Turmoil Quotations

The '50s in general are written off as a boring decade following the turmoil of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath - the postwar Labour government, the cold war, the arrival of the New Look in fashion, etc. But I remember it as a very exciting time - a pioneering, rule-breaking time, especially for the young.

Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die.

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.

From 19 to 28 there was a lot of turmoil in my life, but in a stuck way. Then, around 28, my life started to get shaken up. I realized I wanted to grow more and that anything that wasn't working in my life, I could fix it. I feel like I came into my womanhood. And that was when I got married.

Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises. A broadly diversified portfolio includes large capitalization stocks, small cap, emerging markets, fixed income, real estate and commodities.

Turmoil is everywhere, and the whole world is waiting for solutions to come from the top down. That's not how it works - community change from the bottom up makes a real difference.

The stress and turmoil that my father had to go through at a young age to make sure that I didn't have the same trials and tribulations, I couldn't be more grateful.

Peptic ulcers became more common in the 20th century at the same time that these theories of Freud and other psychoanalysts became popular. And somehow those meshed, and this tradition emerged that ulcers were caused by stress or turmoil in one's life.

I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.

When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it.

The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

When you put a book together and arrange it, there's a lot of anxiety and turmoil about what order the poems should be in.

In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them.

The possibility of a US dollar collapse or sharp decline may be small at this point but it would generate very significant turmoil so East Asian economies... ought to be ready for that.

The positive influence of tax rebate checks and lower energy prices is being overwhelmed by the adverse impact of highly noticeable layoff announcements and the turmoil in the stock market,

We're pleased to put this behind us. This has been two years of turmoil and bullying by this union.

We've turned the focus from the turmoil of the hurricane and injuries to each game. We're not overlooking anyone. We do expect it to be a physical game tonight.

Anyone can find fault. It is the wise person who finds that which encourages another in the turmoils and strifes of the day.

My father was second-generation Chinese-American, born in 1923 in California. My mother emigrated to the States from China when she was in her early twenties, in part to escape the political turmoil in China.

Now we're sitting here at 0-3, there's a lot of turmoil and how are we going to bounce out of it. There's only two ways to go.

I believe that turmoil of 1994 scarred the firm in such a way that it believed it needed a steady source of capital, permanent capital, that something like 1994 should never happen again, ... and that the way to keep something like that from ever happening again, one of the ways, was to take permanent capital from public shareholders.

China is extremely and definitely opposed to the use of military force because its use will result in a tremendous amount of human casualties and create more turmoil in the region,

From the turmoil that has been created in the General Assembly, we must be doing something to get their attention. They must feel threatened in some way.

He's just really, really focused on turning this around. He has a plan, and it starts with finding a coach that shares his mind-set, someone who can help keep turmoil out of the locker room.

I think the players should be able to hold their heads high. It wasn't a win. It wasn't what we came to do, but it's hard to explain all the distractions and all the turmoil and all the things that have happened and the effect it could have on these kids. For them to come and play like they did, I'm extremely proud of them.

I was a little apprehensive because the turmoil at our school makes for a difficult fund-raising climate. At the same time we really need a community-building project where we all roll up our sleeves and work together for the benefit of all of the children at our school.

Recent turmoil on Wall Street and in worldwide financial markets, along with continuing layoff announcements, have not dampened consumer confidence,

That caused such turmoil in the industry. Hopefully they will start to ease. There was a lot of biting the bullet when fuel prices were so high, but 2006 does promise some light at the end of that tunnel.

My mother was a great storyteller and a great historian in her own way. She only made it to third grade. She came from Mexico City at the tail end of the Mexican Revolution and that kind of turmoil and chaos and frenzy and also excitement.

Market turmoil is the best possible news for us. The more chaos and uncertainty in the marketplace, the better.

I think our players should be able to hold their heads high. That wasn't a win, and that's what we came to do. It's hard to explain all the distractions and turmoil and the impact that has had on the kids. For them to come out and fight like they did, I'm extremely proud of them.

We believe the recent turmoil at AOL is probably helping Yahoo!'s online advertising business on the margin.

The political turmoil in Iran turned the mood from positive to negative going into the week and that seems to be coloring people's interpretation of the earnings. My sense with Apple is that in the current mood of the market, no news would have been good enough to support the stock.

The promotion of peaceful commerce with the region and among Middle East states will help end the political turmoil and economic stagnation that has for too long limited the opportunities for people in that region.

We work together as an organization damned well and have a strong sense of humor about much of what goes on around us - thankfully. The media has been in much more turmoil over the Red Sox than has been the case internally.

There also were times before and after board meetings when I would see them out in the hall. They're allowed to do that. I can't say they can't socialize, but I could only speculate with the turmoil going on on the board they weren't just out there talking about the weather.

When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.

It is in the turmoil of chaos that we discover what, if anything, we are.

There has been a consistency and predictability in the numbers that gives you great confidence that these markets are not in turmoil as we saw the last number of years.

We're not likely to get the bond yield moving through that 4.75 percent level until we get past all this turmoil that is now in the market.

We are so excited to have Jamal back. If you look at his history, he always rebounds in a big way from adversity. He had a tough 2005 that started with surgery, his incarceration, and then dealing with all of the turmoil during the season with the contract hanging over his head. We expect big things from him.

Turmoil in the Nasdaq has had just a minor ripple effect in the venture capital market.

You can kind of see there is a lot turmoil going on (in New York). I think maybe upstairs in the organization, with the coaching staff and with the players. It kind of seems like everyone's a little frustrated with one another. I think that's kind of what you're seeing on the court. It's hard to win games when everything's divided and I think that's kind of what you're seeing right now.

Those sovereigns in the midst of political turmoil also have the weakest growth rates in emerging Asia, and further downward revisions to the growth forecast may be necessary." ()

Twenty-three months ago, our nation was thrown into turmoil because we learned a painful reality -- that our democracy did not work as well as it should. ... The legislation we present to the Congress today rectifies those wrongs, does justice to the American voter.

Every day that they (militants) can generate articles telling westerners that Iraq is in turmoil is a day they feel they have done a good job, ... So let's not sell short the progress that is being made.

Based on our experience in Ohio politics, we believe that the president's lead in Ohio is clear and that it cannot be surmounted. Sen. Kerry should concede defeat and spare the country the turmoil of another drawn-out election.

Employment gains are rising at a slower rate, retail sales are decelerating somewhat, the stock market is going through some turmoil and the Middle East situation is also probably having a dampening impact on consumers' willingness to spend, ... So I think the Michigan confidence report is consistent with an overall picture in which consumers are doing well, but probably taking a breather for a while.

There's something weird about the Scots. We are a troubled, slightly tortured race - the sense of the respectable outward character and, inside, the turmoil of something darker.

The school has been in a lot of turmoil because of this principal, and we are looking at a process that could stretch on for months and could thereby cause a great deal of disruption in the school. We felt that the situation was just too volatile to let this happen.

The mutual fund scandal is a bigger deal than anyone thinks right now. There's real turmoil in the mutual fund world. You don't take down a fund group like Putnam without creating a tremendous amount of angst and uncertainty.

That's my job and I have fun doing it. Thank goodness that I can still do it. I got lucky on the steal on Allen. As long as I create turmoil on the court, I'll keep doing it.

There remains some risk. If turmoil in the equity markets should continue, that would impact consumer sentiment and consumer behavior. No one really knows what will happen. There can be a second wave of scandal from other companies. I can't dismiss that possibility.

They're building products that consumers want, and they're also well-managed, so they don't have any turmoil or anything like that. From a business standpoint, there really isn't much stopping Toyota at this point.

It is so rewarding for all of us to see the atmosphere that we had tonight and to remember how it was even before the (Brandon Heath and Marcus Slaughter) group got here. To go through turmoil and tough times, that makes the reward of cutting down the net all the more enjoyable.

Ford is trading at eight times earnings while DaimlerChrysler is at 12 times earnings. We think Ford has a strong and stable management team while we're seeing turmoil at DaimlerChrysler. And Ford is increasingly investing in products that make a lot of money, whereas Daimler is beginning to try to make vehicles that don't tend to make a lot of money.

The black chapter of strife, violence, turbulence and turmoil is finally closed.

The agency has had so much turnover in the top spot, and turmoil throughout, that it could have benefited from a period of steady leadership.

It just shows you that after all the turmoil we've been through, we are starting to pick it up, and we're almost to the point where we were last year. It just shows a lot about the character of this team. We didn't get to the point where we are giving up or the people upstairs are trying to disassemble this team. We believe that this is a pretty good team.

I wanted to reader to see the turmoil a company goes through in a starting phase. Particularly one like Netscape, which started a revolution, or at least was part of starting a revolution.

It underscores the turmoil that the Russian economy is undergoing right now.

The turmoil in the boardroom and the goings-on with the CEO succession should dominate the agenda.

The turmoil has left some employees shaken and has prompted former colleagues in Congress to question how Goss intends to improve the agency's capabilities and restore morale. The White House is aware of the problems, administration officials said, and believes they are being handled by the director of national intelligence, who now oversees the agency.

After the oil crisis of 1973, many European countries tightened restrictions on immigrants. By then, millions of Muslims had decided to settle in Europe, preferring the social segregation and racial discrimination they found in the West to political and economic turmoil at home.

After the turmoil of the Second World War, my family ended up in Russian-occupied East Germany. When I attended fourth grade, I had to learn Russian as my first foreign language in school. I found this quite difficult because of the Cyrillic alphabet, but as time went on, I seemed to do all right.

At this time, with the country's leadership in turmoil and confidence in the government steadily declining, now more than ever we need stability.

The king's decision, though belated, is a significant step forward in resolving the political turmoil in Nepal. There may be differences in some quarters but the seven-party alliance should soon take the responsibility of forming a government.

I'm proud of the way our kids fought through a lot of turmoil this season. They (tragically) lost two classmates this past year and we also had a lot of injuries that led to lineup changes. But our kids didn't quit.

If the political turmoil continues, we may need to revise growth rates in countries like Thailand." ()

Clearly there is some turmoil and confusion out there that can help us out in the near term,

become as much a part of their books as do the readers, and they escape into the worlds they have created. If their own personal life is in some sort of turmoil ... for example, if they are living with an abusive partner ... then that escape is more necessary.

Avoid the poison in your life that brings you turmoil.

I don't take the turmoil as unexpected, ... For people who created the culture at the C.I.A. that gave us the information about Al Qaeda, who gave us the information about Iraq, the kinds of changes that Porter is making may be uncomfortable, and they may be making the right decision: they're leaving.

I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story.

Do you have to have emotional turmoil to create music? I'm not sure because I've never been without it

...but somehow the madness around me and the turmoil I carried within myself acted as counterweights, and I survived in the centre.

These are interesting stories out there and they've adapted well to all of the turmoil overseas,

Along with most other participants in the financial-services sector, certain key businesses were negatively impacted by the turmoil in the global financial markets, including, in particular, our credit and relative trading activities.

I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind.

The industry was in turmoil a couple years ago, involved in marketing and trading energy. About a year ago, that process was finished. Companies just don't sit around and do nothing.

The district was in turmoil as a whole, and to have that come up . . . . We focused on the children, and the gains were recognized.

You've got to go through turmoil to get to success. It was just meant for the puzzle to be built like that.

There is turmoil under the heavens. The prospects are excellent.

We in a sense went for the Bernie Sanders model OK? Now we're also in turmoil as a result of this result.

Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.