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Restraint Quotes

"I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far."

"I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far."

Mae West, American Actress

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"The place where we don't agree is on whether there should be some restraint on insurance companies and whether they should be allowed to run wild. We believe there should be some restraint; some on the other side don't think so."

"The place where we don't agree is on whether there should be some restraint on insurance companies and whether they should be allowed to run wild. We believe there should be some restraint; some on the other side don't think so."

David Axelrod, American Public Servant

18

"If you really want peace in any world you have to learn to say nothing."

"If you really want peace in any world you have to learn to say nothing."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Restraint, Silence, Peace, Communication, Control

17

"We must resist impulses to attack people, their credibility or their nature, and focus only on sharing our own positive creations, contributions, ideas and solutions."

"We must resist impulses to attack people, their credibility or their nature, and focus only on sharing our own positive creations, contributions, ideas and solutions."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Restraint, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

16

"The less said the better."

"The less said the better."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Restraint, Silence, Words, Mystery

13

"It is the restraint of patience that yields the magnificent in life."

"It is the restraint of patience that yields the magnificent in life."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Restraint, Patience, Wisdom, Truth, Power

10

"If you don't like your teeth, keep your mouth shut."

"If you don't like your teeth, keep your mouth shut."

Lois Greiman, American Author

Restraint, Silence, Humor, Prudence

8

"Woe to him who offends a patient man who has just reached his limit."

"Woe to him who offends a patient man who has just reached his limit."

Joyce Rachelle, Filipino Author

Restraint, Patience, Anger, Limit, Warning

8

"The line from Pulp Fiction-the one Samuel L. Jackson shouts at John Travolta as they're trying to wash blood off their hands-pops into my head: 'I used the same soap you did and when I dried my hands, the towel didn't look like no fuckin' maxi-pad!' I almost-almost-share this most quotable of cinematic quotes with him, when I remember it contains The Word. You know: 'maxi-pad."

"The line from Pulp Fiction-the one Samuel L. Jackson shouts at John Travolta as they're trying to wash blood off their hands-pops into my head: 'I used the same soap you did and when I dried my hands, the towel didn't look like no fuckin' maxi-pad!' I almost-almost-share this most quotable of cinematic quotes with him, when I remember it contains The Word. You know: 'maxi-pad."

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

Restraint, Memory, Humor, Cinema

8

"After one and a half cocktails, finding the appropriate response is a bit of a challenge. I finally say, 'Thank you for inviting me,' and leave the less desirable 'Want to play strip poker?' in the unscrupulous part of my brain where it belongs."

"After one and a half cocktails, finding the appropriate response is a bit of a challenge. I finally say, 'Thank you for inviting me,' and leave the less desirable 'Want to play strip poker?' in the unscrupulous part of my brain where it belongs."

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

Restraint, Humor, Social, Choice

7

"It is comic that a mentally disordered man picks up any piece of granite and carries it around because he thinks it is money, and in the same way it is comic that Don Juan has 1,003 mistresses, for the number simply indicates that they have no value. Therefore, one should stay within one's means in the use of the word "love"."

"It is comic that a mentally disordered man picks up any piece of granite and carries it around because he thinks it is money, and in the same way it is comic that Don Juan has 1,003 mistresses, for the number simply indicates that they have no value. Therefore, one should stay within one's means in the use of the word "love"."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Restraint, Love, Excess, Irony, Values

4

"It was hard to listen to her all the time without getting to say anything back."

"It was hard to listen to her all the time without getting to say anything back."

Stephen Chbosky, American Author

Restraint, Silence, Listening, Frustration, Communication

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