Safety Valve Quotes

18 quotes by 15 authors

The dream acts as a safety-valve for the over-burdened brain. — Sigmund Freud
Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. — Monica Edwards
The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable. — Leo Tolstoy
If you are involved totally, sex disappears because sex is a safety valve. When you have energy unused, then sex becomes a haunting thing around… — Rajneesh
The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms… — Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
When pressure builds up, don't panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve. — Rick Warren
As strenuous challenge or contemplative retreat, the parks and other units of the national lands offer welcome respite from the world, a safety valve for… — T. H. Watkins
It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age. — Mary Roberts Rinehart
Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Bad temper is its own safety valve. He who can bark does not bite. — Agatha Christie
A wholesome sense of humor will be a safety valve that will enable you to apply the lighter touch to heavy problems and to learn… — Hugh B. Brown
REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed. — Ambrose Bierce
No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern… — Sigmund Freud
I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the… — Hedy Lamarr
Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it. — Albert Smith
If we know there is enough money in there for nine or ten months, we won't worry too much. They can come back and get… — John William McCormack

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