Unsettled Quotations

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.

I'm a believer, but an unsettled one. I think it has something to do with the fact that my grandmother always told me she would come back and tickle my feet at night time when she passed away. She hasn't gotten me yet. But I keep the blanket over my feet at night, no matter how hot it is.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

I get very unsettled by the mess of Christmas. I find the decorations a little bit hard, as my desire for everything to match is never fully satisfied.

I believe the assessment that if we pull out it will leave an unsettled situation that is bad for the neighborhood and bad for us. Therefore I'd be willing to stay longer if I believed what we're doing would lead to progress in six to 12 months. But I have not seen that evidence, so I'm skeptical that it will. . . . So it may be what we're pursuing, if not effective, then there's no point to it.

What I intend to do is lead an investigation to find out what went right and what went wrong, ... We still live in an unsettled world. We want to make sure we can respond properly if there is a WMD (weapons of mass destruction) attack or another major storm.

Our results reflect the strong U.S. housing market and continued unsettled world markets for pulp, paper and packaging products.

Our biggest question mark is probably the most important question mark. We're unsettled at probably the most important position on the team.

I was unsettled anyway, so it wasn't as if Milan's comments unsettled me at all. I never felt settled in all my time there unfortunately.

I think this quarter demonstrates how unsettled market conditions are. The old IBM doesn't fit with the new markets. IBM understands this and is trying to move quickly to change itself. This elephant has been dancing on stilts.

I think you're looking at a very unsettled situation now. What's going on in the Middle East is cause for great concern.

The court will be in an extremely unsettled and uncertain situation until Justice O'Connor's successor is confirmed and seated. No one including the justices themselves will know for sure whether the nine justices who hear a case will be the same nine who will decide it.

We are a little unsettled due to injuries and face an Edinburgh team in form - they have lost only once at home since Christmas 2004.

The prospects for broad telecom reform including franchise relief are fairly low this year because there are too many unsettled major issues.

We were a little unsettled to start. They're coming in here to try and beat us, but I think our guys handled the pressure well.

With a cup semi-final coming up we had to bring on all those replacements. It unsettled the team, but we scored some great tries early on and played well overall.

English rugby is based on physical strength, discipline, seriousness and determination. They struggle to get out of their pre-established game plan. They can get easily lost when they are unsettled ... they probably lack creativity.

Washington's tattered relations with Latin America have mainly translated into a series of lost opportunities for both sides. The US could end up paying a stiff price for the region's economic reversals and unsettled politics ... Washington can do better.

The question of trademark is pretty unsettled in the open source world. The trademark is important in a consumer product, but there are a few groups who feel it's a restriction they can't live with.

To be honest, I am often unsettled by the responses some people have had to my movies, and that includes many people who like them.

They unsettled us with the opening goal but we did not lose our heads as we continued to play according to our plan and this allowed us to come back and win. This was a great physical battle and the final result did not really tell the true picture of this fight.

Ronald unsettled some customary assumptions about the promises and perils of treatment enhancement.

Ours is a world which feels so unsettled and dangerous in large ways, whether it's terrorism or global financial meltdown or climate change - huge things that affect us deeply, and yet things about which we can do, individually, very little.

if we want, in this troubled and unsettled international context, to guarantee the security of our citizens and influence the international choices that affect our interests.

The insurance market understandably appears a little unsettled by the massive hurricane losses of 2005. However, risk managers may experience further softening in the casualty market. Barring more major catastrophes, premiums should fall further this year.

It was a major overhang. The unsettled nature of it was a large potential liability. Settling this, I'm sure, was a priority for them.

I never thought I was writing for kids at all. It really shocked and unsettled me to hear kids were buying the books. If I'd known I was writing for kids, I might actually have spelt things out a bit more, and that would probably have killed the appeal.

You've got the whole unsettled war threat hanging over us, a slew of corporate malfeasance, and worries that economic recovery won't be as good as expected in the second half of the year. But people are getting sick of this, which is the kind of reaction you have when a bottom is being set. So maybe that's one positive.

It's a little bit surprising Roger has gone so early in his time at the U.K. bank and in terms of the turnaround of the U.K. business. It's unsettled the market a bit. Any unexplained personnel changes aren't going to be appreciated.

What's going on in the Middle East is resonating more with investors now than it was a week ago, ... It's become very clear that the environment in the Middle East is (more) unsettled and that's introducing a new level of uncertainty.

It was a mixed performance, we were unsettled in the first half by the injuries but had regained our composure by the end of the match.

The market is up but I think it will stop short of 15,500 and we'll see profit-taking. The market is still very unsettled and the turnover is not there to support the idea that people are coming back to the market.

People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.