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Grips Quotes

Coming to terms with what's hard.

These grips quotes describe the process of facing difficult realities head-on, from historic ideological conflict to environmental and economic risk. Read more in our Control quotes.

On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men.

Quotes by Whittaker Chambers

If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the...

Quotes by Steve Wynn

I love the industry that I'm in. I love what I do, and I've sort of grown from being an actor and being on set. I take it all in, and I talk to the grips and the Best Boys...

Quotes by Scott Foley

If you're afraid of death, I would say, either fight for your life or come to grips with the fact you may not make it. And in doing that there shouldn't be bitterness. There should be a celebration. There should...

Quotes by Robby Benson

Control Quotes

Being the Republican front-runner was three of the most exciting hours of my entire life. I've come to grips with it, and the only lasting effect is that I refuse to go on a stage that has more than one...

Quotes by Rick Perry

It is up to us, to this present generation of Americans, to take a stand for freedom, to send a message to Washington that we're taking our future back from the grips of central planners who would control our healthcare,...

Quotes by Rick Perry

When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some...

Quotes by Rex Tillerson

It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.

Quotes by Ralph Nader

Unlike Frank Sinatra, I have no regrets in my life. Zero. Whatever hardships I have faced, or have caused myself, are moments I have to embrace in order to move forward. I have no problem coming to grips with either...

Quotes by Paul Heyman

Emotion Quotes

I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest thing is when I was a kid, I couldn't wait to be an adult, and...

Quotes by Paul Feig

I have never felt the grips of patriarchy and its need to erase black women and our labor... so strongly until the creation of Black Lives Matter.

Quotes by Patrisse Cullors

What we need to do is we need to come to grips with this cancerous form of the Islamic religion that is breaking down the Arab world order, and that is very clear.

Quotes by Michael T. Flynn

I still haven't come to grips with our success.

Quotes by Michael Hutchence

There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.

Quotes by Malcolm Wallop

Hold Quotes

To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.

Quotes by Lukas Foss

My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families. A permanent economic crisis in Poland may also have serious repercussions for Europe. Thus, Poland ought to...

Quotes by Lech Walesa

There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people to come to grips with the very idea of divorce - or to reconsider the idea. Like a number of my colleagues - not all -...

Quotes by Laura Wasser

American high school culture was impenetrable to me, and very cliquey: you had the Hispanics, the African Americans, the surfer guys and the goths and the immigrants. The jocks and the surfers got the girls. By the time I'd got...

Quotes by Khaled Hosseini

Our leaders must get to grips with the huge risk that carbon dioxide emissions pose to the economy and the environment. As we know, carbon dioxide is a long-lived gas. It hangs around.

Quotes by Jose Angel Gurria

Strength Quotes

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

Quotes by Johnny Miller

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of challenges do these grips quotes describe?
They range from historic ideological conflict and environmental risk to global extremism, each described as something requiring real reckoning.
Is personal experience part of this topic too?
Yes, one quote admits to still being stunned by an unexpected wave of personal or professional success, unable to fully process it.
Does this topic touch on economic and environmental concerns?
One quote calls on leaders to seriously reckon with the danger that greenhouse gas output poses to jobs, growth, and the planet alike.
Is historical conflict a theme here?
Yes, one quote frames a past era as a clash between two irreconcilable ideological systems that had to be confronted directly.
How does this topic connect to Control quotes?
Grips quotes focus on the struggle to face something difficult, while our Control quotes look more at mastering or managing a situation.

Whether it's global extremism or personal success, this topic shows how coming to grips with something takes real effort. See our Strength quotes for related themes.