Refrain Quotes

210 quotes by 182 authors

Really now: If you can't get me my newspaper on time, how can you expect me to refrain from killing people? — Jeff Lindsay
Spade-â€œIf youâ€™d refrain from slamming my face any more into this dirty rock floor, Iâ€™ll do whatever you like,â€ was his even reply. â€œFancy letting… — Jeaniene Frost
It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud. — Orson Scott Card
Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial… — Robert A. Heinlein
There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the… — Oliver Sacks
Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp… — William Shakespeare
Before he bent his head, I knew what he was going to do. Touch his lips to mine. Oh, and I wanted him to... I… — Ann Aguirre
To remain stable is to refrain from trying to separate yourself from a pain because you know that you cannot. Running away from fear is… — Alan Watts
Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later. — Dan Wells
Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence… — Niccolo Machiavelli
...William wondered why he always disliked people who said 'no offense meant.' Maybe it was because they found it easier to to say 'no offense… — Terry Pratchett
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action. — Pythagoras
The big diffrence between a warrior and a victim is that the victim represses and the warrior refrains. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
I've lost track of where friendship ends and falling begins. (this is the foolish refrain of the hopelessly devoted.) there are times I want to… — David Levithan
In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I… — Andre Gide
What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all… — Judith Butler
He was a man who would never ask for sympathy. He was a man who sought only to do what was right. Such people appear… — Steven Erikson
Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our… — Norman Vincent Peale
Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn… — H. L. Mencken
True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain. — Claude Bernard

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