Calming Quotations

Wintertime for me is a time when I do a lot of my writing in the studio. It's a time I enjoy. And it's very reflective and a very calming time of the year. Throughout the year I gather a lot of musical inspirations, and this is where I bring them to the studio and see what will evolve musically.

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.

I play American football every Saturday, which I find calming.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

I think that going to the beach as a child, being in the water and smelling that salt air and hearing the seagulls, it had a real calming effect. But also, it was a mysterious thing - I remember wondering what was under those dark New England seas.

Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.

When it came to crunch time, he was there for us. He was a very calming influence for us. We knew if one of our defenders got beat, Shep was back there.

We're a work in progress and we're scrambling and scratching and clawing to kind of be what we were so proud to be earlier. And we're close. We're getting there sort of in fits and starts. But it's a matter of settling down, calming down and believing in everything that we're capable of doing within our system and we'll be fine.

One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it; it’s against them: they take it as an assault, an inconvenience! But rain is so wonderfully cleansing, so refreshing, so calming...

The smell of cooking food is often a calming one.

The OPEC suggestion that they would not cut production targets has had a calming effect on the market.

We rather think it was some personal interplay between the people, who perhaps knew each other. Certainly they were fighting and uncontrollable, and clearly the calming techniques which we teach our cabin crews didn't work. Diversion was the only option.

The proximity to the Mediterranean... it's been a calming influence or just a generally good thing.

It was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear.

She threw a great game. She moved the ball around very well and got her change up over for strikes a couple of times. She really looked comfortable out there. The girls behind her did a real nice job of talking and calming her down. There were a few times when she fell behind hitters, but she battled back and got the job done. You really can't ask for anything more than what she did today.

She's one of the few players used to being in pressure situations. She stepped up as a leader has had a calming effect on our team.

She's actually a pretty even-keeled kid. Nothing seems to faze her. She's not awestruck by anything. She's actually more of a calming influence than anybody on the team, and she's just a kid.

She's a calming influence at times, she's a source of energy at other times.

Monetary tightening, a strong currency and tamer U.S. demand should spell slower economic growth ahead, calming inflation fears.

Obviously the market was well prepared for a change. Maybe the market is expecting some more calming comments from Fukui.

Obviously he comes from a different municipal concept of law enforcement. But in speaking with the major I found he was well versed in community relations and extremely knowledgeable about issues of home security that fit the atmosphere of the town. Whether it?s traffic calming or personal safety, my needs were these be addressed in an ongoing basis.

Nobody is entitled to do this in the name of Islam and who does it in the name of Islam is harming Islam ... Violence weakens us. Violence works against us. Anything except violence is helpful. He hopes on that occasion to meet with a number of leaders from Europe and from the Islamic world and to discuss with them ways of calming the situation.

Carol Dunn is more than an extraordinary colleague to work with, she is my friend. Her innovative and exciting teaching approach combined with her calming nature provides her students not only the necessary learning skills of the curriculum, but the guidance, love, and support needed to help students become independent, confident, and successful lifelong learners.

I love being on the Yard, the atmosphere is energizing yet calming at the same time.

I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear.

I find it very calming because she knows exactly what to do and exactly where we need to be and how much we need to see to make it look real.

Freddy is the definition of a leader. He's a calming and focusing influence and he fights every game, every step of the way.

For us, not to have Joe running off to the locker room in a cart told us he was calming down already, that this wasn't the end of a career, it was just a speed bump.

If the 5 S's are done exactly right with just enough vigor, the calming reflex will be turned on and the baby will stop crying. If a parent can get the baby to stop crying they feel like a million bucks, but if they can't they feel miserable. Parents need to be taught how to quiet their babies.

He was the one that explained that everything would be all right, and that nobody got hurt, calming me down. That's Sam. That's just the way he has always been.

He has a good calming effect. He has an excellent fastball, changes speed. He's a guy we needed in there.

He hopes ... to meet with a number of leaders from Europe and from the Islamic world and to discuss with them ways of calming the situation and allowing a constructive dialogue between people of different faiths and traditions based on mutual understanding and respect.

He makes great decisions and plays at a fantastic pace. He has the game under control and is a very calming influence on us, which we need because we're a very young team. So it's a very different season for Brian.

He really took a lot of pressure off of Josh. He's such a calming presence on the whole defensive core.

Guys are saying, 'Hey, we're willing to give anything a try. And Coach Willingham is exactly what we needed. He has provided a calming hand.

He's a calming influence for us, a great veteran, a great leader and we're going to miss him.

He's a calming factor. You do kind of take it for granted. He's so used to doing it. He's had the ball in his hands ever since he was a kid. It's second nature for him. But you do kind of take it for granted being out there because he takes so much pressure off of everybody. But now we all have to step up.

He's just kind of a calming influence over everything. When he wasn't there, we had to move people around.

He's been outstanding back there the last two years and he's a calming presence. We're going to rely on him more than ever. He's a very hard worker and determined to improve.

He knew his own game. He didn't seem to get nervous, and he just let the game come to him. He had a very calming effect on the team.

(Ken) is the best team owner that anyone could ever have. He has a level head and a very calming influence that keeps us all grounded.

L.A. is very special to me, so far away from my world on the East Coast, Europe, Asia. It's a bit of an island for me - less intense, less busy; because of time difference and location, it has a calming effect. At least it used to be all that.

Packy is a calming influence in the goal. He organizes players well. Mike is very promising and brings good athleticism. I really like what we have at goalkeeper.

Robbie has been a huge asset to me more so than anything else with the race car. He's a very calming individual and he has a good sense about him and he has been through a championship chase.

Pat had a knack for taking on the most difficult kind of assignments and making it look easy. She had a wonderful skill and wisdom for calming everyone down and making them play well together.

Part of reason we delayed having this meeting for three years is that the city went through a learning process on traffic calming issues.

That could've been our worst half of offense of the year and it's a one-point game. We prepared for in-your-face, man-to-man pressure, and we still played like we were down 20. We were too jumpy. We didn't have any calming influence on offense.

It doesn't help to follow every rise and fall of your portfolio. It's better to tune out the day-to-day shifts, in fact. But getting a handle on the larger picture will make you feel more secure, and that goes a long way in calming your fear.

It is calming down. The bottom line is we're transitioning into a much more balanced market between buyers and sellers. It's been a seller's market.

We had a lot of parents, many unfamiliar with classical music, say that they really liked Ravel. They asked to keep it after the study, because it was helpful in putting their baby to sleep, or calming the baby at feeding time.

We are definitely better when she is healthy and in the lineup. She brings a calming influence to our defense.

We are good for about three or four errors without him. When he was out, we had to make some shifts in our lineup and play a couple of guys out of position. He is a calming influence while out there on the field.

There's a very wild side to me, but it's calming down.

We can't promise that it will be a traffic light. It could be some other traffic calming measure.

We had a different lineup. We brought Chris back and it was a calming influence on the rest of the squad.

We've had to come from behind and he's done that. He's done a great job of handling adversity, calming guys down, making little jokes in the huddle. That's just the way he is.

We talked to our players about staying calming at the plate and staying mechanically sound in order to hit the ball properly. Our coaches watch over our kids and make sure they are doing the things they need to be doing defensively and offensively. It's the small things that win games.

Brian Jones has really come full circle as a player for us. He has a calming effect on our team, and I really believe the other players are rallying around him.

Between all four children and my husband, I don't get to do much. But when I am in England, I cook and I garden, and it's much more calming and relaxed.

Blue is basically a calming (color) ... so they changed the interior to blue.

Erin is our only senior and has been the best captain I've ever had as a coach as she is always in the young girls' ears when they make mistakes and she is a calming influence for them when I'm not being as quiet.

There's nothing more elegant than the juxtaposition of very light with very dark. It's easy on our eyes, with a very calming effect. And contrary to popular opinion, white is very easy to clean.

The storm seemed to be stalling out. But just as you're thinking it was calming down, it spawned a tornado.

The space has no architectural interest, but passengers can see their gate right away. That has a calming effect.

The thing about Judge Duncan, he presided with such ... control, he was a calming influence. His presence and the way he would address people was calming, reassuring and conciliatory.

Sometimes I light incense and a candle. It's so peaceful and quiet. The steadiness of the energy and the reliability of the warmth have a calming effect.

The one thing I didn't want to do was get into any type of jumpiness, ... Any type of anything in my body besides just focus on the baseball. And it's pretty calming to step into at the plate in that situation. I have no idea, no reason why.

During rough times and tough times his leadership came out, ... He could have been volatile, but he was a calming influence. He remained strong.

As far as his personality is concerned, he's a quiet leader . . . But all that stuff comes out at game time because he's one tough nut. He has a terrific work ethic, on and off the field. He's not a gifted student, but he's a very good student because he works at it. He's the same way on the football field. He's just a big calming influence out there.

Ashley has a really calming effect on the team. She's been a huge part of our success this season. Tonight was the perfect example of that.

The boys were sparkling beforehand and it was a matter of calming them down. They kept their discipline when things could have got away from them.

This is a nightmare, and I am not against this development, but there is a right way and a wrong way. To put another development here without looking at traffic calming measurements would be ridiculous; to add insult to an open wound is being irresponsible.

They tell me morale has come up and attitudes are changing, ... From what I see, things are calming down.

There may be more cycles of hyperventilation yet to come as Hurricane Rita blows through the Gulf of Mexico, but the DOE data for last week was a calming influence.

They're quiet and they're very calming and relaxing.

It's energizing, calming and promotes focus. A lot of people are passionate about the practice. They can fully embrace the fact that it's so mental, and it engages the mind in a different way.

I tried to figure out a way to replicate those in some way. Some I couldn't even get close, some I could come up with a convincing version. We turned water into wine. That one was very easy for me to do. The calming of the storm I was able to do, but we show how we pulled that one off with special effects.

It's pretty calming to step to the plate in that situation.

It's pretty calming to step in there in that situation. I don't know why, but it's a feeling that comes over you. (The fans) are so loud, but you just understand it's you versus him ? that's all that matters at that point.

It's bruised and a matter of it calming down. We are not going to put him out there in a situation where he could be injured.

No matter what happens (incoming AOL CEO Richard) Parsons and gang are going to concentrate on calming market expectations. Period.

Any time you have goaltending like that, it has a calming effect.

The core PCE price index is a calming influence on the bond market. Inflation so far has far not gotten out of hand.

The core PCE price index is a calming influence on the bond market, ... Inflation so far has far not gotten out of hand.

I mentioned to a mutual friend this morning that he had a calming influence on me. Which I needed in that transitional period following the departure of the great Joe O'Brien.

I'm just calming down and playing. My teammates are trusting me. I'm not so worried that I'm going to make a mistake and they're going to be mad.

I'm swinging at everything. It's a matter of calming down, getting relaxed and looking for a pitch in the strike zone. ... Once I get more comfortable, more relaxed at the plate, I'm going to see the ball in the strike zone and have a better chance to hit it.

I'm swinging at everything. It's a matter of calming down.

I'll calm down when I feel like calming down. You answer the question.

I'll take my chances, win or lose, ... It's a calming feeling to be up at the plate at that time.

Clearly, calming the environment is something that is important for everybody, for both sides. But they're also working to see if they can overcome their differences.

His awareness on the field has really been a calming force for the secondary.

He's so experienced and the guys on the team feed off of him and what he does. He's a calming force in the middle of the field. He's pleaded with me all preseason to play forward, but we need him in the middle.

He's so confident in what he knows. He now has better than 20 games under his belt. You can't put a price on that, can't measure that experience. He's seen it. He's reacted to it. He's not surprised by it. That's a real calming element in the offense.

He's the calming effect. When everybody else is losing it, he's still calm.

Cooking is really calming. Sharing food with friends, cooking.

I believe her personality and her presence, her strength as a player, is being able to settle everyone down. She is definitely a calming effect for all of us.

There's very few directors that know what that rehearsal's for. And often it's just about calming down the director. If he could see it or she sees it, she goes oh, it's going to be okay.

I now believe that bêtes noires usually attack because we're thwarting our own destinies. Calming the beast turns us toward our best lives.

You can handle anything if you think you can. Just keep your cool and your sense of humor.