#poised

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#adverse #adverse conditions #against #aggression #conditions

It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#because #commit #country #determine #need

More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care. ↗

— Richard Neal

#assistance #before #benefits #broadly #care

As a veteran, you're a little more poised on that mental side. But athletically, I didn't really think I could get better. ↗

— Angela Ruggiero

#could #get #i #little #mental

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex. ↗

— Adam Sedgwick

#aim #anger #apex #babel #daring

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#companies #dramatic #economic #economy #large

Higher income taxes are a razor guillotine poised to descend on the bare neck of prosperity. ↗

— Thomas H. Kean

#descend #guillotine #higher #income #income taxes

Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts. ↗

— Plotinus

#between #gods #mankind #midway #poised