Quotes by Tunnels We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some weeks nearer to the New; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad, flapping American ear will be that the Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough. Henry David Thoreau princessmediatunnels Poetry is the tunnel at the end of the light. J. Patrick Lewis tunnelspoetrylight It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest thing he ever did. The tremendous things that happened afterward were as nothing compared to it. He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait. J. R. R. Tolkien tunnelsrealwaiting I wanted to know what it was like to be a drug addict, and have an eating disorder, and have a loved one die, and fall in love. I saw my friends going through these things, I saw the world going through these things, and I needed to understand them. I needed to make sense of them. Books didn’t make me wallow in darkness, darkness made me wallow in books, and it was books that showed me there is light at the end of the tunnel. Jackson Pearce falling-in-lovetunnelsbook Anxiety leads to a narrowing of the field of attention, the so-called tunnel vision, and when people are anxious, they are unable to attend to the total situation as is necessary to enable them to act rationally, but impulsively do the first thing that comes into their heads which is usually determined by what others are doing at the same time. James A.C. Brown tunnelsworrypeople Future forecasting is all about testing strategies - it's like a wind tunnel. Jamais Cascio strategytunnelswind He [Bilbo] fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait. J. R. R. Tolkien tunnelsrealwaiting It’s easier to have courage and trust the process when you feel you’re making headway. Mastery is not persistence when you see a light at the end of the tunnel. True mastery is persistence when you don’t yet see the light. James Arthur Ray persistencetunnelslight The test of character is not persistence when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel. The true test is performance and persistence when you see no light coming. James Arthur Ray persistencetunnelscharacter The optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel, the realist sees a train entering the tunnel, the pessimist sees a train speeding at him, hell for leather, and the machinist sees three idiots sitting on the rail track. "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true." James Branch Cabell tracktunnelslight Remember, grab you're future with both hands and mold it into what you want it to be. It's the determined, who create the life they want, while the idle sit by and watch it fade away into nothingness. The future belongs to the exceptional individuals, who can see the light of the future, at the end of the tunnel. James D. Watson tunnelsmotivationalhands Tunnels, our ports, our airports - they need work. And there are millions of jobs to be done. Hillary Clinton airportstunnelsjobs Anything less than total candor was bullshit. I owed that to my readers, I owed that to myself, and I owed that most specifically to my mother. I've had some thrilling moments in my 18-year literary career to this point, and nothing comes close to giving Geneva Hilliker Ellroy, the farm girl from Tunnel City, Wisconsin, to the world. James Ellroy girltunnelsmother If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of the oncoming train. James Russell Lowell tunnelshumorfunny I tried to shake some water off. "I got a message from Angel,"i said, scanning the tunnel."She says there's massive danger down here,something too big for us to fix or deal with." "So of course you immediately came down. James Patterson tunnelsangelwater I like the 'Cirque du Freak' books - 'Tunnel of Blood' by Darren Shan. They're set in England. It's about vampires. Jamie Waylett tunnelsbookblood Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Janet Fitch tunnelslonelinesssoul There are many people that can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. They have feelings of hopelessness and feel like they don't have any purpose on this Earth. Some of them feel like death is the only option they have. I know because I felt that way. Jason Peter tunnelslightpeople A hiker who was lost in a blizzard said he stayed alive by digging a snow tunnel and burning dollar bills for warmth. Today he was offered a job as President Obama's economic adviser. Jay Leno tunnelssnowjobs Authorities in New York City have foiled a plot by terrorists to blow up the Holland Tunnel. There was one awkward moment when officials informed President Bush the Holland Tunnel was safe. Bush then thanked the Dutch authorities for all their help. Jay Leno tunnelsnew-yorkblow«1234567891011»
