Diversion

If our condition were truly happy, we would not need diversion from thinking of it in order to make ourselves happy.

- Blaise Pascal Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels his nullity, loneliness, inadequacy, dependence, helplessness, emptiness.

- Blaise Pascal Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

If they want guarantees of no diversion of nuclear fuel, we can reach a formula acceptable to both sides in talks.

- Ali Larijani Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

That was one of the all-time favorites because we were accused of making the roof leak on purpose. We dont want to win by too much. Lets create a diversion, so we stop the game for an hour. ... yeah, its been a while.

- Geno Auriemma Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.

- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.

- Charles F. Bass Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I know those people are looking forward to coming over, watching the game and seeing their sons. I think it'll be a nice diversion for everyone.

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I can't put too much emphasis on the positive of a football game. But it is a good diversion.

- Larry Coker Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

the agency has not performed any verification activities in (North Korea), and cannot therefore provide any level of assurance about the non-diversion of nuclear material.

- Mohamed ElBaradei Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Their motion is a diversion. I also think it's the pinnacle of hypocrisy.

- Mark Lanier Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We believe it's a misuse of the mental health statutes and a diversion of limited treatment resources. We've expressed this view through the local media and in testimony before legislative committees. We've also joined a statewide coalition of advocacy groups organized to oppose the proposal. We intend to monitor this issue closely and to play an active role in the ongoing public dialogue on this topic.

- David Fassler Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

- George Jean Nathan Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Senator Kerry assures us that he's the one to win a war he calls a mistake, an error, and a diversion. But you can't win a war if you don't believe in fighting.

- George W. Bush Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I understand some of the people's impatience with the show last year. I think that Lisa's (Lili Taylor) story line (marrying Nate with minimal motivation in season three) became a little bit of a diversion - and that happens. It happens in every show.

- Chris Albrecht Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It'll be a good diversion for everyone. Each day gets better. Just the mere fact that everybody knows about everybody now is a huge thing and a big relief.

- Jack Bicknell Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Certainly the violence in Iraq has been much lower than it might have been, because there's been a fair deal of restraint among Shiite leaders. And that might end now - they may feel the need to really go after the Sunni Arabs as a diversion.

- David Mack Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

They share an engine...but at the moment we are focused on what we need to do, which is to do the best that we possibly can and we cannot have massive diversion from that.

- Nick Fry Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It's all about youth and bringing up kids. I won't say it's impossible, but it would be a diversion from our strategy. I hope the Rangers somehow figure out a way to relate to Brian because he was such an important part of our history.

- James Dolan Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

- Luciano Pavarotti Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for such diversion later in life.

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Normally there is a diversion of 2 to 3 percent. Instead we saw an increase. We bucked the trend and swung to get 5 percent.

- Dan Stessel Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Traders were watching a sinking dollar and the apparent diversion of petro-dollar profits into bullion (a repeat of the pattern that was last visible in the gold run of 1980).

- Jon Nadler Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Generally, traffic tickets don't generate a revocation of a diversion. It all depends on the circumstances of what happened and the intent.

- Jerry Little Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

That will be obvious when you're riding. If the trail is built properly, then the water and melting snow should run off, but a tire track makes a place for the water to run. All it is diversion of water, to try not to let the water run on the trails. That's where it's helpful to not ride trails when they're not ready.

- John Bailey Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Had We wished to make a diversion, We would have made it from before Ourselves by no means would We do (it).

- Qur'an Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes