I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it. – Axl Rose
What you do is you’re using the other competitors to push yourself, because it’s so hard to push yourself. – Ashton Eaton
I’ve had my ups. I’ve had my downs, but I’ve been able to push through every obstacle that’s been thrown my way. – Ciara
You almost can’t avoid having some version of the multiverse in your studies if you push deeply enough in the mathematical descriptions of the physical universe. – Brian Greene
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. – Denis Diderot
This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected. – Pep Guardiola
I’ve always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone’s feelings. – Martha Wainwright
I’ve never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig. – Ed Sheeran
I think I would much rather push the boundaries of the degradation that the characters face. – Dave Rowntree
Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person. – Demi Moore
It’s believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split. – Naima Adedapo
Drone attacks subvert the rule of law – we become judge, jury, and executioner – at the push of a button. – Mark McKinnon
I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement. – Flume
They tell me: ‘OK, this is where we’re going to push up your cleavage,’ and I’m like, ‘What cleavage?’ – Natalie Portman
Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable. – Evangelos Venizelos
With athletes, it’s never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport. – Clara Hughes
In academia in general, there’s this push toward using comics as an educational tool. – Gene Luen Yang
I’m a feminist; I grew up with feminism, but I also think there’s a way in which we need to shake things up so that we can push it further and in other directions. – Eve Ensler