Quotes About Boundaries

We found that when we accepted our children's feelings they were more able to accept the limits we set for them.

this approach was permissive only in the sense that all feelings were permitted. For example, "I can see that you're having fun making designs in the butter with your fork." But that doesn't mean that you have to permit a child to behave in a way that's unacceptable to you. As you remove the butter, you can also let the young "artist" know that "Butter is not for playing with. If you want to make designs, you can use your clay.

One of the benefits the authors point out of discussing logical consequences with children rather than handing out arbitrary punishments is that the practice gives THEM the language to discuss One of the benefits the authors point out of discussing logical consequences with children rather than handing out arbitrary punishments is that the practice gives THEM the language to discuss seting boundaries and making decisions, even in conflicts with their friends.

I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

Never get involved. That's my motto. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.

Su questa terra ci sono infinite estensioni ancora inutilizzate, e che aspettano di essere coltivate. Questi territori non sono stati tenuti in serbo dalla natura per certe razze, ma sono territori aperti ai popoli che possiedono la forza di conquistarli e la diligenza di coltivarli. La natura non conosce frontiere politiche: il più forte per coraggio e diligenza ottiene il diritto di signoria sulla vita

The work of art still has something in common with enchantment: it posits its own, self-enclosed area, which is withdrawn from the context of profane existence, and in which special laws apply. Just as in the ceremony the magician first of all marked out the limits of the area where the sacred powers were to come into play, so every work of art describes its own circumference which closes it off from actuality.

Ideally, the business and the personal should never mix, but with human beings there's always going to be some blurring of the lines.

I cannot hide my anger to spare your guilt.

The guy who wants to spend all his time with you may seem romantic, but he's also the guy who'll try to stop you from doing anything that doesn't involve him. If he presses you to ditch hobbies, passions, and friends, it's time to ditch him.

My dad's a pastor; I grew up in the church, and it's really easy to just have a healthy respect for what some people might be sensitive to.

I've no time for an affair, and certainly no patience with being linked with one or the other man all the time.

To the credit of the Republican Party and the conservative movement, people have been expelled or marginalized. Pat Buchanan in the '90s. Ron Paul, Rand Paul in the first decade of this century. Bill Buckley famously expelled the Birchers in 1964. It's been a movement that's tried to maintain its boundaries.

Sometimes I feel like 'Avenue Q' or even 'Book of Mormon' might not have happened without 'Urinetown.' 'Urinetown' sort of paved the way, just in terms of what Broadway would accept in its houses. It just blows my mind, the stuff 'Book of Mormon' gets away with. It's way farther across the line than 'Urinetown' ever was.

We want to have a life outside of Pearl Jam, too.

I have turned off Google Alerts and don't Google my name or my pen names. I don't go on message boards. I don't read my book reviews.

Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate into all its secrets.

As a director, what matters is how you penetrate the soul of the person in front of the camera and let the actor blur the boundaries between the character and the person themselves. In order to achieve that, I try to make people feel at ease, to be mindless of problems and be skinless and give everything to the camera.

People say, 'Just say who you're dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it.' It's like, No they won't! They'll ask for specifics.

Fans have this perception that they can say anything to you because you are a celebrity.

You can't juggle it all 100 percent. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to do everything.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist and sometimes need someone to tell me to stop.

I guess people think if you're well-known, it's perfectly fine to say anything you want. I don't know why that is. But it shouldn't be, because everybody has families and lives.

I'm perfectly happy to color within the network lines when I have to.