Quotes About Restraint

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Some people really can't afford to give me a piece of their mind.

But, unlike us, Ozzy had a restraint, a limit, a conscience, a brake. And that restraint came in the form of a homely, rotund little British woman whose very name sets lips trembling and knees knocking: Sharon Osbourne, a shitkicker and disciplinarian like no other we had ever met, a woman whose presence could in an instant send us reeling back to our childhood fear of authority.

My mother never boasted about it. She always kept it to herself, kept it secret. Spoke about it as little as possible. I would have preferred if she had also told us about it. Otto Frank visited us regularly and then you sometimes heard things, but I've never heard the whole story.

We were young, she continued, while she had a bad heart. Did we not want to earn our tips, she asked us and, cowed, we refrained from introducing the subject again. Her bad heart, I noticed, did not force her to abstain from smoking, or from eating large portions of puddings. Every time I heard her opening how she could not carry anything heavy, I thought sourly "except yourself".

Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.

Madame Joubert was a woman completely in control, a woman of iron self-discipline. Her long grey hair was pinned up in an elaborate chignon, her slim figure suggested so many meals half-eaten, so many courses where she had taken one mouthful and pushed away her plate.

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

The station records revealed that in the decades following the town's foundation, the blacks had been kept on a tight rein. The log book for the police cells indicated that a week rarely passed without an inmate from the nearby mission being locked up, from a period of twelve hours to several weeks, and for matters including trespassing, drunkenness, absconding and co-habitation with those of a superior caste.

TWISTING THE TAIL OF A COW will encourage her to move forward," the text declared. "If the tail is held up over the back, it serves as a mild restraint. In both cases, the handler should hold the tail close to the base to avoid breaking it, and stand to the side to avoid being kicked.

Sellaista henkilöä kohtaan tunnetaan aina kunnioitusta, joka osaa pitää suunsa kiinni. Luullaan että sellainen tietää paljon ja elää hirveän jännittävästi.

Anyone can lose his temper and fly off the handle. But it's better than being mean.

Er zijn leemtes die je moet respecteren; de vaak lange periodes waarin je het hele beeld niet ziet, de woorden niet kunt vinden en met rust gelaten moet kunnen worden.

I am sorry, my dear. It was never my intention to be cruel." "I am not your 'dear,' so please refrain from calling me such," Hannah said, narrowing her eyes.

The compliment worked. In hushed tones Aunt Victoria confided in Mrs. Oosterman. The older woman soaked up each detail like a dying plant in need of water. Fanny doubted Mrs. Oosterman's sincerity and thought Aunt Victoria's trust badly placed, but she didn't interfere. In fact, she didn't utter another word throughout the remainder of the meal.

She stood to lose far too much if she gave this little attraction any freedom to grow.

You lack freedom, so you fantasize about it.

He'd been about to make a joke, but he kept it to himself.

Can't a Jedi Knight express himself around here anymore?" -Jacen "Of course, but half a dozen times should be sufficient." - Luke

To rule one's anger is well to prevent it is better.

Shut up dreaded!!!"

You also should avoid talking to your targets, in case you find out that they're beautiful, sarcastic, and fascinating. For instance.

I have to get out of here," Tsunami said. Before I tie your stupid tail around your stupid snout and leave you in a bundle at the bottom of the lake.