Quotes About Boundaries

Isaac, tell your girlfriend she can't bring weapons into holy-shit-your-spider's-on-fire!

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

The best response is to say what we have to say, and then walk away.

The boundaries we set for our children are in reality the boundaries we set for ourselves. The more squishy and indecisive we are about our own boundaries, the more soggy and inconsistent we are about the limits we set for our toddlers.

Limits can be set much more effectively when we're not fighting with our kids.

Telling our kids what to do—"You get to work on that lawn right now." Telling our kids what we will not allow—"You're not going to talk to me that way!" Telling our kids what we won't do for them—"I'm not letting you out of this house until you clean the living room.

many parents don't do a good job of helping their kids distinguish between a want and a need. Young children don't naturally place limits on themselves; that is the parents' job.

If your goal is to deliver a product that meets a known and unchanging specification, then try a repeatable process. However, if your goal is to deliver a valuable product to a customer within some targeted boundaries, when change and deadlines are significant factors, then reliable Agile processes work better.

The physical world has its boundaries; only the psychic is 'oceanic,' as the author of Civilization and its Discontents puts it. That is why mankind's next bold step must be the materializa­tion of the psychic." — "General von Greehahn" (General Reinhard Gehlen) in Agent of the Devil by Hans Habe 23

In this sense, the earth's carrying capacity is not bound by a finite set of planetary boundaries, but rather is a function of human technology," she wrote.

The minute it doesn't feel good, stop doing it. It's that simple.

Since antiquity, men have defined themselves by those who are excluded.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone.

Equipped with cell phones, beepers, and handheld computers, the 'conspicuously industrious' blur the line between home and office by working anytime, anywhere.

I'm not that squeamish, Mr. Stone." "Ethan," he said. "I'm naked. I'm in a tub. You're wearing my nightshirt. You've already slept in my bed. I think you should call me Ethan.

You feel what you feel, and I feel what I feel, but that doesn't mean you have to fit us into a story and wreck both our lives.

Nowhere is it written that you have to go down with the ship if you are only dating the captain.

The problem with human beings is we think we can wear too many hats at once. It's not possible. It's an outright fashion disaster.

I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, "Get the hell off my property."

I'm tired of dealing with crazies. When did it become my job to manage your mental illness?

The boundaries between fear and other emotions are not clear-cut. How does fear differ from dread, consternation or surprise? Anger, disgust, hatred and horror all contain elements of fear. Jealousy may be understood as fear of losing one's partner; guilt may be fear of God's punishment; shame may be fear of humiliation. I history of fear would be rendered meaningless if all negative emotional states were classified as 'really' being fear states.