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Situation Quotes

How people actually respond when a situation shows up.

A few situation quotes here come from unexpected angles, one performer recalling how much fun an odd voice role turned out to be, another imagining a better outcome if future leaders had taught in high-need schools first. The Best collection covers related optimism.

We just moved out of L.A. because I didn't want to be raising my girls in the city. They're in public school now and they're in a normal situation. We're sort of settling into that. It's just a choice.

Quotes by Jennie Garth

I think every partner in every situation is completely different and I think you have to adjust your teaching technique, your choreography and how you’re going to approach the season in general.

Quotes by Jenna Johnson

It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on the other hand, there's the argument to wade in a stop slaughters in places like Bosnia and Kosovo and what...

Quotes by Jello Biafra

At 21 years old, I found myself in Vancouver, and that's where I got the part for my first movie. I was sitting in a restaurant, and the director came up to me and asked me to read for his...

Quotes by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

What props up biological research, at least in the vaunted U.S. of A., involves a situation so deeply imbued with entitlement mentality that it has sunk into institutional corruption.

Quotes by Jeffrey C. Hall

I bring a record home, and it connects with me like nothing else. In my ideal situation, somebody will do that with my record.

Quotes by Jeff Mangum

Your reaction when you lose control in a situation is to try and hang on tighter.

Quotes by Jeff Nichols

I'm just really appreciative of the loyal fans in St. Louis who just lost their team. It's not an easy situation to go through. On the other hand, we have to move forward.

Quotes by Jeff Fisher

I think we need to continue to engage with our allies and with the world situation both on trade. I'm concerned that by pulling out of TPP, while we all want fair and competitive trade, the fact is what we...

Quotes by Jeanne Shaheen

I've been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She's incredibly strong; she's incredibly generous. She's seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had...

Quotes by Jeanne Tripplehorn

One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.

Quotes by Jean Rostand

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

Quotes by Jean Kerr

Each new situation requires a new architecture.

Quotes by Jean Nouvel

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Quotes by Jean Paul

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do: when neither innateness nor learning has prepared you for the particular situation.

Quotes by Jean Piaget

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.

Quotes by Jean Baudrillard

It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around and all of these games that we'd play, and suddenly it would turn just violent and...

Quotes by Jay-Z

Where I went to high school at was a predominantly white town, and I definitely got pulled over a number of times for driving in the wrong car on the wrong side of town. As you get older, you start...

Quotes by Jay Ellis

When you have someone better ahead of you, you accept it and try to turn the situation around.

Quotes by Javier Mascherano

The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation where people will hold the American economy hostage in order to achieve a specific agenda - at least...

Quotes by Jay Carney

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a lighthearted quote about a fun opportunity?
Yes — one recalls enjoying an offer: "when they offered this little situation for me to do this voice in this special segment, I found it so incredibly humorous that I said yes, and I enjoyed it. It was fun." It's an upbeat take on saying yes to something unexpected. For more upbeat, feel-good quotes like this, see Good quotes.
Is there a quote about how education could change society?
Yes — one imagines a better outcome: "If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation." It's a hopeful vision about learning from teachers' experience. For more on aiming for the best possible outcome, browse Best quotes.
Is there a quote about turning an unexpected situation into something positive?
Yes — a great example from game design: "a player figuring out how to do something that the designer didn't intend - to most developers, that's a bug. For me, that's a celebration." It shows one person's problem can be another's delight, depending on perspective. For more first-person takes like this, check out Me quotes.
Is there a quote about how situations shape choices?
Yes — one explains a creative philosophy: "We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does." It's a clear description of how interactive situations create meaning. For more on choices and consequences in everyday life, see Life quotes.
What's the common thread tying these "situation" quotes together?
Each shows how a situation's meaning depends on perspective — what's fun, hopeful, a celebration, or meaningful often comes down to how you choose to see it.

Two entries come from game design specifically, treating a player's unplanned discovery as something to celebrate rather than fix, and describing interactive outcomes as the whole point of gaming. Continue with Good quotes or Life quotes.