Triggers Quotes - Page 5

• You never pull the trigger until you know you can win.

  Roger Ailes

  Winning, You Can Win, Knows

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• The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd.

  Andre Breton

  Hands, Crowds, Pistols

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• Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Waiting, Finals

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• A doctor could make a million dollars if he could figure out a way to bring a boy into the world without a trigger finger.

  Arthur Miller

  Boys, Doctors, Dollars

  Arthur Miller (1947). “All My Sons: Drama in Three Acts”, p.10, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• Dr. A.Q. Khan's part is only enriching the uranium to weapons grade, ... He does not know about making the bomb, he does not know about the trigger mechanism, he does not know about the delivery system

  Pervez Musharraf

  Doe, Drs, Bombs

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• I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

  K. D. Lang

  Selfish, Thinking, Ego

  "I'm mistaken for a man every day". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2008.

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• Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn't be triggered by a normal voice.

  Akon

  Voice, Body, Way

  Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. November 12, 2006.

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• I don't think grief of grief in a medical way at all. I think that I and many of my colleagues, are very concerned when grief becomes pathological, that there is no question that grief can trigger depression in vulnerable people and there is no question that depression can make grief worse.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Grief, Thinking, People

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. September 30, 2009.

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• A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Pistols

  Victor Hugo (2007). “Hugo's Works”, p.50, Wildside Press LLC

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• and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the first time his finger clicks the trigger. We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.

  Andrea Gibson

  Keys, Soldier, Different

  Andrea Gibson (2018). “Take Me With You”, p.158, Penguin

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• For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society

  Nelson Mandela

  Purpose, Revolution, Fairs

  Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.198, Hachette UK

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• I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspiring, Soccer, Long

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• Audacious faith is the raw material that authentic Christianity is made of. It's the stuff that triggers ordinarily level-headed people like you and me to start living with unusual boldness.

  Steven Furtick

  People, Stuff, Raw Materials

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• Enthusiasm is the way you trigger other people's emotions so they instinctively help and support you.

  Paul Meyer

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Business

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• A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions. There is something about a well-worded question that often penetrates to the heart of the matter and triggers new ideas and insights.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Success, Wise

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jul 21, 2013

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• Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Decision, Energy

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.23, Xist Publishing

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• Art is not an object, but a trigger for experience.

  Brian Eno

  Art, Art Is, Objects

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• Everything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you. It's really that easy - and that's what I do.

  Tim Ferriss

  People, Track, Done

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• By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not shoot at all. By professional standards I do not waste a lot of film; but by the standards of many of my colleagues I probably miss quite a few of my opportunities. Still, the things I am after are not in a hurry as a rule.

  Bill Brandt

  Photography, Opportunity, Thinking

  Bill Brandt (1993). “Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• That "ol' black magic" is a fickle force. The chemistry of romantic love can trigger the chemistry of sexual desire and the fuel of sexual desire can trigger the fuel of romance. This is why it is dangerous to copulate with someone with whom you don't wish to become involved. Although you intend to have casual sex, you might just fall in love.

  Helen Fisher

  Falling In Love, Sex, Romantic Love

  Helen Fisher (2005). “Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love”, p.86, Macmillan

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• The attendant on William Rufus, who discharged at a deer an arrow, which glanced against a tree and killed the king, was no murderer, because he had no such design. And, on the other hand, a man who should lie in wait to assassinate another, and pull the trigger of a gun with that intent, would be morally a murderer, not the less though the gun should chance to miss fire.

  Richard Whately

  Kings, Lying, Gun

  Richard Whately (1860). “Introductory Lessons on Morals, and Christian Evidences”, p.38

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• If the actor points a fake gun and pulls the trigger, and you have to fall to your knees, you really do have to sell it. Otherwise, it takes the viewer out of the moment.

  Gregory Nicotero

  Fall, Gun, Fake

  "Brains, Blood, and BBQ: Welcome to Greg Nicotero’s Zombie School". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2014.

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• I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Writing, Inspire

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• God loves to show mercy . . . His anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but His mercy has a hair trigger.

  John Piper

  Hair, Safety, Locks

  John Piper (2012). “The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God”, p.185, Multnomah

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• Think about the physical act of pulling a trigger. The amount of pressure it takes to pull a trigger or the speed it takes to shove a sharp object into somebody. The psychology behind it. Why people kill? Why people don't kill?

  Milo Ventimiglia

  Thinking, People, Psychology

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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