Circumstance Quotations

The existence of common features in different forms of life indicates some relationship between the different organisms, and according to the concept of evolution, these relations stem from the circumstance that the higher organisms, in the course of millions of years, have gradually evolved from simpler ones.

There's an appreciation of the whole picture of life as opposed to just ambition and circumstance and all the stuff that happens in this business. You find yourself lucky enough to be working with somebody really talented who you know and who you trust.

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

The historian's job is to aggrandize, promoting accident to inevitability and innocuous circumstance to portent.

Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her.

You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I have had.

It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.

George W. Bush: a person who is the ultimate outcome of the American condition. Someone promoted above ability because of circumstance and organisation and empathy. You don't have to be intelligent. A moron in a hurry could know that you don't prevent war by having a war.

It is not architectural achievement that makes the structures of earlier times seem to us so full of significance but the circumstance that antique temples, Roman basilicas, and even the cathedrals of the Middle Ages are not the works of single personalities but creations of entire epochs.

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

When my first husband died, what I tried to do is to sort of, you know, try to bring some rationale to the circumstance and think about worse circumstances, and also open the door to what other women experienced when all of a sudden they were left alone. And particularly if they had children.

I'm in favour of a sensible development of response units and their deployment in any circumstance where there may be a risk to the officers themselves or the neighbourhood they're in. I'm not in favour of a blanket arming of the police.

You arrive at Formula One being very skeptical, how far can your talent deal with all this, and then you understand those guys are human and pretty reasonable, and finally succeeding in winning your first race, in circumstance as such, it was just an amazing moment.

It was an accident of circumstance that I never married.

You know, you don't need a leader to sort of administer something that's going very well. In fact, in one sense, an overly ambitious person in that circumstance can probably screw it up.

Because the Savior is a resurrected and glorified being, He is not physically with every one of His servants at every moment. But He is perfectly aware of them and their circumstance and able to intervene with His power.

One of the great things he provided during the week under certainly difficult circumstances was great leadership. He was there for the players. He expressed to them they came here to get an education and play basketball. He was very positive. Our practices were outstanding.

On paper, she has the program. It's just whether she can deliver under these circumstances.

I would have enthusiastically accepted the offer if more resources had been available. But under these circumstances, I regretfully must decline.

I was so proud. I thought they did a great job for the circumstances. That's only going to make us better as a team.

Nobody on my staff ever told me it was going to break any day. We just don't want to take another chance that the existing force main would rupture and break, and run into the same circumstance we had on March 24.

I would have preferred to meet the governor under more favorable circumstances, not this.

I would refer you to the language of the law, ... It depends on the circumstances.

Obviously, you don't want it to happen under these kinds of circumstances. That's not the way you want to get more playing time. It's unfortunate, and I'm not really even thinking about that right now. My thoughts and prayers are with Ken right now.

Obviously, we're disappointed that we had a circumstance like this, ... We take our position in the public trust very seriously.

One of the two suspects and now both of the lawyers have been found dead under mysterious circumstances.

One of the worst enemies in such situations is overreaction and even panic. Nixon once advised that when circumstances are the hottest is when leaders must be the coolest.

No constitution has been accomplished in such circumstances and in record time like this,

One item not to get under any circumstances whatsoever is Jessica Simpson's Daisy Dukes.

Monetary policy is the perfect instrument for these circumstances. The Fed can keep pushing as needed, but still can turn on a dime and pull back as soon as spending starts to rebound.

Negotiations may be cut off on extraordinary circumstances, as it is stated in Turkey's framework document. For instance, in cases of violation of human rights or basic rights, negotiations will be cut off,

Obviously, it was inexcusable. I just felt under the circumstances that if they didn't want me to come back, then I would have understood.

Obviously, there was an extenuating circumstance with a bad snap. But we got the ball down. Obviously, it's not perfectly down, but the ball did get down and you'd like to think he'd be able to push it through.

I have done my best to fulfil my responsibility to him and to the party in circumstances which were difficult for everyone ... It has been an enormously difficult time and there have been huge conflicts of loyalty. We have to accept the sincerity of intention of people in what it was they tried to do.

I don't know the exact circumstances. He did have some medical problems and was transported to Heartland Medical Center for some evaluations.

I don't know that we've had a circumstance where the president may be signing a bill that one of the chambers didn't actually approve. That's the unique wrinkle here.

If they are encountering a change in economic circumstance we'll have to take a look at that. We all agree it's a great event.

There are opportunity and circumstances that fall our way and we have to take advantage of them. Any good team is able to do that. You've got to step up.

When to shoot and when not to shoot is one of the most difficult decisions in some circumstances that anybody could make,

We're just going to do what we have to do depending on the circumstances.

We're committed to running the football. We've been wanting to do that since I've been here, but the circumstances just weren't right for it.

Let everyone regulate his conduct . . . by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

Much of the marble coldness of Hester's impression was to be attributed to the circumstance that her life had turned, in a great measure, from passion and feeling, to thought. Standing alone, as to any dependent on society, and with little Pearl to be guided and protected- alone, and hopeless of retrieving her position, even as she had not scorned to consider it desirable, she cast away the fragments of a broken chain.

Maybe we wouldn't have kept players on as long as we did under other circumstances but we needed the win.

She doesn't want to take pills because of all the circumstances that occurred.

Lying is a terrible thing in any circumstances,

Simplifying rates, making folks who are in similar circumstances pay similar amounts, and doing it in such a way that it seems to be fair to both business and residential customers ... gives me assurance that it's the right thing to do.

Scott did a great job under trying circumstances, but Tony will bring a different dimension to the job.

She's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances, which I know you understand are extreme.

The only mitigating circumstance in this case is, we know she did suffer from a mental illness. That did not necessarily excuse her conduct or criminal responsibility, but we did take that into account.

We want to make sure we continue the decline and deal effectively with the current circumstance.

Knowing the circumstances, I was extremely proud of her for refusing to lie.

Jamal looks like he's in shape and prepared, considering his offseason circumstances. He looks like he wants to play football and put everything behind him. Now, he can actually strap it on and nothing is holding him back.

Given (Scotty's Paving) circumstances, I don't think the Fiscal Court should hold (the company's) feet to the fire,

Given the circumstance in New York, the protocols relating to our handling of informants changed dramatically.

Given the circumstances and given the experience CL&P has had in dealing with storms, I don't think they did as well as everyone expected. He's the chairman of the committee. I can't force a hearing, but I hope others request a hearing. Even if the utility company performed the way it should have, the public should be informed about how.

Given the circumstances, I understand why it took longer.

Given the circumstances of what he's charged with and where it seems he's fled, we certainly would consider him armed and dangerous.

Given the circumstances, the colleagues made a good impression which I am delighted about.

given the circumstances, the environment, the sense that we were responding to 9/11, and all of the urgency that was created by the rhetoric and cajoling of the administration.

Given the current circumstances, whoever becomes majority leader will have to be careful about appearing to do something special for their friends or district.

Given the extraordinary circumstances, we'll try to make this consistent throughout the season.

Given the last 22 months, given today's circumstances of crumbling sanctions, given the fact that he is back in the arms business, Mister Chairman, it follows as the night follows the day for me to say what I am saying: These sanctions are not working.

I can't imagine foreseeing this happening under any circumstance to anybody, in the public or private sector. Should they have had a heads-up this would happen? I don't know where it would have come from.

France strongly condemns this crime ... (and) calls for an international inquiry to be held without delay to determine the circumstances of, and responsibility for, this tragedy, before punishing the culprits.

From a technical point of view these elections are as sound as they can be under the circumstance.

From a practical point of view, you need to be locally present to understand local circumstances, county commissions, city commissions, things like that.

Given the right circumstances, people who are always late can be on time.

Given the time and circumstances, nothing under the sun shall stop this country from becoming a super power.Being grateful has limitations, no man can be grateful at the cost of his dignity, no woman at the cost of her chastity and no country at the cost of its freedom.I hope that Mr. Gandhi will not drive me to the necessity of making a choice between his life and rights of my people, for I shall never consent to deliver my people bound hand and foot to the orthodox for generations to come.

Given the very unique circumstances of the situation, I believe their request is a reasonable one and would have no adverse effect on any other club. Therefore, I have determined that the game will not be played.

For us, we let the circumstances dictate what will happen with us. We're more inclined to let whatever demand there is for something manifest itself before we push our own agenda on the world. We didn't come up with the idea of recording new songs. It was (Jake) who suggested it and we went along with it, so I guess it would depend on what kind of influence we got from outside whether we would actually go and do more songs or not.

From the standpoint that identifies there are circumstances that are beyond control of the coach, (and) you can't hold the coach accountable, I think this is very positive.

I don't think people should take big-screen TVs. But under the circumstances, water and diapers are something else.

For we can now understand why it was that a man true to his conscience, in circumstances of such controversy, leave government in a way that not only manifested an absence of rancor but won applause, not just from those who agreed with him but those who disagreed with him.

If a householder moulds himself according to the circumstances just like nature moulds Herself according to seasons and performs his Karma then only shall he acquire happiness. One who does this successfully gains in all walks of life.

Caring for others is accomplished by a dazzling array of skills in an endless variety of circumstances. As well as cooking, shopping, cleaning, laundering, planting, tending, harvesting for others, women comfort and guide, nurse and teach, arrange and advise, discipline and encourage, fight for and pacify. Taxing and exhausting under any circumstances, this service work, this emotional housework, is done both outside and inside the home.

Based on the circumstances, we had what we wanted at the end. Down by two, we were going for a tie with a two-point basket, but we just didn't get it done.

I don't know much but I do know this - you are not in any situation by chance, every circumstance has been born of our thoughts and our utterances.

I don't know what she ate or what the circumstances were, but whatever it was, we're going to feed it to her again next year.

Bryan has decided that his preference is to leave the Suns, and under those circumstances, we saw no other option other than to accept his decision.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it is our plan to welcome students back Monday. We won't have students in that area (where the fire occurred) for this entire school year.

Barring exceptional circumstances and provided there is the sustained, proactive cooperation by Iraq, we should be able in the next few months to provide credible assurance that Iraq has no nuclear weapons program.

I have asked the services in charge of the investigation to diligently determine the exact circumstance of this drama.

I had a unique circumstance in which my career was associated with George W. Bush, who went straight to the top. I went to work for him in October of 1993. So my whole identity in national politics is associated with this president, and you know, I kind of want to leave it that way. It's not tugging at me to go do the '08 cycle.

I have always given everything to the band and would have continued to do so if circumstances had not made it impossible.

Her spirits seemed remarkably good, given the circumstances,

Her spirits seemed remarkably good, given the circumstances. I think what is keeping her going is that she believes she is serving a purpose, and that is the need for a federal shield law.

We are focusing entirely on the defense of Turkey in the circumstances where that ally believes it is under threat and NATO as a collective security alliance with obligations that go along with that. (But) we're not part of any decision-making process that is tied to the United Nations.

We submit to you our request for your involvement and your good office in the present circumstances to call upon the US authority and the present government of Iraq to review the legal status of the present court and to reallocate the present court outside Iraq, i.e. The Hague, Netherlands,

We're obviously looking into the circumstances surrounding this, what the prisoners' purpose was and what exactly happened. It was an apparent act of protest.

I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn't a person in the United States who couldn't identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make.

He deeply regrets the circumstances which have led to him being charged with a criminal offense in our federal system.

We lost some aggressiveness and we didn't respond like we had all year in those circumstances.

He could start construction, but no one starts under those circumstances. The remedy of the law is you tear down the building if the variances were not granted correctly.

I am leaving Celtic purely for personal reasons and I am extremely sorry to be departing in such circumstances.

He tried the best that he could, under the circumstances.

If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war.

History shows the poison pill under normal circumstances doesn't benefit shareholders. If the corporation wants a poison pill, it's the shareholders' prerogative to decide that. Not the board of directors.

His stock has risen considerably, and given the circumstances in our entire pool, Kerry is going to be in there right until the end when we're looking to finalize our roster.

His resolution toward his circumstances was very strong from the outset. His accountability for it was very strong. He was very forthright.