThinkingYearsHumansImportantWholeScienceHuman BeingsBrainDoubtRocksDangerPressureStatementsFactorsNo DoubtRepresentingInfancyGeologyWhole TruthEstimating Author:Thomas George Bonney
“Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of people.” PeopleImportantTakenMassPressureOur SocietyAdvocacy Author:Edward Abbey
“It’s very important for entrepreneurs to be realistic. So if you believe on that first day while you’re writing the business plan that there’s a 70 percent chance that the whole thing will fail, then that kind of relieves the pressure of self-doubt.” IfsWritingFirstsBelieveKindImportantSelfWholeChanceDoubtPlansFailingPercentPressureEntrepreneurRealisticIf You BelieveSelf-doubtBusiness Plan Author:Jeff Bezos
“It is important not to allow ever wider coalition-building to become an end in itself. As we saw in the Gulf War of 1990, international pressures, particularly those exerted from within an alliance, can result in the failure to follow actions through and so leave future problems unresolved.” ImportantWarEndsProblemActionResultsSawsBuildingPressureInternationalAlliancesCoalitionsGulf War Author:Margaret Thatcher
“But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and that the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so obscure we do not and cannot understand them.” HumansImportantActionNightSimpleConsequenceTragedyPressureIronyExplanationObscureCompulsionMontreal Book:Watch that Ends the Night Source: Watch that Ends the Night
“The competition between human beings destroys with cold and diabolic brutality... Under the pressure of this competitive fury we have not only forgotten what is useful to humanity as a whole, but even that which is good and advantageous to the individual. [...] One asks, which is more damaging to modern humanity: the thirst for money or consuming haste... in either case, fear plays a very important role: the fear of being overtaken by one's competitors, the fear of becoming poor, the fear of making wrong decisions or the fear of not being up to snuff...” HumansImportantPlayWholeHumanityAsksIndividualHuman BeingsDecisionPoorRolesCasesModernColdBecomingPressureCompetitionForgottenThirstCompetitorsFuryConsumingBrutalityHasteWrong DecisionSnuff Author:Konrad Lorenz
“Getting back to inflation, it is important to note that the producer price Index does not reflect wage pressures - and that is where the inflation threat really lies.” DoeImportantLyingPressureThreatNotesProducersDeceitInflation Author:Larry Wachtel