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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.

Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.

Quotes by V. E. Schwab

Comedians take a neat situation and turn it into a mess. And in my books I do the same thing, but it's the other way around. I like to mess around with mess. A mess is only a mess because...

Quotes by Ursus Wehrli

The Harvey Weinstein scandal was a clear indicator of the situation in Hollywood, and I cannot say that it doesn't happen in Bollywood.

Quotes by Urvashi Rautela

I think there's probably a perception that I did try to mislead people, that I tried to not be forthright about everything I knew about Zach Smith, Courtney Smith situation, which was not the case at all.

Quotes by Urban Meyer

Annapurna was a special situation. It was a lifetime dream to finish that route. When I started climbing the South Face, I really expected not to come back alive.

Quotes by Ueli Steck

A big thing to me was to be able to be in a situation where I could speak my mind freely especially when it came to my character. Get the actual right feedback and not have too many chefs in...

Quotes by Tyrus

Rioting definitely brings attention to the situation at hand.

Quotes by Ty Dolla Sign

The horrible thing is, as a model, it wasn't that unusual to be in a weird situation where a photographer or someone feels they have a right to your body.

Quotes by Trish Goff

Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is.

Quotes by Trent Reznor

I don't even know why I'm saying this in an interview situation, but I always feel like I'm not good enough for some reason. I wish that wasn't the case, but left to my own devices, that voice starts speaking...

Quotes by Trent Reznor

The difference between football and baseball is that pretty much every possible situation in baseball has probably happened by now, maybe thousands of times over the years.

Quotes by Tony Khan

You could argue that Barack Obama faced in '08 a situation as bad as any president since the Great Depression. What Obama inherited from the Bush administration, we all remember, was just an absolute global catastrophe.

Quotes by Tony Kushner

When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?

Quotes by Tony Dungy

It's very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places - to kind of look at things through the 'noble innocents' prism or through the 'chronically dysfunctional' prism, and I suspect...

Quotes by Tony Abbott

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

Quotes by Tommy Shaw

I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it.

Quotes by Tom Wolfe

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

Quotes by Tom Hodgkinson

I changed my mind because of a scene between Howard Cunningham and Richie. The father-son situation was written so movingly, I fell in love with the project.

Quotes by Tom Bosley

I can call up a friend and have them meet me for a drink in 20 minutes, and suddenly, the night unfolds into this glorious, uniquely New York situation. I wouldn't give it up for the world.

Quotes by Tituss Burgess

I had to learn a lot about myself during the situation with my brain tumor.

Quotes by Tionne Watkins

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.