Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy already drive us from our homes and from our graves. The Jews are already constantly shifting from place to place. – Theodor Herzl
Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven’t won the lead roles. I don’t have the pressure of being a world-famous bombshell that has detonated. – Selma Blair
The end of shows are a nightmare for everybody because there is so much pressure to satisfy everyone, which of course you can’t do. – Scott Bakula
If you ask most trainers who have ridden which pressure is greater – watching your horse or riding it – they will tell you it is harder watching it because you have no control over what happens. – Tony McCoy
Everything ultimately becomes the CEO’s problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure. – Yishan Wong
All pressure is self-inflicted. It’s what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you. – Sebastian Coe
The thing about producing is that the pressure is off of being in front of the camera, and being critiqued and judged in that way, but there are other pressures producing. – Sean Hayes
I can swear on a stack of Bibles that not once in doing the ‘CBS Evening News’ for 19 years – well, I take it back. Once perhaps. But during 19 years, with perhaps one exception, was I ever aware of any political or commercial pressure on that broadcast whatsoever. – Walter Cronkite
Top-up fees mean that universities are increasingly under pressure to confer degrees upon students, who perceive the degree as a commodity they’ve purchased. Failure doesn’t enter into anyone’s calculations. – Sarah Churchwell
The pressure in Hollywood is bigger to look good than in Germany. In Germany, we are more forgiving. Having a personal coach in Germany is not nearly as common as in Hollywood. In Hollywood, I think everyone has a personal trainer. – Sibel Kekilli
Everyone loves a win in India. No one wants to lose a match. It is the cricketer who absorbs all the pressure. – Virat Kohli
I don’t pay any attention to records. I don’t want pressure. I just want to get to that line. – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a cost of doing business. – Steven Levitt
A terrorist network that believes a nation so tested will fold under pressure of a few horrific acts may capture its attention, but will not achieve its submission. – Virginia Foxx
You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can’t or don’t pass the ball. What are you playing for? What’s the point? That’s not football. Combine, pass, play. That’s football – for me, at least. – Xavi
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures. – Vince Lombardi
I’m guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good. – Timothy Dalton
During my first Olympics in 1980, at the age of 23, I was physically in great condition but mentally too inexperienced to cope comfortably in the pressure cooker of an Olympic year. – Sebastian Coe
When it is perceived that a show has gone awry, the pressure is staggering, and as a writer caught in that storm, it feels like you are being attacked by jackals. – Steven Bochco
