Stifling Quotes

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We may as well face the fact, and face it squarely, that we are too much governed. The agencies of government have multiplied, their ramifications… — Roland H. Hartley
Mutual commitment to ideals - yes; the stifling of all dissenting notions - no. — Norman Lamm
...These politically correct language initiatives are misguided and harmful. They create highly entitled professional "victims" who expect to be free from any offense, and they… — Gad Saad
Some of our newspapers and magazines are more concerned with the welfare of their advertisers than they are with the dissemination of news and the… — J. Paul Getty
In restating this basic Christian doctrine, Benedict argues that it is not only for Christians alone. Others may not share the Christian faith in God,… — Raymond J. de Souza
One stifling summer afternoon last August, in the attic of a tiny stone house in Pennsylvania, I made a most interesting discovery: the shortest, cheapest… — S. J. Perelman
It seemed to be a makeshift replacement for love, absenting oneself from stifling atmospheres, because love basically was a torrential storm of feeling; it thrived… — Bessie Head
My heart is closed, soon it will crumble away. Stifling my tears, I scream every day. My heart has shown me that believing is nothing.… — Kyo
Speech is too often not the art of concealing thought, but of quite stifling and suspending thought, so that there is none to conceal. — Thomas Carlyle
The resurrection blasts apart the finality of death, providing an alternative to the stifling, settling dust of death and opens the way to new life. — Billy Graham
The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors. — Ivor Novello
We are interested in stifling the sale of this book. We believe that this can be best accomplished by refusing to be stampeded into giving… — Madison Grant
Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing his assets. We… — Vince Cable
Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling. — Justin Townes Earle
The civil liberties types who are fighting this issue have to fight it, owing to the nature of the laws, as a matter of freedom… — Tom Lehrer
Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its inbreeding… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
We are such idiots, We think everyone else has it all figured out. But we're all stumbling around in dark rooms bumping into furniture and… — Joan Ryan
Horror hostess, bondage goddess, Charles Addams cartoon comes to life, Vampire was every first-generation fanboy's wet dream. Scott Poole takes us on an unforgettable ride… — Sheri Holman
Other than his ex-wife and despite appearances with a series of cultivated blondes, Edward de Bono has never publicly aligned himself with a woman. 'Iâ€™m… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
When you're on a movie set and you are hopefully making a comedy, everyone's stifling their laughter. You're looking at the crew guys, hoping someone… — Dane Cook

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