Quotes About Restraint

Life in Australia is more equal and less competitive than in America; but there are dozens of similarities...migrations to a new land, the mystique of pioneering (actually somewhat different in the two countries), the turbulence of gold rushes, the brutality of relaxed restraint, the boredoms of the backblocks, the feeling of making life anew. There may be more similarities between the history of Australia and America than for the moment Australians can understand.

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation.

How strange now, looks the life he makes us lead; So free we seem, so fettered fast we are!

Once you expose your private life, if you give one little bit, the floodgates are open and everyone's got a free range for you.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.

The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.

Do not let one's tongue outrun one's sense.

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

There are two impossibilities in life: "just one drink" and "an honest politician."

As actors we give so much of ourselves away so I like to keep my personal life to myself.

Ever since then, I've done what I could to be pleasant and quiet, making myself as small and unseen as possible.

The table and chair legs were like bars of the cage around me. This time they weren't keeping me in, they were keeping her out.

After all, when one goes out into the city with the sole goal of capturing the city, only to discover that the city is nothing but a restless shifting of scaffolding, then one must refrain from going out.

I knew I had to be careful. I had to keep my distance. If she knew how much I still cared, it was all over. I wouldn't be able to walk away again. The first time was hard enough.

I thought he was kind of a dick too, but I didn't say so. You're not supposed to join in when someone is bashing his father.

She loves a reaction, so I'm careful to not give her one.

I bit my lip to keep from saying, You have allergies, not swine flu.

It's disappointing, how little self-control boys have.

GUY TIP #18: Just because you can urinate anywhere you want doesn't mean you should-even if your aim is so good you can spell out "Red Sox Rule" in capital letters with once taking a break.

Henry and I make plans to meet for coffee at the place on his block. It is hard for him to get even that far away. "I'm on house arrest," he whispers. "I'm jumping out of my skin." I wish I could give him something for his nerves, but of course, I can't. I remind myself (as I often do) never to become so addicted to drugs or alcohol that I'm not allowed to use them.

I wish I could give him something for his nerves, but of course, I can't. I remind myself (as I often do) never to become so addicted to drugs or alcohol that I'm not allowed to use them.