Divert Quotations

Every relationship probably has, at its inception, a hundred things that you could pick on and divert you from it, but the feeling is there. You figure out a way to make it work.

There is an enormous shadow industry of scammers and amateurs who prey on aspiring writers, who divert people from the real publishing industry into this shadow world of vanity publishing and fee-charging agents.

I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.

As a comedian, you want people to like you. That's part of why you're there in the first place: You have this unquenchable need to be liked, and then when you divert from that and take a chance at doing something that has moments of fierce unlikeability, you can hit some real low points.

I personally claim no special insight into Satan's methods, but I have at times been able to identify his influence and his actions in my life and in the lives of others. When I was on my first mission, Satan sought to divert me from my future path and, if possible, to destroy my usefulness in the Lord's work.

We still want to reach a formula to prove that we will not divert uranium enriched on Iranian soil. We are prepared to hold talks with anyone who has something to say.

United shutting down doesn't necessarily fix the problem for other airlines, but it helps a lot. It does divert a fair amount of revenue to other airlines -- United carries about 17 percent of the nation's traffic.

We want to remove organic material from the municipal solid waste stream and divert it to a higher and better use.

The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.

There are two re-entries fooling users this month. The Elf Bowling hoax, which has made a festive re-appearance, warns users that the game is infected with a virus and should be deleted immediately upon receipt. This hoax is essentially harmless, but serves as a reminder to companies that they should explain to employees the danger of distributing executable files. The game, while not a malicious threat, can divert employees from doing real work.

My fear is the composition of this commission, which is very, very traditional in its assumptions about government in America and the direction of the president's efforts to maintain quotas and set-asides while claiming he's against them, that that in fact will divert us and make it harder to solve problems,

I would ask you to avoid the temptation to chip away at our promised funding and divert it to the other states. Congress has the ability to appropriate funding to them without undermining the president's promise to us.

If the Schumer-Graham bill closes down U.S. trade with China through the imposition of steep tariffs, a saving-short U.S. economy will simply have to divert a significant portion of its multilateral trade deficit elsewhere.

I have a routine I go through on the days that I work, and I don't want to divert from that.

I think it's just more of the same. The Nasdaq is quickly approaching 5,000 and it's hard to divert money back to traditional stocks when the opportunities are so phenomenal in the new world economy.

Rituals involving strenuous and/or repetitive physical movements are meant to free the mind of all frivolous thoughts and divert the focus to the point of one-mindedness or absolute concentration.

Plans to sell a controlling GMAC stake would likely boost credit ratings and cut funding costs, ... divert earnings from GM.

The allegations are completely untrue, and dredging up a photo from when I was 22 years old is pretty desperate stuff. This is merely part of an absurd smear campaign to divert attention from the issues that matter in this leadership contest.

When that statement was made, it highlighted the significance of the situation. We will not divert from that statement.

We realize that some have been interpreting Chirac's remarks as having a direct link to Iran. The German government doesn't see this link. We're convinced that France, Britain and Germany have identical views on how the Iran issue should be resolved, and we're talking about a diplomatic solution. We have no reason to believe that France is aiming to divert from this co-coordinated policy.

We need to unite and maintain peace as this incident can divert Iraq from the constitution to violence,

The problem with having a state as expensive as New Jersey in play is that it might divert resources from other races. National Democrats would prefer not to spend money in New Jersey. But they may have to if this race gets close.

Those changes have created uncertainty. Cuba was forced to divert hundreds of million of dollars to alternative markets.

This nation is about to be hit with a tidal wave of new retirees. In just six years, the baby boomers will begin to retire. The demands on Social Security and Medicare will be dramatically increased, ... This is no time to divert Social Security and Medicare funds to other purposes.

The decline will divert capital flows away from U.S. investments.

When driving on road, there is a statement said 'Drive safely!' Well, it was too abstract for me. Three things that make it practical: 1. Movement. Don't create a sudden movement to your vehicle. 2. Distance. Keep distance not too close with anything around. 3. The Eyes. Don't ever divert your eyes off the road.

Without saying something particular about these ideas, I think we've always felt introducing other elements that divert attention from that focus don't really move the situation forward.

The Gore campaign strategy is crystal clear, ... Keep conducting selective recounts. Keep filing selective lawsuits, keep making false charges that divert attention, and keep refusing to accept any deadline until the results change.

To divert meaningful volumes of through-trucks from I-81 in Virginia, the upgraded rail line would need to handle six new trains per hour, not per day.

We wanted to divert some of the sunlight. But the pergola, with hanging plants, chimes and lights, actually adds another dimension to the house.

We had to divert considerable resources from planning and development to security related matters.

We find ourselves at a focal point. We can direct attention to a quick fix and divert attention from the real issue. The real problem is years of mismanagement and over-appropriation.

as an absurdity and an obvious effort to divert attention from the atrocities and other outrageous activities being perpetrated by the regime in Kosovo.

This issue is simply a way to divert attention from the real issue, and the real issue is the union wanting to change the rules for how they can organize hotels.

This cowardly act ... attempts to divert attention from bringing justice to those who violated the law and disrespected human lives.

They're trying to divert attention from their own members of congress.

They're watching the storm very carefully. They'll have regular contact so they can divert if necessary.

This is very much going to divert the agenda,

As you apply pressure in the urban areas through a physical barrier and an infrastructure that not only is impressive, it's intimidating, then it becomes an obstacle. You can divert that activity and channel into areas where you have a tactical advantage.

It's merely, entirely and completely a public relations ploy to try to divert attention from the extremely strong case the commission has against Microsoft for failure to comply with the commission's decision.

It makes no sense to divert funds from public schools that are enrolling hurricane victims, just to make President Bush 's far-right political backers happy. This is bad policy.

It's going to divert some key materials. It's going to have an effect on building elsewhere. A lot of the areas that were hit are areas that produce wood products.

The bank's new focus is likely to be on rising wage pressures, but that still seems a distant inflation threat at this point. On balance, there is nothing here to divert the bank from its gradual tightening course.

It's a minor consideration. What we've seen is an attempt by some politicians to divert attention from the real problems associated with maritime security.

Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, which has been the motor for the economy.

Apart from these banners, posters and oddly placed billboards also divert the attention of commuters.

The Fed has been on 'autopilot' with its monetary tightening so that even bouts of weaker data, such as we saw after hurricane Katrina, failed to divert the Fed off course. But now, following the minutes of the December meeting, it is clear that policy will become more data dependent.

In Illinois, it is illegal to levy a tax for one purpose and to then divert the funds and spend them for another purpose.

I personally do not believe the monorail is the right approach because it will potentially divert attention and resources and not solve our critical transportation safety issues, ... Today, the mayor placed this issue exactly where it belongs: in front of the people.

By the time they do divert the traffic, we want to be prepared. We don't believe the bypass will hurt us at all - most of our business is locals.

He's trying to divert away attention from his own incompetence. What we're saying is this is a budgetary situation, it's simply a question of doing the sums right, if they did the sums at all.

He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.

If he wants to divert attention ... he can send us someone who's going to cause a lot of problems,

Health care fraud schemes disguised as legitimate business arrangements divert million of dollars away from patient care each year,

The house could have been ransacked to divert police attention and to portray as if the cause of the murder was robbery.

The electronic recycling event is important because it will divert the electronics from going to the landfill. Even though you can come out and drop them off at the transfer station, this will be convenient for residents while they are out shopping and returning and finishing up Christmas.

The higher the prices, the more you need housing subsidies, so the system works perfectly unless you divert the money. Then there's a meltdown.

The latest tests not only escalate the nuclear race in South Asia but more importantly divert scare resources to nuclear weapons and missile development programs from the imperatives of economic and social developments.

The law is settled that you can't divert money.

Ever since Follies have pleas'd, Fools have been able to divert