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225 Tame quotes by 175 unique authors

Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories. — Ron Fournier
You are wrong if you think that you can in any way take the vision and tame it to the page. The page is jealous… — Annie Dillard
You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you. — Isadora Duncan
Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life. — Marilu Henner
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. — George Herbert
I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n'… — Joan Jett
Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are. — Daniel Kahneman
Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of… — Robert Kennedy
Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force. — Dorothy L. Sayers
It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious. — Henry David Thoreau
Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human… — Mark Twain
He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course… — C.S. Lewis
Did I say that she was beautiful? I was wrong. Beauty is too tame a notion; it evokes only faces in magazines. A lovely eloquence,… — Clive Barker
This wind is mystical yet tame, and it sings to me. — Marianne Curley
We talk of wild animals but man is the only wild animal. It is man that has broken out. All other animals are tame animals;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short… — Alice Walker
So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." It is… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?" "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
GOD: I own you like I own the caves. THE OCEAN: Not a chance. No comparison. GOD: I made you. I could tame you. THE… — Dave Eggers
What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be free, and the tame heart that wants to… — Jeanette Winterson
Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The only things you learn are the things you tame — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Jace shook his blond head in exasperation. "You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame… — Cassandra Clare
Christians have no business thinking that the good life consists mainly in not doing bad things. We have no business thinking that to do evil… — William Sloane Coffin
I don't believe you know anything about a man like me or a country like this. It takes rough men, Miss Fair, to tame a… — Louis L'Amour

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