Diversion Quotes

You may have a throne at the royal court, with beautiful decorations and soft carpets, all sorts of luscious fruits and beautiful gardens, the excitement of the chase and princely pleasures - but still, the mind is not made happy by such illusory diversions. - Sri Guru Granth Sahib

With these few contemplated improvements, six additional trains per day in each direction could be handled, with an average train speed of 33 mph. Projections of truck diversions [to rail] are virtually useless and self-defeating if based on such meager rail enhancement. - David Foster

Will be criticized as a diversion of good science by politics. - Irving Weissman

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need's sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place. - Phyllis McGinley

When all the distractions and diversions have been made, at the end of it all we're about one mighty task, and that's vindicating the rule of law... Therefore, it's very important that we don't get sidetracked by attempts to cut deals or cry wolf about partisanship, but keep our eye on the ball. - Henry Hyde

What you're seeing is revealing weaknesses in the state, local and federal levels. All three levels have been weakened. They've been weakened by diversion into terrorism. - Eric Tolbert

Weariness.Nothing is so insufferable to man as to be completely at rest, without passions, without business, without diversion, without study. He then feels his nothingness, his forlornness, his insufficiency, his dependence, his weakness, his emptin. - Blaise Pascal

We rather think it was some personal interplay between the people, who perhaps knew each other. Certainly they were fighting and uncontrollable, and clearly the calming techniques which we teach our cabin crews didn't work. Diversion was the only option. - David Parsons

We have noted in the past that our third-quarter earnings per share estimate of 47 cents (versus First Call consensus of 57 cents) would probably be too low if UPS settled early and a second round of freight diversion did not occur... As a result of last night's announcement, we will likely be raising our third-quarter EPS estimate in the next few days, once we get better visibility about some details of the contract. - Ed Wolfe

We have not seen diversion of nuclear material for weapons purposes, but the picture is still hazy and not very clear. - Mohamed ElBaradei