Midst Quotations

When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

A beautiful city is Richmond, seated on the hills that overlook the James River. The dwellings have a pleasant appearance, often standing by themselves in the midst of gardens. In front of several, I saw large magnolias, their dark, glazed leaves glittering in the March sunshine.

They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense.

It is in the midst of disasters that bold men grow bolder.

In June 2010, after more than 38 years in uniform, in the midst of commanding a 46-nation coalition in a complex war in Afghanistan, my world changed suddenly - and profoundly. An article in 'Rolling Stone' magazine depicting me, and people I admired, in a manner that felt as unfamiliar as it was unfair, ignited a firestorm.

I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.

We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength and purpose. These are our passions.

A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Barry and I were in the middle of building a house, and I was in the midst of having a nervous breakdown, because that's what you do when you build a house.

Jewish history has been in my cultural DNA since I was a child growing up in post-war London. In the midst of that dark, gray, lamenting monochromatic world of the '50s, I had a sense that both Jewish and English history were full of color and light and animation.

Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century.

He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.

I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.

I've been in situations where, in the midst of really hardcore events in my life, I made some ridiculous off-color joke that was in horrible taste, but made people laugh.

There is a tomorrow after a disaster, and it's sometimes hard to remember that in the midst of it.

I must thank my good friend Nigel Brennan. His strength of character in the midst of extreme hardship inspired me during the darkest days. Despite our separation, he always managed to find small ways to remind me that there are gentlemen in the world, even when I was surrounded by just the opposite.

I want to interpret the natural world and our links to it. It's driven by the belief of many world-class scientists that we're in the midst of an extinction crisis... This time it's us that's doing it.

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

Russia! Russia... Everything in you is open, desolate and level; your squat towns barely protrude in the midst of the plains like dots, like counters; there is nothing to tempt or enchant the onlooker's gaze. But what is this inscrutable, mysterious force that draws me to you?

Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot, for security and social reasons, absorb in our midst a substantial Arab population.

Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd, and they will inevitably meet; it is a fatality, a question of time; that is all.

We were in Little Rock. We were assessing a very important issue. In the midst of our discussions, we were receiving urgent inquiries from The Washington Post asking about interviews.

We are in the midst of an exciting canvass... I am working very hard in politics as well as in other matters. We are determined that Mississippi shall be settled on a basis of justice and political and legal equality.

In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.

I'm an eighteenth-century girl at heart. I wouldn't mind being set down in London in 1715, in the midst of all the drama of the Hanoverian succession.

Poverty and backwardness in the midst of clear waters and verdant mountains is no good, nor is it to have prosperity and wealth while the environment deteriorates.

Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It's been a marvelous and important experience.

All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.

To make any future that we dreamt up real requires creative scientists, engineers, and technologists to make it happen. If people are not within your midst who dream about tomorrow - with the capacity to bring tomorrow into the present - then the country might as well just recede back into the cave because that's where we're headed.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century.

Saying that the Palestinian people aren't really a people - that's not a zany thing to say. That's a psychotic thing to say in the midst of all of the politics we live through on a daily basis.

It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Only one American has given his life for Iranian democracy. He was a young idealist from Nebraska named Howard Baskerville. In 1907, fresh out of Princeton, Baskerville went to Iran as a schoolteacher. He found himself in the midst of a revolution against tyranny, and was carried away with passion for the democratic cause.

I was telling the truth, I said I was very, very worried. At that time I was in the midst of trying to get a way whereby this would not happen. And it has happened. My words have been proved to be right.

I was running on Saturday, the day after he passed away, and I went by a corner where we frequently met for our weekend runs. In the midst of my sadness, I couldn't help but smile, thinking of all the good memories I have of our many miles together.

I would have thought maybe that's the sort of information we might be hoping to get from people who are actually moving hazardous goods through our jurisdiction. We have some pretty tricky areas, particularly in West Vancouver. You're right in the midst of residential.

One is that we have 133,000 more potential targets out there, a lot closer to where harm can happen, that we've created another front for terrorism that we're now in the midst of.

Poor Jenkins, he was distraught yesterday. He was having a monster year. We're having fun; we're in the midst of a 10-game winning streak, and he was enjoying himself.

Obviously a tremendous, tremendous win for our team and our program. We're in the midst of a very special journey right now.

If we had 70.0 dollars per barrel on oil prices in the midst of a recession, I would be very worried, but 70.0 dollars when the world economy is growing at over 4.0 percent is not such a big worry.

A great democratic revolution is taking place in our midst.

Let me be very clear. When the decision was made that there would be no type of extension offer, I felt very strongly that it was time to move on. In the midst of (a conference call with reporters), the phone at the other end of my house rang and a message was left. Please call.

Meanwhile, that's been in the midst of reasonably stable pricing in the processor business and I think that the stable pricing is about to come to an end. By the end of this year, we're going to see sharply eroding prices as we get into the first half of next year.

made extraordinary efforts to make sure that the children who have been upset by this hurricane are able to find some comfort and some solace in the midst of their anguish by being able to go to a school.

Many of the employers that have offered jobs for the evacuees also have other jobs publicly posted with us. It boils down to whether someone has the skills and meets the requirements of the employer. We are trying our best to serve the needs of everyone in the midst of a very difficult situation.

We might get 12 seconds of interaction in the midst of a three-hour discussion of Bath reserve grade's selection problems or Swansea's administration shake-up.

Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies

Growth, geopolitical risk and potentially higher energy prices point to the possibility of another rise in commodity prices. It's too early to conclude that the upward ascent has ended. We are more likely in the midst of a pause.

But sometimes in the midst of worry, anxiety and hard work, it has been pretty hard to bear all these false reports going about the country - to see my friends alienated and being made to believe things that were absolutely false.

China is in the midst of perhaps the largest military buildup the world has witnessed since the end of the Cold War.

What we wanted was to bring the outside in. We're in the country, and we wanted to set the house in the midst of horse pasture and cow paddock.

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

We suspect that right now we are in the midst of what is a normal 10 percent correction. This is normal market volatility that people aren't really used to. A lot will be driven by the releases on the economy at the end of next week, namely the employment number.

We're in the midst of a rally that probably looks like it will have a bit more legs,

We're in the midst of a technical correction, and I suspect for the next week or so we'll trade within this range. The market has already discounted a lot of the economic and earnings news.

We're in the midst of a very difficult time in the telecom industry. Demand has been very week, particularly among the telecom-intensive sectors such as travel and financial services, ... We think 2003 will be another tough year in the telecom industry.

We're in the midst of one of the greatest mining cycles we've seen in decades.

We're in the midst of putting together a strategic partnership on the retail side. And for office, we're looking at sub markets of Tokyo and other cities with good demographics.

We're in the midst of the U.S. reporting season, which looks pretty good. Companies in Europe seem to have been publishing good numbers, so I think the fundamentals are still pretty positive.

I live on a boat, which is in the midst of renovation... I figure the good Lord will put me in the right place and hopefully I'll have the right clothes on. I think what we're going to do is bring the boat through the Panama Canal. My husband has always wanted to do that. So I think we'll do that and have the boat in Florida for the winter.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

Terry was so angry; she kept saying we have to meet with these people at parent-teacher conferences, ... But in the midst of this anger, I realized there's something funny about the way these pieces affect my life, and I realized there was a show in this, a hybrid where you could see the hidden cameras juxtaposed with this normal domestic life that I lead.

I was actually in the midst of breakfast, and Angela Tarantino, who does publicity at HBO, called me -- very excited, shrieking into the phone. It was very nice. ... 'Sex and the City' won last year, which was so exciting, but Sarah and I weren't out there because we are doing plays in New York. So you can be sure we will be there this year with bells on this time around.

Little is more American than the nexus of religious rhetoric, politics, love and theatricality. At an historical moment when it feels at times as if we are in the midst of a contemporary holy war - where the line between religion and politics has become increasingly blurred - I'm thrilled to premiere this play at Arena Stage, in our nation's political center.

Long ago the country bore the country-town and nourished it with her best blood. Now the giant city sucks the country dry, insatiably and incessantly demanding and devouring fresh streams of men, till it wearies and dies in the midst of an almost uninhabited waste of country.

Sports journalism is in the midst of an identity crisis so profound that we no longer know whether we're made up of one word or two.

Red Dog is a very honorable man and he means a lot to Scouting. Focusing on removing him in the midst of the other issue we are facing is the wrong thing to do.

President Bush right now is in the midst of a very severe case of second-term blues.

I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

I think what this shows is that even in the midst of the debate, it is largely irrelevant, ... It's not the sum and substance of improving end-of-life care.

People are seeing things that no one likes to see. We've seen criminals try to prey on vulnerable people in the midst of a tragedy, and that's horrible.

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

I think the CD has this great mood. It projects this positive tone which is something that, when you're in the midst of talking about the places that I've visited, or that Sam and Eric and War Child go to and have projects in, it's dark. It's like unspeakable sadness in these places, but then to have music that is very warm, maybe even forgiving is a good way to say it, it's a very healthy thing.

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found -- not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

I think we're in the midst of a pretty significant correction right now. All of a sudden you see opportunities starting to creep in.

I think we're in the midst of putting something incredible together.

I think a lot of L.A. is something like USC - this incredible white culture living in the midst of color, and no obvious reaction to it at all. I mean, they have guards at the gate at USC - guards at the gate of a major university! And the guards chase young black boys away - I've seen it, chasing 8-year-old boys.

Remember, in January 2005, we were in the midst of a buying frenzy. Homes were selling very quickly. Thus, at that time, the inventory of available resale listings was very low.

Our company is in the midst of a transition to a new business model to support and facilitate greater consumerism in health care.

I think the market is in the midst of a pretty strong rally, and any selling today doesn't mean much. We're in an uptrend.

I think they will step down if they're indicted. I do think that's appropriate if they're in the midst of an indictment.

It boils the blood and chills the spine to see a sitting judge in the midst of a mob-directed money-laundering conspiracy.

Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Thy early smile has stayed my walk;But midst the gorgeous blooms of May,I passed thee on thy humble stalk.

We are in the midst of the largest expansion in company history.

We are in the midst of the third-quarter reporting season and it's quite likely the numbers will meet expectations or be below, so there is still scope for bad news.

We are in the midst of trying to fit Australia into the schedule after we go to Japan in January,

We are in the midst for proceeding with our planning for our next communications opportunity, which will begin tomorrow.

We are in the midst of a great transition from narrow nationalism to international partnership

We are in the midst of a Hispanic moment - it is dynamic, and yet its course is not entirely clear.

We are in the midst of an exciting expansion that will move our company forward. As we increase our capacity, these hires and promotions will help us provide the needed sales support to our customers.

We are in the midst of an inflection point for Yahoo -- and the online advertising industry in general -- that finally pushes Internet marketing into the mainstream and sets the stage for robust growth.