“You have to look at your blessings, don't you? With Thrones, I have to realize that, whatever happens, and for all the stress and the pressure that goes with it, it's been an extraordinary journey and I know I'll look back later in my life and think, 'That was crazy, that was amazing.' It's something that very, very few people experience, and I love that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksHappensRealizingJourneyCrazyBlessingStressPressureExtraordinaryThronesWhatever Happens Author:Kit Harington
“Theres such a pressure on women that we put on ourselves and everyone else puts on us to look unrealistic and everything, but you just cant compare yourself to people in magazines.” PeopleLooksPressureMagazinesCompareCant Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I always want to be a part of ensembles. Besides it feeling safer, I think it's a more fun environment to work in. To have a bunch of people collaborating on something, it takes the pressure off of each individual.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelingsIndividualFunEnvironmentPressureBunchEnsembleCollaborating Author:Megan Fox
“Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there's pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.” PeopleWayKindCountryTodayCertainEnglandPressureBe KindRepressed Author:Ben Whishaw
“You have to watch India in India truly to appreciate the pressure that Sachin Tendulkar is under every time he bats. Outside grounds, people wait until he goes in before paying to enter. They seem to want a wicket to fall even though it is their own side that will suffer.” PeopleWantSeemsSufferingFallWaitingSidesWatchesAppreciateIndiaPressureBatsTendulkar Author:Shane Warne
“Time is not on Gaddafi's side. People ask about the exit strategy. It's Colonel Gaddafi who needs an exit strategy because this pressure will only mount and it will be intensified over the coming days and weeks.” PeopleNeedsAsksSidesWeekPressureStrategyExitColonelsGaddafi Author:William Hague
“The constant buzz and pressure and noise and static of the Internet, and the way it makes young people feel makes it difficult to grow up and develop the way one might want to.” PeopleWayWantFeelsMightYoungGrowsDifficultGrowing UpInternetPressureConstantNoiseStaticBuzz Author:Ethan Hawke
“I don't like trying to influence politicians, who are themselves representative of huge numbers of people. As an educator, I'd rather enlighten the people and educate the people and let they be the ones who put the pressure on their elected officials.” PeopleTryingNumbersInfluenceHugePoliticianPressureOfficialsEducateRepresentativesEnlighteningEducatorElected OfficialsHuge Numbers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I think nobody can explain why some people win and why some people lose. It really doesn't always have to do much with talent. It has to do with how you deal with pressure.” PeopleThinkingWinningLosesDealsTalentPressure Author:Howard Bryant
“All women have a complicated relationship to beauty, but as a transgender woman it's a bit more complicated. There's a lot of pressure to appear feminine. When I was younger, I was most insecure about my size, my angular features, my feet, my hands . At the end of the day, it's about being comfortable in your own skin, and being able to walk down the street and not have people question your gender - and, for me, being perceived as a woman.” PeopleEndsHandsAbleBitsWalksFeetStreetsComfortableSkinsPressureSizeComplicatedGenderFeaturesThe End Of The DayFeminineInsecureTransgenderComplicated RelationshipComfortable In Your Own Skin Author:Andrej Pejic
“When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.” PeopleIfsWantWritingAsksOpportunityWaterAnswersPressureCome UpStudiosWarmAsk MeHobbiesSurfSkisNo Pressure Author:Scott Weiland
“People say baseball players should go out and have fun. No way. To me, baseball is pressure, I always feel it. This is work. The fun is afterwards, when you shake hands.” PeopleWayFeelsShouldHandsFunPlayerBaseballPressureHaving FunShakesBaseball Player Author:Dennis Eckersley
“There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people.” PeoplePoliticalDealsSupportPolicyPressureDenyUnnecessaryAbstinenceCondom Author:Hillary Clinton
“Some people maybe try to justify their laziness. You take out what you put in and the more I go to church and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus, and to listening to his word and have him guide my hand I feel the pressure's off me.” PeopleFeelsTryingBelieveHandsTurnsJesusProcessChurchListeningPressureGuidesJustifyLaziness Author:Sylvester Stallone
“I'm more often confronted by women who come from religious traditions and don't feel that they have a place in the feminist movement. I've felt pressure when reporters asked me, "Do you believe in God?" I do say, "No. I believe in people."” PeopleFeelsBelieveI BelieveFeltReligiousMovementTraditionPressureFeministI Believe InBelieve In GodReportersReligious TraditionsFeminist Movement Author:Gloria Steinem
“When you have 400 people watching you making a movie, it doesn't go where you want it to go. It's a lot of pressure.” PeopleWantPressure Author:Nicolas Cage
“When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.” PeopleThinkingMindHelpingEyeYoungDealsPressure Author:Jackie Chan
“At today's prices for medicines, doctors and hospitals-if the latter are available at any price-only millionaires can afford to be hurt or sick and pay for it. Very few people want socialized medicine in the U.S. But pressure for it is going to appear with the same hurricane force as the demand for pollution control if the medicine men and hospital operators don't take soon some Draconian measures... At the present rate of doctor fees and hospital costs under Medicare and Medicaid plans [taxpayers] are shovelling in billions with nothing but escalation in sight.” PeopleIfsMenWantTodayForceHurtPayPlansCostDemandDoctorsSickSightPressureMedicineRateAvailableBillionsLatterHospitalsPollutionTaxpayersMillionaireHurricanesMedicareFeesOperatorsMedicaidSocialized MedicineEscalationDraconianMedicare And MedicaidPollution Control Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Why is Netanyahu pushing war? Among several reasons, demonizing Iran reduces pressure on Israel to negotiate seriously with the Palestinians. Many Israelis prefer building Jewish settlements on Palestinians' land instead. Moreover, Israel's rulers oppose any development-such as an Iranian-U.S. detente-that could diminish Israel's U.S.-financed hegemony in the region. War with Iran would be a catastrophe all around. Netanyahu and his hawkish American allies-the same people who gave us the disastrous Iraq war and ISIS-must be repudiated.” PeopleWarReasonWould BeLandBuildingDevelopmentPressureIraqIsraelRegionsPushingIranAlliesRulersPalestinianCatastropheDiminishIsisIraq WarSettlementIranianHegemonyDetente Author:Sheldon Richman
“i love girls under pressure but wouldn't recommend it to people who are under 10. i read it at the age of nine but my sister told me the bit u should never do. all in all, i loved this book and any jacqueline wilson fans over 10 i would recommend it to!” PeopleShouldBookAgeGirlBitsFansPressureNineMy SisterWilsonUnder Pressure Author:Jacqueline Wilson
“The change doesn't come from Washington ever. Change comes from below. It comes from the pressure building amongst the American people.” PeopleBuildingPressure Author:Rick Rowley
“I feel like a lot of people are very career-driven and there's pressure to be successful. You put off relationships. You put off those intimate relationships because you're just work-driven. It's a very sweet term, undateable.” PeopleFeelsTermCareersSuccessfulSweetPressureDrivenIntimateBeing SuccessfulIntimate RelationshipsVery Sweet Author:Mickey Sumner
“I felt that let's understand that all these people are just human, even the advisors in the White House, they're just real people trying to make real decisions and they make mistakes like anybody else does under pressure. If you can get that with these great performances then you claim it on that level as well.” PeopleIfsTryingHumansWellsDoeRealHouseFeltWhiteDecisionLevelsMistakePerformancesClaimsPressureMaking MistakesWhite HouseUnder PressureAdvisorsGreat Performance Author:Gerard Butler
“There is more to American politics than fat cats and their political friends. There are serious-minded liberals who fight the good fight on many issues, ecologically oriented politicians who remain true to their cause, and honest people of every political stripe who are not beholden to any wealthy people. But there are not enough of them, and they are often worn down by the constant pressure from lobbyists, lawyers and conventional politicians.” PeopleEnoughPoliticalFightingCausesIssuesHonestHonestySeriousPoliticianCatPressureConstantLawyerFatsWealthyConventionalWornAmerican PoliticsStripesLobbyistsGood FightHonest PeopleFight The Good Fight Author:G. William Domhoff
“Everyone is looking for the quick fix, but what they really need is fitness. People who look for fixes stop doing what's right when pressure is relieved. People who pursue fitness do what they should do no matter what the circumstances are.” PeopleNeedsShouldLooksMatterCircumstancesPressureNo Matter WhatPursueRelievedQuick Fixes Author:Kevin Myers
“This democracy... The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.” PeopleAmericaChoicesFightingLeftForceReligiousResultsDemocracyAuthorityPressureElectionIraqDespiteOpposition Author:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
“When you do 'Before Sunset,' you know while it's a limited audience, there was a very small group of people that love 'Before Sunrise.' You feel a certain pressure to make sure that you uphold a level of quality that has been a bar. You set a bar and you have to at least match it.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHas BeensCertainLevelsQualityAudienceGroupsPressureBarsSunsetSunriseSmall GroupsBefore SunsetBefore Sunrise Author:Ethan Hawke
“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
“I don't understand these people anymore, that travel the commuter-trains to their dormitory towns. These people that call themselves human, but, by a pressure they do not feel, are forced to do their work like ants. With what do they fill their time when they are free of work on their silly little Sundays? I am very fortunate in my profession. I feel like a farmer, with the airstrips as my fields. Those that have once tasted this kind of fare will not forget it ever. Not so, my friends?” PeopleFeelsHumansKindLittlesForgetFieldsMy FriendsPressureTownsTrainProfessionSillyFlightFortunateAviationSundayFarmersForget ItAntsSilly LittleDormitory Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“I felt a combination of happiness and humility [ to People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People ]. At the same time there's a lot of pressure, because people can approach you whose intentions aren't in the best place, and they can say things that are very hurtful. And on one of those days when you wake up and you just go and get your coffee without worrying about looking your best, you make yourself vulnerable to someone who'd say something like, "You look awful for being on the Top 100 list."” PeopleLooksBeautifulFeltWorryHumilityLike YouApproachWake UpPressureIntentionListsCoffeeMagazinesVulnerableAwfulCombinationHurtfulBeautiful PeopleBest PlaceTop 100One Of Those Days Author:Zoe Saldana
“For the most part, improvising while cameras are rolling is very difficult. 99% of people you should never ask to do that, because they're under pressure, the clock is running, 80 people are staring at you...it's always unnatural.” PeopleShouldRunningAsksDifficultPressureCamerasClockStaringRollingUnnaturalUnder PressureImprovisingStaring At You Author:Albert Brooks
“There is always pressure in any movie set. If you think about it, there is something that you memorize and it is almost like public speaking every day, all day. There is a crew of people, there are monitors and if you mess up, you have to do it until you get it right and then sometimes, you would go blank.” PeopleIfsThinkingSometimesPressureMessBlankCrewPublic SpeakingMovie Sets Author:Michael Pena
“As a consumer, if I heard someone who said, "I've written this song," and then I found out it wasn't by them, it's a bit disappointing. A lot of the guys that do that are really talented and they've made some incredible music, but they get addicted to having success and feel too much pressure, so they get other people to make sure that their next song makes money.” PeopleIfsFeelsMadeSaidGuySongNextFoundBitsToo MuchWrittenHeardPressureIncrediblesMaking MoneyConsumersDisappointing Author:Howard Lawrence
“I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and I wasn't raised in our present culture but it has great pressure that as a young person I never had. Material pressure, social pressure, visual pressure, how you look, and I just try to appeal to young people to think for themselves, to be their own person, and to ask questions and also be very attentive to our planet and our environment.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingLooksPersonsYoungCultureAsksSocialEnvironmentPlanetsMaterialsConcernedPressureRaisedAppealsInevitableVisualsOur PlanetOur EnvironmentSocial PressureChange Is Inevitable Author:Patti Smith
“The pressure to succeed has a lot to do with why people overstep the line. It is a peculiar weakness of western culture where we have made a fetish of success.” PeopleMadeCultureLinesSucceedWeaknessPressureWesternPeculiarWestern CultureFetish Author:Desmond Tutu
“Golf is social. It brings a lot of people together. And the great thing about a scramble, there's less pressure because you don't feel like every shot has to be your shot.” PeopleFeelsTogetherSocialShotsPressureGolfGreat Things Author:Mia Hamm
“In truth I never really liked any of the heavy drugs, because normally my energy is up when I'm performing, and that's about it. Cocaine is nothing new. It's the pressure, I think. People use it to relieve that, and for me it is about getting numb and forgetting. I have a reverse metabolic reaction to the stuff.” PeopleThinkingUseEnergyStuffForgetDrugPressureHeavyReactionsPerformingReverseCocaineNumbNothing New Author:Robin Williams
“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
“Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division.” PeopleIfsThinkingKidsSchoolLeftParentResultsTeacherProducePressureDivisionParents And TeachersQuick Fixes Author:Deborah Meier
“There's this incredible pressure, especially on teens, to be perfect, look right, have the right clothes, date the right people, get into the right school, have the right home life, and so on.” PeopleLooksHomeSchoolPerfectClothesPressureIncrediblesTeensHome Life Author:Deborah Reber
“People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.” PeopleThinkingSocialPressureThreatLoyaltyIntenseIsolationFamily And FriendsSocial ChangeSocial PressureSudden Change Author:Keith Henson
“There is always a bit of pressure to do a good album - to do good work, period. I really put a lot of pressure on myself, more so than other people. But I try not to let that overwhelm me to the point where I can't even do good work. I just put it aside and do the best that I know that I can.” PeopleKnowsTryingI CanBitsWorkPeriodsPressureAlbumsGood WorkDo The Best Author:Aaliyah
“There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more.” PeopleFeelsDoeSeemsEvidencePressureProcrastinating Author:James Surowiecki
“All I've ever wanted for my kids is for them to be happy. There's no pressure on Victoria to do anything, but she genuinely loves performing. My son Simon is in advertising. They're both tremendous people. I don't think they've ever been awkward, even Simon as a teenager.” PeopleThinkingKidsWantedSonPressureAdvertisingTeenagerPerformingMy SonAwkwardVictoriaNo Pressure Author:Tony Blackburn
“It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure.” PeopleLifeLooksSeemsDealsStressPressureHandleLook UpOur SocietyLoadJudaismStressorsReduce StressUnder Stress Book:A Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Treasury: A Special Selection for Mothers Source: A Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Treasury: A Special Selection for Mothers
“The effect of emotional venting is to sustain an unsatisfactory status quo. Most people think the opposite, that complaining is part of an effort to change an unsatisfying situation. Nope. Complaining lets off pressure so that we neither explode with frustration nor feel compelled to take the often risky steps of openly opposing a difficult person or situation. Keeping emotional pressure tolerably low doesn't change problematic circumstances but rather perpetuates them.” PeopleThinkingFeelsPersonsDifficultEffortSituationStepsEffectsEmotionalCircumstancesLowsOppositesPressureComplainingFrustrationStatus QuoCompelledOpposingVenting Author:Martha Beck
“I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or you work in a factory in Alabama, and young journalists.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYoungStreetsWallPressureJournalistFactoriesAlabamaUnder Pressure Author:Jayson Blair
“I put a lot of pressure on myself and I think I am quite... well, intense about driving other people.” PeopleThinkingWellsPressureDrivingIntense Author:Matthew Fox
“Think about the physical act of pulling a trigger. The amount of pressure it takes to pull a trigger or the speed it takes to shove a sharp object into somebody. The psychology behind it. Why people kill? Why people don't kill?” PeopleThinkingBehindsPsychologyObjectsAmountPressureSpeedPullingTriggers Author:Milo Ventimiglia