Quotes about Friction

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress. Votes: 6

Friction and misunderstandings often occur when communicating across generations. It gets even more challenging when working across virtual settings. Votes: 6

Heat can also be produced by the impact of imperfectly elastic bodies as well as by friction. This is the case, for instance, when we produce fire by striking flint against steel, or when an iron bar is worked for some time by powerful blows of the hammer. Votes: 5

Friction makes sparks and sparks start creative conflagrations. Votes: 4

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. Votes: 4

The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. Votes: 4

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. Votes: 4

In removing the friction involved in paying bills, electronic billing has substantially increased the friction involved in not paying them. Votes: 4

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence. Votes: 4

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict. Votes: 4

They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family. Votes: 4

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them. Votes: 4

It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity. Votes: 4

Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper. ... Votes: 3

Pulp Fiction is a, uh, gritty, urban satire. Pump Friction is a uh-uh, a bunch of uh, dudes and ladies having dirty sex. Votes: 3

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Votes: 2

Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. Votes: 2

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials. Votes: 2

Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction. Votes: 2

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Votes: 2

Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by tone of voice. Votes: 2

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership. Votes: 2

The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction and malperformance. Votes: 2

Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. Votes: 2

With a contained environment, there is the promise of friction. And that is where the drama comes from. Votes: 2

Every place in the world where there are two peoples - two religions, two languages - there is friction and conflict. Votes: 2

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. Votes: 2

Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment. Votes: 2

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together. Votes: 2

But heat can also be produced by the friction of liquids, in which there could be no question of changes in structure, or of the liberation of latent heat. Votes: 2

Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration. Votes: 2

I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody. Votes: 2

I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of the prodigal son but also creates new sources of friction here and there. Votes: 2

I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of the prodigal son but also creates new sources of friction here and there Votes: 2

Free-to-play isn't a business model. Free-to-play is a marketing strategy. It's a way to get people over the hump of trying out your game. It gets rid of the friction that happens when you charge an upfront fee. Votes: 2

Bitcoin woke us all up to a new way to pay, and culturally, I think a much larger percentage of us have become accustomed to the idea that money no longer comes with the friction it once had. Votes: 2

I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction. Votes: 2

There's a lot of rage in my head. I like the friction that means there is nothing relaxing about writing a poem. I can't afford to relax in any area of life. You have to keep your senses awake to all the complacency that kicks in - particularly for the English. Votes: 2

We need to understand that we are not each others' enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its power by creating friction. It is only the media that derives its importance by creating friction... that uses every little thing to create this chasm between people. This is not who we are. Votes: 2

To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities. Votes: 2

The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running, flying and swimming is not a coincidence rather it is an illustration of the fact that a universal principle is involved. Running requires the least food when during each cycle a certain amount of work is destroyed by vertical impact and a certain amount to horizontal friction. The same balancing act is responsible for optimal flight and swimming. Votes: 2

All polishing is done by friction, Votes: 0

Frequent friction when love becomes political. Votes: 0

Fear is the friction in all transitions. Votes: 0

As a dramatist, you're looking for points of friction... Votes: 0

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction... Votes: 0

When there's friction in the house, the only answer is good manners. Votes: 0

Om is the pointed piece and Dhyâna (meditation) is the friction. Votes: 0

Online life is so delicious because it is socializing with almost no friction. Votes: 0

I don't wear mittens. My penis shaft and friction keep my hands warm. Votes: 0

Wealth in activity--capital with all its friction--is far safer than invested wealth lying dead. Votes: 0

Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile. Votes: 0

The first cities to create friction-free enterprise zones will get a lot of entrepreneurial traction. Votes: 0

The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot. Votes: 0

I'm opposed to any sport that reduces the coefficient of friction between me and the ground. Votes: 0

What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world. Votes: 0

Something reduces the speed of the world and that something is stupidity! Stupidity is a boring friction Votes: 0

Once information slipped the bonds of gravity and friction, it tended to gather where it was most valuable. Votes: 0

Hawaiian to me is a feeling of getting somewhere, without stepping on anybodys toes, without causing friction with anybody. Votes: 0

The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people. Votes: 0

Learning the edges or limits or sources of friction in empathy was one of the big issues for me. Votes: 0

In mobile, people really love having single-use case experiences. They want low friction to getting to the application's use case. Votes: 0

FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat. Votes: 0

The benefit to building a startup is that customers don't have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology. Votes: 0

When God wants to bring more power into our lives., He brings more pressure. He is generating spiritual force by friction. Votes: 0

Thus it often is, that the constant friction of illiberal minds wears out at last the best resolves of the more generous. Votes: 0

Either you will have harmony with God and friction with people, or you will have harmony with people and friction with God. Votes: 0

Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition. Votes: 0

If we can reduce the risk of friction likely to lead to war, this is probably all we can reasonably hope to achieve. Votes: 0

That's why you and I had friction? God, I always thought it was 'cause, 'cause I fooled around with your daughter freshman year. Votes: 0

Obviously you take any creative people and put them in a room and you're going to get clashes, you're going to get friction. Votes: 0

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms. Votes: 0

The whole business starts with ideas, and we're convinced that ideas come out of an environment of supportive conflict, which is synonymous with appropriate friction. Votes: 0

The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information to both about each other. Votes: 0

The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through warmth. Votes: 0

If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth Votes: 0

I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon. Votes: 0

Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence. Votes: 0

Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes the course. Votes: 0

A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Votes: 0

An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people who speak the same language. Votes: 0

Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and the intercourse of men gentle! Votes: 0

The difficulty of accurate recognition constitutes one of the most serious sources of friction in war, by making things appear entirely different from what one had expected. Votes: 0

The heart becomes warmer when the mild heat of love is coming from two persons. one is in eternal cold and desolation without feeling the friction of love. Votes: 0

Love is a brilliant illustration of a principle everywhere discoverable: namely, that human reason lives by turning the friction of material forces into the light of ideal goods. Votes: 0

All sizes of film sets have the same level of excitement and friction and tension and then vast sections of boredom that define the process, so I love it all. Votes: 0

I'm interested in that hybrid - the place between the real world and my imagination. There's a friction that's created between the things we imagine and the things that exist. Votes: 0

If you care about real change, deep structural change, that involves politics, and all politics is friction. It takes leadership, and the willingness to create that friction, that leads to social change. Votes: 0

Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts, and friction from the world, you will genuinely impress yourself. Votes: 0

If you want to be a real entrepreneur you have to be the cause, you have to be the creator of someone else's new realty. Which eliminates time, space, motion, and friction. Votes: 0

Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. Votes: 0

Shooting stars are not stars at all. They re just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction. What we wish on when we see one is only a trail of debris. Votes: 0

Dolphins frequently leap above the water surface. One reason for this behaviour could be that, when travelling longer distances, jumping can save the dolphins energy as there is less friction while in the air. Votes: 0

What remarkable strength is shown by the person who can lay aside personal prejudices and work without friction with a group of individuals with whom he or she is not in accord on many subjects. Votes: 0

What opium is instilled into all disaster? It shows formidable as we approach it, but there is at last no rough rasping friction,but the most slippery sliding surfaces. We fall soft on a thought. Votes: 0