Repress Quotes

84 quotes by 75 authors

I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything. — John Oliver
But if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It cannot bring into… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten. A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of… — Martin Luther
My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they… — Ma Jian
Not even Sen. [Joseph] McCarthy was able to repress ideas he opposed as effectively as Harvard's hiring committees have suppressed the conservative viewpoints they despise… — David Horowitz
There is nothing wrong with anger. Anger is a beautiful emotion, as valid and rich as joy or laughter. But you have been taught to… — Leonard Jacobson
Life is an exercise in the development of feeling. When we repress feelings, we become sour and judgmental. When we live awash in great feeling… — Joan D. Chittister
My liver swells with bile difficult to repress. — Horace
The educated man tries to repress the inferior one in himself, without realizing that by this he forces the latter to become revolutionary. — Carl Jung
Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless-nay, the speech they have resolved not… — George Eliot
A chronic lack of pleasure, of any enjoyable, rewarding or stimulating experiences, produces a slow, gradual, day-by-day erosion of man's emotional vitality, which he may… — Ayn Rand
Most of the characteristics which make for success in writing are precisely those which we are all taught to repress ... the firm belief that… — Robert Anton Wilson
Above all, it behooves us to repress, and if possible to extinguish once and for all, our inveterate tendency to judge others by the extent… — George F. Kennan
There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that. — Mark Twain
Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes. — Samuel Johnson
Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one's emotions, and of failure to repress the… — Saint Basil
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good. — Calvin Coolidge
No one tells you that your life is effectively over when you have a child: that you're never going to draw another complacent breath again...… — Anne Lamott
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. — Vladimir Lenin
When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score. — Enoch Powell

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