Absorb Quotations

His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.

It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature.

Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean. You absorb what's around you. If you're around people who are supportive and positive, that's how you look at the world.

Children are extremely perceptive and absorb what goes on around them long before they can talk or even comprehend language. They are like finely tuned receivers that pick up much more than is merely said. They are receptive and attuned to every mood, feeling, and change that goes on in people around them.

Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn.

'Dandelion Wine' became one of the few books that I returned to time and again, and while not anywhere near the story crafter as Mr. Bradbury, I hope I managed to absorb by osmosis some of his techniques.

Body armor is meant to fit snug to the body to stop shrapnel and absorb a bullet's impact. Armor designed for a boxier male frame does not fit properly on the overwhelming majority of females, who have a very different stature and body type than their male counterparts.

Whatever the trend in exchange rates or whatever the external factors, a manufacturing company is always faced with the mission of transforming itself into a company that can produce higher value-added to absorb the increase in the cost of living in the country it's operating in.

I try to absorb all types of style and design. I don't try and restrict my thinking. I enjoy the old and the new. You need that broad perspective to create something different.

When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of national and ethnic tragedy. But, as a result, there is a tendency to overlook the way the war changed even the survivors' lives in ways impossible to predict.

It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace anything that invades the home. All these behaviors can be curbed, but that takes a lot of work. Trainers say it requires nearly 2,000 repetitions of a behavior for a dog to completely absorb it.

I'm very conscious about putting good food into my body. Years ago, I went to see an amazing healer called Allah, who could read your body. She told me that I can't absorb vitamins very well, and I have to eat the right things to get my vitamins. I've always remembered that.

We are bombarded on all sides by a vast number of messages we don't want or need. More information is generated in a single day than we can absorb in a lifetime. To fully enjoy life, all of us must find our own breathing space and peace of mind.

Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot, for security and social reasons, absorb in our midst a substantial Arab population.

I genuinely find the most meaningful thing I do is to make music, but also to absorb some sort of creativity.

You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.

Rex Ryan is definitely a very confident individual and, when you have someone who believes firmly in what he's speaking, you naturally absorb it.

How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed.

Pop music can absorb so many peculiar talents, ranging from the completely nonmusical poseur who just uses music as a kind of springboard for a sense of style, to people who just love putting all that complicated stuff together, brick by brick, on their computers, to people like me who like playing conceptual games and being surprised.

When I was going to school, I just wanted to be like everybody else. I would pull at my hair to try and get it to lie straight. America was where I would consume and absorb black culture, buy Ultra Sheen and watch 'Soul Train,' but I still had that weird in-between thing.

Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.

Henry Kissinger once told me he was very concerned about the Internet's impact on people's ability to absorb information in a concentrated way, because we've become accustomed to looking up something, getting a snippet and being satisfied with that - as opposed to reading through and considering a weighty tome that goes into great depth.

I must try desperately to absorb all information I can about the Middle East. I want to excel. I want to speak articulately about the politics of the Middle East and its religion.

It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for 'Rent' because the rest of the country doesn't know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of 'Rent,' and I'm on the subway, it doesn't matter. It's an exaggerated sense of fame.

Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.

When I was 8 years old I became a mute and was a mute until I was 13, and I thought of my whole body as an ear, so I can go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. That talent or ability has lasted and served me until today.

We started off with losses to two very good football teams, but we told the boys, 'One game at a time,' and that's the way we're approaching it. They're getting better every week. Our kids work really had and they absorb everything we're trying to teach them. I'm probably the happiest 2-2 coach in the state of Michigan.

Where the men are going to get separated from the boys here is: Who can absorb higher energy and raw materials costs, pass those on in their pricing and have them stick as opposed to absorbing it in lower margins.

What makes it really hard is it's not a reaction sport, ... This is a premeditation sport. You're walking down the fairway, considering what your options are on the next shot that you're going to hit, how you're going to handle it, where you're going to go with it what you're going to do ... you get your head handed to you a lot out here. You know, the people that do well out here are able to absorb that, deal with it, put it in a little compartment, send it somewhere where they don't need to be in and move on to the next step.

Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.

We're going to continue to put a lot on them mentally and see how they absorb it and how they react on the field.

We're beginning to appreciate that baby boomers aren't traditional retirees; they plan to be active, whether that means working, volunteering or continuing to run a business. On the other hand, affluent individuals may continue to work to absorb steep and ever-climbing healthcare costs when they retire.

We have seen a strong increase in oil prices and up to this year we see that the world has been able to absorb that.

We have no choice, ... This is a crisis. We can sustain this as long as we need to, to get them back with their families or absorb them into the community.

The only way she can get it in her system is injection because her digestive track is all screwy. She can't absorb it in pill form or food.

We're a big laboratory in how to absorb so much investment. None of us could have dreamed this would happen this quickly.

The fact that some dire predictions didn't materialize mainly reflects the robustness of the U.S. economy. 2005 has showed us that it is able to absorb more shocks than previously thought.

We have a sense that there is a lot of thought that needs to go into this process. We need to absorb the work of the Personnel Board.

Lots of genes could be important -- genes that determine how you absorb a drug, variations in one gene involved in breaking down the drugs, variations in the way that you excrete a drug.

Love given to you will evaporate like a puddle, unless you are open to absorb it.

She's really into helping me make coffee, ... You realize when you have special moments, they don't quite absorb it. They're not interested in your dramas.

Most people at the Fed seem to feel that the national economy is strong enough to absorb the effects of Katrina. That to me seems that you will not see the Fed rate hike derailed.

One needs to find innovative ways to transfer and absorb risks better within Asia, better ways of managing Asian financial markets.

Only 35 to 40 percent of future projects are expected to move forward by 2010. There is insufficient market demand to absorb all of the units currently in the development pipeline.

Multivitamins can be useful if someone's immune system is stressed. But if your body doesn't need those vitamins, it won't absorb them.

My guess is that if the costs aren't too high and we'll be able to absorb them within our existing budget, the county manager is not too keen on recommending that we pursue reimbursement.

Now that the first preemptive move has taken place, we think that seeing another one is a latent possibility. Despite high economic growth, the impressive rebound on domestic investment implies that the economy is currently more able to absorb increased activity levels without inflation.

Now that I've had more time to absorb the text, I'm very disappointed. The text moves us no closer to resolving the impasse on market access that's really at the heart of development.

People who are poor enough to receive LIHEAP benefits, such as elderly widows living below the poverty line, are not in a position to absorb a big increase in home heating costs. If these households don't receive more help paying their utility bills, many of them will face excruciating choices between heating their homes, paying the rent, having enough food to last through the month, and meeting other basic needs. Serious hardship is virtually certain to ensue.

If we're going to need to pay a match of 25 percent on the cost of Katrina at the same time we have to absorb these lost revenues, frankly I don't know what we're going to do.

I don't even have a computer in my office. If I had e-mail, I'd never take the time to read research or absorb information. I want to think about what I'm doing, and that takes time.

I am afraid I'm not going to be much help to you right now. I am not prepared to give you a lot of observations until I absorb this and look at the film and decide what happened and how we are going to go forward.

I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested in how audiences respond to that maturation and absorb the evolution.

But we're in as good a position as any team to absorb that. Our attitude has always been the next guy steps in, and off you go.

I had a total of 38 wigs, for a start. There were prosthetics, too - silicone pieces which go on the skin, which absorb the light. They looked like seven pieces of uncooked veal to start with.

There is no functional difference between a wire-based phone call and a wireless phone call, so they should be taxed the same way. Cellular providers have chosen to pass the tax to their consumers. They could have chosen to absorb all or some of the tax as a cost of doing business.

We just have to absorb the costs, ... It's not a good thing.

We think, based on the initiatives that we've announced today, that we can absorb that cost.

What we would have been keen to do is absorb and study the information pack before making any decision.

Hispanics are said to be keeping themselves apart, avoiding the use of English, and declining to absorb on the spot the 'core' Protestant and individualist values that underpin the American way of life ... but precedent suggests that young Hispanics will eventually merge their identity in the larger American one, just as previous streams of immigrants have done.

There is a need to get back to work, so we're trying to find a happy balance between letting people absorb the deal and ask all their questions about the deal and then voting on it.

Hurricane Katrina undoubtedly devastated individuals and communities... but on a macro-economic basis it's clear that the US economy has more than enough momentum to absorb the hit and recover quickly.

He was driving home with his wife and the police pulled him over, intercepted him, put him under arrest right away. His reaction so far is one of, I guess to a certain extent shock, and secondly a reaction of sitting trying to absorb all this, wait and see.

He didn't have an agenda. He wasn't really interested in hearing details about the CIA. He wanted to know how I approached various personal crises in my life. Working in the CIA and seeing the worst of life, you tend to have a very dark view of things and that's what he started to absorb from me. That's what you see on screen.

Green roofs, roadside plantings, porous pavement, and sidewalk gardens have been proven to reduce flooding. They absorb rainwater before it swamps the streets and sewage systems.

I would think they could more easily absorb an additional 35 kids than we could handle a remote facility.

Jobs are growing just fast enough to absorb the new entrants into the labor market but no faster.

It certainly fits the expected pattern. We've been in a strong economy for over a year now. But it usually takes awhile for the economy to absorb the excess out there, people who have been idle and unemployed.

I thought their contribution was great. They were totally here willing to pick up and absorb everything they could. They were all sponges.

I think that Liverpool's particular modern history lends itself to the cinema better than London in many ways. When you go to Liverpool, you absorb that whole sound and humour.

It is impossible to absorb the vastness of the sky. But taking an in awe attitude towards it helps opening our minds.

I think these kids got it now. I think they have really gotten the concept on defense; the offense has been good, but not consistent all year long, and I think they got it this week. It's what happens with kids, and it's what happens with good teams that practice hard. Sooner or later, they absorb what you're trying to teach them, and instead of doing what you tell them, they do what they know how to do.

It is a more than unfortunate act. I think the government still has to absorb this. I think there will be some heart-searching.

Our hope would be that he can (come back). Mark has been a wonderful player and representative for our program. If the end result is that we do lose him, as difficult as that would be to absorb from a basketball standpoint, we'll hurt that much more on a personal level.

States are not in a position to absorb additional costs of this magnitude,

My mind still cannot absorb the fact that someone could do something this cruel and heinous to my 17-year-old child.

Like what the Fed has suggested, the U.S. economy was more than strong enough to absorb the blows of Katrina. The labor market is still pretty resilient.

I testified why I thought it was important to keep this funding. A 25- to 27-percent decrease next year would just be devastating to our community development department and what we are trying to do. On top of the city general-fund problems we're having, there would be no way to absorb these cuts.

It definitely will have an impact on public finances, but it's not clear how much is really an amalgamation of existing schemes, so to that extent the pressure would be lower. At the same time, given India's high growth profile and revenue buoyancy, it could help them absorb the cost.

It does, but it doesn't. A lot of guys who were here two years ago, that was their first time dealing with it. Everybody has to handle it differently. Absorb it, enjoy it, but at the same time don't let it take too much of a hold on you.

We need reinforcement of these ideas. We absorb different things each time we hear them, and it's an opportunity to share what you've learned with others and build a sense of community.

We'll absorb Jamie's loss and move forward and, to be honest with you, I'm not going to get real wrapped up in it this week. I have one other priority that sits a little higher than replacing Jamie, as valuable as he was, and I have a lot of confidence in the people that I have that we'll be able to absorb it for the short-term until we find a replacement. But I'm not going to let it be a distraction.

We live with incessant music, all the time. It's like some weird musical purgatory, there is absolutely no rest for the ears, no space to absorb and reflect.

Most of the people don't know that one of the great qualities of caffeine is it allows you to absorb nutrients, and it does it quickly, and so when it does it quickly, you focus, and when you focus, you think you have energy.

While we're grateful that the nonprofits are willing to do something ... the city cannot expect to continue to absorb the revenue loss the nonprofits cause to happen,

We're all here to be sponges. We're here to absorb what it is you are looking to see.

We hope that ultimately solar energy can be extensively used in the commercial sector as well as the private sector. Imagine solar cells installed in cars to absorb solar energy to replace the traditional use of diesel and gas. People will vie to park their cars on the top level of parking garages so their cars can be charged under sunlight. Using the same principle, cell phones can also be charged by solar energy. There are such a wide variety of applications.

You absorb a few losses in a row and spirits start to sink a little bit. Body language starts to change, so the kids left there happy and have, I hope, a little bit better sense of how to play a complete game.

We will absorb workers' voices to narrow the distance between labor and management.

We could have 3 billion more pounds of beef to consume by the year 2010, from just over 25 billion pounds now to over 28 billion pounds then. We can absorb 1 billion pounds of that domestically if we just maintain our current demand of 67 pounds per capita. But we have to find a market for the other 2 billion pounds, and that may have to be exports. It's critical we get Japan, South Korea, Russia, and other markets opened. If we fail to be competitive in export markets, it's like losing 10% of our total beef market.

Trees only absorb carbon to a certain point in their lifetime,

The problem with an autistic kid is they absorb so much, but they can't bring it back out a lot. He's just like a little sponge. He knows what's going on. He doesn't always tell you he knows, but he knows. It's hard for some people to understand what his disabilities are. They just think he's quiet.

We were interested in this notion of compression- a lot of the songs were really short so that you'd absorb them in memory rather than when you're actually hearing them.

You have to absorb that excess lift and then it should take off again.

Where does the bond guy put his money now? ... Stocks can absorb inflation more readily than bonds, because you can come through with better pricing power and stronger earnings.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

We still have as much momentum going into next season as we did going into this season. If you can absorb a season where things really didn't go our way, hopefully next year they do.

The question for the economy at large is to what extent will it absorb these people and these businesses.

We built too many fiber-optic lines to nowhere. It will take some time to absorb that.

When one event after another comes this closely, the ground doesn't have the capability to absorb it. Unfortunately, the rest of the week we'll see good chances of rain, some of it very heavy.