Stifled Quotes

59 quotes by 55 authors

Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea or invention instead of being helped and patted be hampered and… — Nikola Tesla
Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is absent. In such… — Colin Powell
Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails… — Alfred Nobel
What if it is for life's sake that we must die? In truth we are not individuals; and it is because we think ourselves such… — Will Durant
Passive commerce . . . should thus . . . [compel us] to content ourselves with the first price of our commodities, and to see… — Alexander Hamilton
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal. — Gautama Buddha
Recent action in Syria and Palestine also tell us that the awakening voices of democracy in those regions are occurring, and that those in that… — Judd Gregg
What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1st. destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2d. it is… — James Madison
The problem when someone feels burned out, bored, unchallenged, or stifled by their work is not the job itself but rather the environment and playground… — Tony Hsieh
Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result,… — John Shadegg
Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became… — Michael Zaslow
Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully appreciated in America… — Dennis Wilson
Pop is everything art hasn't been for the last two decades...It springs newborn out of a boredom with the finality and over-saturation of Abstract-Expressionism, which,… — Robert Indiana
If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity. — Barbara Tuchman
It's a lucky man, a very lucky man, who is committed to what he believes, who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the… — Alexander Pushkin
Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing. — Eugen Herrigel
I stood still, a prey to a thousand thoughts, stifled in the robe of the evening. — Henri
If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me. — Marissa Mayer
It exasperated her to think that the dungeon in which she had languished for so many unhappy years had been unlocked all the time, and… — George Bernard Shaw
People would do well to ask themselves how many of their ambitions and aspirations derive from the type of economic system they inhabit and the… — Tony Benn

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