Absorbing Quotes
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For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge o flow 40 percent of the hours they spent at it. But for low achievers, studying produced flow only 16 percent of the time; more often that not, it yielded anxiety, with the demands outreaching their abilities. (Quote by - Daniel Goleman)
Coach Gruden really likes to prepare for what's going on now this season and I can understand that. Right now, I'm just trying to do my best by watching and absorbing what's going on. (Quote by - Jared Allen)
Life without absorbing occupation is hell. (Quote by - Elbert Green Hubbard)
Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never. (Quote by - Edna Ferber)
A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness and meaningless of an individual existence. It cures the poignantly frustrated not by conferring upon them an absolute truth or by remedying the difficulties and abuses which made their lives miserable, but by freeing them from their ineffectual selves and it does this by enfolding and absorbing them into a closely knit and exultant corporate whole. (Quote by - Eric Hoffer)
I wanted something that would be absorbing. I didn't want to fester in front of daytime television and feel bitter like Coriolanus. (Quote by - Tom Wilkinson)
Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience. (Quote by - Jean Paul Sartre)
Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs ranging between 20 and 50 percent after absorbing the costs of the initial implementation period. (Quote by - Beth Robertson)
Proper dispersion of IR pigments is critical to optimizing IR energy reflectance. Likewise, contamination from other IR absorbing pigments must be avoided. This manufacturing control is paramount to the success of the coating. Our chemists and technical support staff are ready to work with our customers to identify target solar reflectance needs and design the best solution for the application, often times this includes a custom color match. (Quote by - Liz Campbell)
True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out; you must stay out, and to stay out, you must have some absorbing errand. (Quote by - Henry James)
Other storms coming in north of it have been absorbing this moisture and bring it to the West Coast. That's why there has been so much precipitation in the Valley. (Quote by - David Spector)
He needs to maximize his savings for his own retirement as well as his daughter's education, yet his debt is absorbing 43 percent of his monthly income. (Quote by - Ron Pearson)
A dark-colored home absorbs as much as 90 percent of the solar radiation that strikes it, and even white walls can absorb solar radiation. By reflecting this infrared radiation rather than absorbing it, the Cool Wall™ coatings dramatically reduce the load on a home's air-conditioning system. And because they are reflective, they are less prone to fading – even dark colors stay darker longer than conventional paint technologies. (Quote by - Jay Haines)
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)
The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence. (Quote by - George Eliot)
A lot of it was just absorbing stuff, watching really old films from the early '30s and late '20s. (Quote by - Lisa Lambert)
The persistence of an all-absorbing idea is terrible. (Quote by - Victor Hugo)
Our board is kind of absorbing and digesting where we are now, and what the Legislature has been discussing. (Quote by - Greg Barr)
To pursue yourself is an interesting and absorbing thing to do. Once you have caught the scent of a hidden being, your own hidden being, you won't readily be deflected from the tracking down of it. (Quote by - Cynthia Propper Seton)
Right now we are in the escalation mode, and right now our budgets are absorbing that. We're still moving forward. (Quote by - John DePasquale)
We shall best honor these men and days of old by signing our own declaration of independence from all those elements of selfishness and sordidness that lead to indifference as to the country's welfare and to an all-absorbing desire for mere personal ease or acquisition. (Quote by - Unattributed)
I've seen since Pac-10 started a greater focus in practice toward the game plan, the scouting report. He's absorbing more. The more anybody invests into something with a commitment; you don't accept failure as easy. You are better prepared to sustain effort and focus. It sure helps us when he plays like that. He's more difficult to deal with. (Quote by - John Jay)
A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles -- whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -- is vulnerable to manipulation and regimentation. The struggle for survival is, above all, an exercise that is hugely time-consuming, absorbing and debilitating. If you create these anti-conditions, your rule is guaranteed for a hundred years. (Quote by - Kapuscinski, Ryszard)
Sometimes the most basic elements are the most fascinating, the most absorbing, and also the most complicated. (Quote by - Virginia Graham)
Over land we see tremendous diurnal changes, a strong peak in lightning in the afternoon over land. Over water we see very little variation. We believe it's due to the land absorbing heat and causing strong convection. On the other hand, water can store a lot more heat, and release it slowly. (Quote by - Hugh Christian)
It is possible that they are increasing their (weapons) capability and making strides in radar-absorbing materials and targeting. (Quote by - Bryan Whitman)
Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. "Choked to death" would be the coroner's verdict in many cases of dead praying if an inquest could be secured on this dire, spiritual calamity. (Quote by - E. M. Bounds)
Almost a third of the total investment will come from our internal capital, with the rest financed by bank loans or other sources such as absorbing new strategic investors. (Quote by - Wang Yi)
It was an even more grueling job, even more absorbing in the past than now. (Quote by - Victor McKusick)
Babies breathe a lot more rapidly than adults do, and what's more, they're also growing quickly and so they're absorbing lots more into the body and they're more fragile in terms of development and so on. (Quote by - Francis Thompson)
But make sure the food has a bit of fat in it, so your body has an easier time absorbing the fat-soluble vitamins. (Quote by - Elizabeth Somer)
Being out of the classroom makes them happy, and the happier children are, the calmer they are and the more open they are to learning and absorbing information. (Quote by - Ruth Olsvery)
Our challenge each year in choosing a (tribute recipient) is to find someone who is a highly accomplished artist about whom we crave to know more, Johnny Depp is such an artist. He has made interesting, risky choices in his career and has evolved into one of the most absorbing actors of our time. (Quote by - Christian Gaines)
You are well equipped with an incredible potential for absorbing knowledge. Let your imagination, the key to learning and memory, unleash that brain power and propel you along at ever-increasing speeds. It's not an exclusive path with access granted only to those with a special gift for learning. It is, instead, available to everyone who has a brain. Anything's possible. (Quote by - Dominic O'Brien)
I'm still absorbing it all in, but I couldn't be happier with the way my team played. They're very dedicated girls; you couldn't ask for more. This is the best record for Lynden ever, and this is not a weak league to be in. We've worked really hard, and my girls finally expect to win and no one expects to lose. (Quote by - Trey Ballard)
The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their "Luck" arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed. (Quote by - Srully D. Blotnick)
Movements in the unemployment rate will tell Fed officials whether growth is absorbing unused capacity. (Quote by - Ed McKelvey)
Our results and momentum reflect the continued execution of our new strategic vision introduced in early fiscal 2005. The early execution of our strategy continues to produce improved financial performance, despite the effect of the hurricanes and higher energy costs. Given our success to date in absorbing these cost pressures, we're confident our on-going strategic investments will deliver long-term revenue growth and accelerated earnings growth. (Quote by - Richard Marcantonio)
More than nine years into our longest economic expansion on record, more employers are now using health insurance coverage to attract and keep workers, and are absorbing rising costs rather than passing them on to their employees. But this may change if the economy cools down, and the bigger challenge that still remains is how to help the 44 million Americans who are uninsured despite the robust economy. (Quote by - Drew Altman)
Faith is mind at its best, its bravest, and its fiercest. Faith is thought become poetry, and absorbing into itself the soul's great, passions. Faith is intellect carried up to its transfigurement. (Quote by - Dr. Charles Henry Parkhurst)
Now (the hide)
is getting nice and sloppy, so you know it's absorbing the brain chemicals. (Quote by - Dave Risdon)
Hugely exciting. Two geniuses at their peak. Absorbing and imaginative - they never met in real life. (Quote by - Mary Stuart)
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)
I truly believe the reason cancer rates and stress levels are rising is all the toxins we are absorbing through our food, air and water. (Quote by - Unknown)
Going forward, [sales] volumes will be dampened by high gasoline prices and other energy costs, now absorbing a record share of disposable income. (Quote by - Carlos Gomes)
How do you reach this very tech-savvy consumer when he or she is multitasking or parallel processing across different programs? It's a different kind of consumer, who's absorbing media differently. (Quote by - Samantha Skey)
