#situations

It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#emotionally #everybody #fantasy #humour #i

Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

#close #crisis #either #most #opportunities

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#always #band #could #davis #else

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. ↗

— John McCarthy

#better #both #face #honesty #humanity

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#biggest #biggest mistake #make #may #might

To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives. ↗

— Debra Messing

#extreme #fascinating #happened #life #lives

Dresses, I find, are impractical in social situations, but I enjoy wearing them a great deal on stage. ↗

— Brian Molko

#dresses #enjoy #find #great #great deal

There are a lot of things that I love, but if you're just completely invested in those things, their opposite can kick you over... So the trick is finding out how to maintain your balance when you're in situations with the people who make you happy and when you're not. ↗

— Rebecca De Mornay

#completely #finding #happy #how #i

I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them. ↗

— John Newcombe

#bit #calm #frightened #get #got

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art. ↗

— George Oppen

#cannot #honorably #met #situations #which