Quotes About Restraint

The main trouble with the Roman constitution was that it contained too many checks and balances, whether to restrain ambitious power-seekers or to protect ordinary citizens from the executive. It is somewhat surprising that anything was ever decided.

You should always trust a man...just as far as you must.

From my experience, law firms are always quiet places. Maybe it's because they make words so expensive that they tend to use them sparingly among themselves.

It was as if she had been locked up in a lunatic asylum for so long that she had forgotten she was actually mad.

But if she'd known him better, she might have been a little less curt with him. I saw the anger stirring in his eyes and it made me think of a crocodile rising from the mud.

One day, he knew, he would have had enough. He wouldn't be able to control himself any more. And then what? He had no idea.

And just because I'm not standing here tearing out my hair or whatever it is you'd like me to do, it doesn't mean I'm not deeply upset.' He didn't sound deeply upset.

As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.

I don't drink at home. I don't go to the pub or clubs.

Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.

A President of the United States cannot restrain anything from publication.

For those of you familiar with me, you know I'm the last person to chase publicity or attention.

I'm not a publicity hound, I hope.

I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.

I'm not going to get into complaining publicly about fouls. Just not going to do that.

I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it.

I don't go to pubs.

Then they started pulling me in and I was very resistant. All the other actors would be saying write more, more dialogue for me, and I'd always be saying 'No, less, less'.

In the last couple of years, fashion's gotten a lot safer. People are really pulling back.

I was a tough kid. I don't punch people anymore.

You want to say as little as you can and get the most punch out of it, always with the knowledge that people are not in the theater to listen to your music so much as to respond to the movie. You're a part of that experience.

My entire career, everybody says I need to punch somebody.

You would have to go really crazy on me before I throw a punch.

I now know in myself not to punch lockers.