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Quotes About Restraint

He caught me neat, right on the fucking face and I took one step back and thought, you're not getting away with that you bastard! I was punching the piss out of him, he kept going down, but I didn't kick him, he'd had enough. I didn't put the boot in to a man older than myself. But this confrontation was out of the blue, out of the fucking blue. That's what I had to face.
~ Stephen Richards
carved dolls stick to the rules.
~ Steve Aylett
Never refer to a large dog as a friend - he is in custody and he knows it.
~ Steve Aylett
Never have too good a time
~ Steve Greenberg
I'm the undisputed champion of keeping my mouth shut and just sitting there like a piece of furniture.
~ Steve Hamilton
Remember, a closed mouth gathers no foot.
~ Steve Post
I turned away, took a deep breath, and sheathed the weapon. I never know what to say after I've intimidated someone; I ought to keep a list of tough-guy remarks.
~ Steven Brust
Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.
~ Steven Brust
The telephone company is urging people not to use the telephone unless it is absolutely necessary, in order to keep the lines open for emergency calls. We'll be right back after this break to give away a pair of Phil Collins concert tickets to caller number 95. -unidentified radio disc jockey after the 1990 Los Angeles earthquake
~ Steven D. Price
On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some - you might be able to see the sky and see the blue in it.
~ Uzo Aduba
I'm not on a slander campaign to ruin Jon Jones publicly. That's not what I set out to do.
~ Daniel Cormier
I have never slapped a boy in my life except for my brother.
~ Wamiqa Gabbi
I've never scratched, or punched, or slapped anybody in my real life.
~ Leelee Sobieski
If you have a kid that loves basketball - that eats, sleeps, drinks, and thinks basketball, and all he knows is basketball - and he gets hurt, and he's your franchise player, you need to hold him back from himself.
~ Gilbert Arenas
Those who know me well know that I don't wear my emotions on my sleeve like other people do. That's just the way I was raised.
~ Teresa Giudice
Will I still get a slice of pizza? Will I drink a beer or two? Absolutely. You still have to live, but I try to do things in moderation.
~ Adam Vinatieri
Beard's secret is always to be slightly on the edge but to pull back from disaster at the last minute.
~ Mary Beard
The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem.
~ Graham Coxon
I think now there's much more of a confessional culture. That's not my bag. I come from a slightly older school of thought: 'give 'em nothin.' You don't plead guilty.
~ Ben Mendelsohn
But I've never been the type to be sloppy drunk in public.
~ Michelle Beadle
Let us be kind to one another and be slow to anger.
~ Alaska
We wanted to slow down. But one would let us.
~ June Carter Cash
I'm not one of those guys talking smack, because we've seen it catches up to you at some point.
~ Ryan Bader
I typically, with my work, like to approach it in a bigger way. That's sort of how I am. And I remember when I was getting into television, the handcuff that gets put on you right away, especially when you're a theater kid, is, 'Be smaller, be smaller, be smaller.'
~ Helene Yorke