#poise

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

— Alexander Chase

#air travel #between #death #exhilarating #fact

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

— Rudy Giuliani

#change #city #dramatic #dramatic change #enough

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

— Steven Levy

#cusp #dramatic #economic #industrial #industrial revolution

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. ↗

— James Lovelock

#climate #could #fast #hot #jump

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

— Harold MacMillan

#cliche #foreign #forever #indiscretion #poised

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#cliche #forever #indiscretion #poised

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

#balance #forward #his #maintains #man

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. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#adverse #adverse conditions #against #aggression #conditions

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

— Robert Mueller

#because #commit #country #determine #need

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. ↗

— Richard Neal

#assistance #before #benefits #broadly #care