#turning

Speed kills colour... the gyroscope, when turning at full speed, shows up gray. ↗

— Paul Morand

#full #gray #kills #shows #speed

Turning 16 is kind of scary because when you're 16, you go from being a kid and then you can drive and are more of a young adult in a way. ↗

— Chloe Moretz

#because #being #drive #go #kid

I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#did #driven #everything #excess #extreme

Candidate Obama promised to fundamentally transform America and that's one promise he has kept. Turning a shining city on a hill into a sinking ship. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#candidate #city #fundamentally #hill #into

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration". ↗

— Alan Perlis

#computing #definition #frustration #into #living

I've become really good at turning down the boring, pretty girl roles, the trophy wife, supermodel, beautiful girlfriend roles. I mean, playing somebody who's perfect holds no allure for me, whatsoever. It's just boring. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#beautiful #become #boring #down #girl

British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.' ↗

— James Purefoy

#british #british actors #cut #good #large

What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#heavenly #hinders #most #prayer #slow

The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

#bend #bending #constantly #deter #following