Shock Absorber Quotes

• Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.

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  Yogi Berra

  Laughter   Blow   Shock Absorber  

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• Triumphs against the natural order of living exact unforeseen payments. At the same time that man attempts to straighten a crooked nature, he is striving to annihilate space, which seems but another phase of the war against substance. We ignore the fact that space and matter are shock absorbers; the more we diminish them the more we reduce our privacy and security.

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  Richard M. Weaver

  War   Men   Order  

  Richard M. Weaver (2013). “Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition”, p.155, University of Chicago Press

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• I didn't want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.

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  Bob Brown

  Shock Absorber   Want   Shock  

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• The brain sits snugly inside the skull, but it's not a completely flush fit - there is still a layer of fluid between bone and soft tissue that serves as a natural shock absorber. Some shocks, however, can't be absorbed, and when the head gets clobbered too hard, the brain can twist or torque or rattle around inside its skeletal casing.

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  Jeffrey Kluger

  Skulls   Brain   Tissues  

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• Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother

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  Barbara Johnson

  Inspirational   Positive   Laughter  

  Patsy Clairmont, Marilyn Meberg, Barbara Johnson, Luci Swindoll (1997). “Joy Breaks: 90 Devotions to Celebrate, Simplify, and Add Laughter to Your Life”, Zondervan Publishing Company

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• Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows.

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  Peggy Noonan

  Humor   Blow   Shock Absorber  

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• Really, we don't relate our Atlanta setup to here. I feel like the shock [absorber] package will be different and the springs will certainly be different than Atlanta.

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  Mark Martin

  Spring   Atlanta   Shock Absorber  

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• Looking past the immediate crisis, a more resilient system must be built on stronger and better designed shock absorbers, both in the major institutions and in the infrastructure of the financial system.

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  Timothy Geithner

  Past   Stronger   Shock Absorber  

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• A playful mind is inquisitive, and learning is fun. If you indulge your natural curiosity and retain a sense of fun in new experience, I think you'll find it functions as a sort of shock absorber for the bumpy road ahead.

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  Bill Watterson

  Fun   Thinking   New Experiences  

  "Some thoughts on the real world by one who glimpsed it and fled". Bill Watterson's commencement speech at the Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, www.graduationwisdom.com. May 20, 1990.

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