Tension Quotes

There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do.

I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over.

For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Tension is the great integrity.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.

I grew up in the suburbs, a calm suburb, without tension, with working-class and middle-class people mixed together.

There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.

In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.

You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera has moved, but there's subconscious tension there.

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.

Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.

Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.