Quotes About Restraint

Torn between the impulse to stroke his head, and the urge to cave it in with a rock, I did neither.

But you are not God, and there are limits to what you can expect of yourself.

Money is a good bridle, but a weak rein.

Just as an effective advertisement or page layout includes a lot of white space, a powerful scene requires immense restraint. Show things as simply as possible.

Even in the open air, it seemed, freedom had definite limits.

The door opened again a few minutes later, and Jamie emerged, no more than six feet away. His mask of cool reserve was in place, but I knew him well enough to see the marks of a strong emotion under it. But while I could see it, I couldn't interpret it. Excitement? Apprehension? Fear and joy mingled? Something else? I had simply never seen him look that way before.

The last time I saw you," Grey said, very quietly, "I came within an inch of putting a bullet through your head. Don't give me cause to regret my restraint." He let go and stood up. "Stay away from my son—stay away from me. And if you will take a well-meant bit of advice—go back to France. Quickly.

I thought he'd have an apoplexy on the spot," Grey said, lips twitching. "Likely wishes he had." Grey looked at Tom, Tom at Grey, and they burst into suffocated snorts of laughter at the memory of the Honorable Mr. Braythwaite's face on this occasion. "Come, come," Lord John said, getting himself under control. "This will never do. Have you—

Austerity has led us to a terrible philosophy where we think we've got to cut back on everything that's 'frippery', like the arts.

I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.

Actors should avoid talking about their personal lives.

Anybody who knows me knows that I'm no attack dog.

So much of writing is about what characters don't say, and in the early drafts, sometimes things get overwritten.

Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.

I don't drink.

I don't drink no more.

I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.

I'm not a huge drinker.

I'm not usually a drinker.

Drinking makes people go out of control.

I have some drinks at night but that's it.

I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

You don't want to be one of these guys talking all the time, trying to say things all the time, because people start drowning you out.

You don't hear about me being at parties, going out and gettin' drunk.