Quotes about Turbulent

Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order. Votes: 3

Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son, Turbulent, fleshy, sensual, eating, drinking and breeding, No sentimentalist, no stander above men and women or apart from them, No more modest than immodest. Votes: 3

The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else. Votes: 2

You know, my childhood was pretty colorful; I like to use the word 'turbulent.' Votes: 2

The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on. Votes: 2

So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one. Votes: 2

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea. Votes: 2

I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent. Votes: 2

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. Votes: 2

The Earth we evolved to inhabit is turning into something more turbulent and unreliable at a pace too fast for most living things to adapt to. Votes: 2

The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood! Votes: 2

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. Votes: 2

And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones. Votes: 2

The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people. Votes: 2

This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally. Votes: 2

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later? Votes: 2

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears. Votes: 2

I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams of American life were being ripped apart with riots and protests. Votes: 2

I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor. Votes: 2

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around any kind of central authority. So it is best to manage the bottom-up change rather than try to institute it from the top down. Votes: 2

On this day there was soon wind enough and to spare. The same might have been said of the sea. The Spray was in the midst of the turbulent Gulf Stream itself. She was jumping like a porpoise over the uneasy waves. Votes: 2

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. Votes: 2

I had a very turbulent and painful childhood, like many people. I left for college when I was 16 years old and up until that point I'd lived in five different family configurations. Each one ended or changed through a death or some terrible loss. Votes: 2

The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea. Votes: 2

Journalists are in the same madly rocking boat as diplomats and statesmen. Like them, when the Cold War ended, they looked for a new world order and found a new world disorder. If making and conducting foreign policy in today's turbulent environment is difficult, so is practicing journalism. Votes: 2

To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s. Votes: 2

We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not. Votes: 2

To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are going to think of it. Your whole life is wound up in it but you don't have control and you have to get used to being on that turbulent plane without trying to fly it. The less you think about all that the better. Votes: 2

There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes. Votes: 0

But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot. Votes: 0

The 60s undoubtedly were the most turbulent years of the century. Votes: 0

We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure. Votes: 0

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish. Votes: 0

Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world Votes: 0

When a turbulent mind and wounded heart surrenders to grace, breathing is easy. Votes: 0

Manhattan crowds, with their turbulent musical chorus! Manhattan faces and eyes forever for me. Votes: 0

You know, my childhood was pretty colorful; I like to use the word 'turbulent. Votes: 0

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision. Votes: 0

The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth. Votes: 0

A persistent breeze lifted the thin curtains, fluttering a few moments of tranquility into the turbulent day. Votes: 0

If a situation is very, very turbulent, it has low validity, and there's no basis for intuition. Votes: 0

The scent of the sea, a wild turbulent storm, crashing into her mind. Elena, why is Dmitri naked? Votes: 0

In turbulent times, in times of great change, people head for the two extremes: fundamentalism and personal, spiritual experience... Votes: 0

Because personal revelation is a constantly renewable source of strength, it is possible to feel bathed in help even during turbulent times. Votes: 0

If I could put one word on my journey over the last couple of years it would definitely be ‘turbulent’. Votes: 0

It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what we call the rights of men become turbulent and dangerous. Votes: 0

Quite simply, our one hope for spiritual safety during these turbulent times is to turn our minds and our hearts to Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

Oregon welcomed me like a beloved child, enfolded me in her cool arms, shushed my turbulent thoughts, and promised peace through her whispering pines. Votes: 0

Analytical tools have their limitations in a turbulent world. These tools work best when parameters are known, assumptions are minimal, and the future is not fuzzy. Votes: 0

Always seek less turbulent skies. Hurt. Fly above it. Betrayal. Fly above it. Anger. Fly above it. You are the one who is flying the plane. Votes: 0

You have been a prisoner of a little pond I am the ocean and its turbulent flood Come merge with me leave this world of ignorance Votes: 0

Today the vacuum [of space] is not regarded as empty. It is a sea of dynamic energy, like the spray of foam near a turbulent waterfall. Votes: 0

Perfect love was that kind of love that made no sense but made everything else make sense somehow. It was raw and unscripted, turbulent and slightly unpredictable. Votes: 0

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because it was a very turbulent environment full of things interacting with each other. Votes: 0

From the most sacred ancient text of Yoga: Oh Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding. I consider it as difficult to subdue as the wind. Votes: 0

The Light Queen’s voice stilled the turbulent waves of my soul, singing calm and grace to every fiber of my being. Neamh. Ah, there, I was pissed off again Votes: 0

The sky's inclemency stirs up the angry winds;the watery clouds are soaking with ceaseless rain.The turbulent Vltava, swollen with rainy waves,Bursting, impetuous, breaks through its river banks. Votes: 0

There's in my mind a... turbulent moon-ridden girl or old woman, or both, dressed in opals and rags, feathers and torn taffeta, who knows strange songs but she is not kind. Votes: 0

Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices Votes: 0

Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very turbulent time, and our leadership has gone crazy. Votes: 0

What an anchor is to a ship, hope is to the soul. Both ships and souls are kept safe by a firm, secure anchor that keeps holding despite turbulent winds and churning tides. Votes: 0

To believe in a child is to believe in the future. Through their aspirations they will save the world. With their combined knowledge the turbulent seas of hate and injustice will be calmed. Votes: 0

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe. Votes: 0

The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor. Her manners had been imposed upon her ... her eyes were her own. Votes: 0

One hurries through, even though there's time; the past, the continent, is behind; the future is the glowing mouth in the side of the ship; the dim, turbulent alley is too confusedly the present. Votes: 0

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.' It's the rought waters that train us to e His disciples. He uses the turbulent times I our lives to prepare us for His purposes-if we'll let Him. Votes: 0

I was very much a mess, as a person. I'd come from a very turbulent teenage life, with parents who had broken up in a very bad way, and a lot of illness at school. Votes: 0

I've been thrown into a turbulent triangle, but even though I have deep feelings for Shiray doesn't mean my feelings will disappear for Melanie immediately. Fate has really dealt me a cruel hand of cards. Votes: 0

Your mind is turbulent because you're filled with desires, frustrations. You want too many things. You are afraid of too many things. It is necessary to overcome both attraction and repulsion to still the mind. Votes: 0