Situation Quotes

. . . nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which things are . . .

~ Charlotte Brontë

I don't ever react to a situation. My preference is to reflect upon the circumstances & act as if I were a baby who is in possession of a new toy to play with.

~ Yogesh Datta D.

Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.

~ James Mercer

If Thai citizens still hold this harmony in their hearts, there is hope that in whatever the situation, Thailand will surely get through it safely and with stability.

~ Bhumibol Adulyadej

The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.

~ David Attenborough

The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.

~ Mauricio Macri

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

~ Simon Wiesenthal

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

~ Allen Klein

Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.

~ David Hyde Pierce

One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.

~ Robert Mankoff

When people have a willpower failure, it's because they haven't anticipated a situation that's going to come along.

~ Charles Duhigg

I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares.

~ Benny Green

And then as we played more and more as a trio, it became more and more of a situation where we realized we really knew how to use the fourth member of the group - that space. The thing about the trio is that it's the biggest sound you can have with the smallest unit.

~ Charlie Hunter

I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.

~ Shirley Jackson

If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation of the same universe at a succeeding moment.

~ Henri Poincaré

We did everything we could to save my legs, and it just came to a point where if we didn't amputate my legs, I wouldn't survive. In that situation, you kind of go into survival mode, and you find strength.

~ Amy Purdy

Exercising and eating properly will build your physical and mental strength to endure the stressful situation.

~ David H. Murdock

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

~ Daniel Boone

We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.

~ Daniel Boone

The ideal situation would be to bypass all of the drama and mayhem and just get the music right to the people. I'm confident that we'll eventually figure it out.

~ Debbie Gibson

My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.

~ Mika Brzezinski

What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation.

~ Elliott Abrams

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.

~ John Bruton

Each new situation requires a new architecture.

~ Jean Nouvel

When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts.

~ Juan Goytisolo

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

~ Suzanne Farrell

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don't like to have a situation placed over my head.

~ Bill Murray

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

~ Carlos Ghosn

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.

~ Margaret J. Wheatley

Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.

~ Sanjay Kumar

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

~ Ambrose Bierce

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.

~ Tahar Ben Jelloun

I'm constantly amazed by the ability a child has to show sympathy, to read emotions, to get to the heart of any situation. It's unfiltered and completely inspiring.

~ David Duchovny

It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

~ Zig Ziglar

Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.

~ Joseph B. Wirthlin

Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.

~ P. J. O'rourke

Often, joking for me is a way of diffusing the awkwardness of a situation, so it's kind of exhilarating to be a part of projects where there's nothing funny or lighthearted.

~ Emma Stone

I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I was finding the whole situation funny because I was speaking to his profile.

~ Madeleine Stowe

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.

~ Evelyn Underhill