Shut Quotes

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Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can't talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because… — Benjamin Carson
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut. — Eric Clapton
I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids. — Nick Clegg
I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain… — Hillary Clinton
When we get in a routine we can become zombie-like and shut down. — Tori Amos
Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become… — Tori Amos
I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off,… — Pamela Anderson
No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. — Henry Van Dyke
Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no… — Oswald Chambers
Never miss a chance to keep your mouth shut. — Robert Newton Peck
Without comprehension, the immigrant would forever remain shut-a stranger in America. Until America can release the heart as well as train the hand of the… — Anzia Yezierska
Prayer is the window that God has placed in the walls of our world. Leave it shut and the world is a cold, dark house.… — Max Lucado
He has told us to pray, 'Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven' (Matthew 6:10). And if we have ever prayed… — Tom Wells
Let the churches preach doctrines, theories, philosophies to their hearts' content, but when it comes to worship, the real practical part of religion, it should… — Swami Vivekananda
When I want to go to sleep, I must first get a whole menagerie of voices to shut up. You wouldn't believe what a racket… — Karl Kraus
The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York,… — Patty Duke
We are all creative, but by the time we are three of four years old, someone has knocked the creativity out of us. Some people… — Maya Angelou
Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and… — Simone de Beauvoir
You degrade us and then ask why we are degraded. You shut our mouths and ask why we don't speak. You close your colleges and… — Frederick Douglass

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