Presence Quotes - page 8

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific. (Leon Panetta)
Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something. View quote
Lisa Unger
Be a beneficial presence on the planet. Give your Gifts. Boldly go where no woman or no man has ever gone before. View quote
Michael Beckwith
Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming. View quote
Joyce Meyer
She glared at him, feeling the old frustration. Sometimes in his presence she felt the deepest connection to him, and other times she felt completely alone-as though any bond to him was her own bitter imagination. View quote
Ann Brashares
I'm very much a bit of a ghost presence. View quote
Eric Bana
It is difficult to imagine how any behavior in the presence of another person can avoid being a communication of one's own view of the nature of one's relationship with that person and how it can fail to influence that person. View quote
Paul Watzlawick
Bewilderment increases in the presence of the mirrors. View quote
Tarjei Vesaas
Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society. View quote
William Graham Sumner
I think working with Johnny Depp was very intimidating. It was my fault though. I mean he's a total cool nice, nice guy, but I was just so, I don't know, overpowered by his presence. Like he's a very mystic person. He's older so I never really warmed up around him. I was so stiff. View quote
Franka Potente
If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris. (Oscar de la Renta)
I have learned that one should say "Peace!" to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage. View quote
Tariq Ramadan
As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself. View quote
Richard Thompson
There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself. View quote
Flannery O’Connor
It is better to look suffering straight in the eye, acknowledge and respect it's presence, and then get busy as soon as possible focusing on things we choose to focus on. View quote
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers. View quote
Esther Williams
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master. View quote
Alphonsus Liguori
To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be. View quote
Anna Louise Strong
The blessing of my mother is that she is so interested, she is so bright, she never complains - the joy of the Lord just bubbles out of her. Anybody who's in her presence is blessed to be there. View quote
Anne Graham Lotz
The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries. View quote
Art Modell
How thin and insecure is that little beach of white sand we call consciousness. I've always known that in my writing it is the dark troubled sea of which I know nothing, save its presence, that carried me. I've always felt that creating was a fearless and a timid, a despairing and hopeful, launching out into that unknown. (Athol Fugard)
That's definitely a part of who Superman is and definitely who Clark on the farm is. It translates to how calm he is. I feel like I'm pretty calm most of the time and relaxed, which gives presence to the character. View quote
Brandon Routh
How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers. View quote
C. F. Powell
Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; its a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation. View quote
Charles Ruff
The old 7 Series, the E38, was an elegant car, an evolution of the classic BMW look. But it wasn't penetrating the luxury market as we desired. It just didn't have the presence to be noticed. View quote
Chris Bangle