An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys. — Vida Dutton Scudder Copy Share Image
“I don't smoke, don't drink, don't fuck. At least i can fucking think.” — Ian Mackaye Copy Share Image
Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading. — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Twitter is a deliberate abstention. Somehow I hate the idea of there always being, in the back of my mind, this little… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
Capital is not a free gift of God or of nature. It is the outcome of a provident restriction of consumption on… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
My work...is to shatter the faith of men here, there, and everywhere, faith in affirmation, faith in negation, and faith in abstention… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
After the German abstention at the UN, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle commented that Germany doesn't always have to stand on the side… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I have not had a moment's peace or happiness in respect to electromagnetic theory since November 28, 1846. All this time I… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
A dinner! How horrible! I am to be made the pretext for killing all those wretched animals and birds, and fish! Thank… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Each one of us, as long as life stirs is us, may play a part in extricating ourselves from the power system… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Abstention from labor is the conventional evidence of wealth and is therefore the conventional mark of social standing. — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
To use legal or financial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd. — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is not just abstention from war, fighting, or animal flesh. It is abstention from negative thoughts and negative speech. — Nathaniel Altman Copy Share Image
The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying that you understand your… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
The common man is the sovereign consumer whose buying or abstention from buying ultimately determines what should be produced and in what… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
To assign to everybody his proper place in society is the task of the consumers. Their buying and abstention from buying is… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A teenage taste of beer aside, Mitt Romney does not consume alcohol. Which begs the question, will total abstention put his candidacy,… — Martin Bashir Copy Share Image
“No one is responsible for what he is nor even for what he does. This is obvious and everyone more or less… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
The truth is that my work - I was going to say my mission - is to shatter the faith of men… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
The real bosses in the capitalist system of market economy are the consumers. They by their buying and by their abstention from… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Patanjali said that when you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
