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Quotes About Restraint

It's hardly a news flash that a secret, clandestine intelligence agency might resist giving out information about its operations when not not legally required to do so.
~ Benjamin Wittes
I have a job that requires me to be in the public eye in the way that makes me extra careful about sharing information.
~ Jesse Eisenberg
We have to return to a foreign policy of restraint, one that develops our capabilities and our potential in communities across America, and not become bogged down in unwinnable conflicts that lead to greater resentment of the United States, and that don't advance American interests.
~ Ro Khanna
I was raised in a normal Gujarati style with all the restrictions and reservations.
~ Ayesha Takia
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.
~ Michael Korda
I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.
~ Phoebe Philo
And let the Fed sell bonds to bring bank reserves back down to required reserve levels, so we have restraint on bank lending and bank issuances of liability.
~ Arthur Laffer
Oklahoma residents are known for not backing down from a fight in the political arena, on the gridiron, NBA courts or rodeo arenas, but in their reaction to the bombing, they knew intuitively they would not find restoration in rage.
~ Tom Brokaw
One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
~ Eric Clapton
More idiots should just shut their mouths.
~ Chris Martin
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
~ Austin O'Malley
If you have nothing to say for yourself then kindly keep your mouth shut!
~ Roland Freisler
I've learned to keep your mouth shut even when something bad is going on. You never know how someone is going to take something you say. You have to bite the bullet.
~ Chad Kelly
Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.
~ Calvin Johnson
If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone.
~ Roberto Bolano
Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.
~ Kevin Harvick
I used to be one of those kids who couldn't keep my mouth shut.
~ Ian Brown
It's better I keep my mouth shut. Let my feet do the talking.
~ Marko Arnautovic
If a person feels he can't communicate, the least he can do is shut up about it.
~ Tom Lehrer
They missed a great opportunity to shut up.
~ Jacques Chirac
I find it preferable not to have public opinions about anything. It's good for me to shut up.
~ Whit Stillman
My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.
~ Richie Benaud
If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is more. Off the court, sometimes it's just better to shut up and be quiet.
~ C. J. McCollum