Poised Quotes

Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.

Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the long legislative battles over health care reform, financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible.

Higher income taxes are a razor guillotine poised to descend on the bare neck of prosperity.

All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up to a new hot state. It is accelerating so fast that you could say that we are already in it.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care.

Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death.

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy.

Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.

I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life.

What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate, very poised, obviously a smart girl who talked about a very traumatic experience.

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign.

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts.

Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

As a veteran, you're a little more poised on that mental side. But athletically, I didn't really think I could get better.