Trapped Quotes

512 quotes by 429 authors

I'd trapped myself in a script.... But to be scripted at all is to be prepackaged, programmed, pinned to a page. Only the unwritten can… — David James Duncan
It is not uncommon to meet pastors' wives who really let themselves go; they sometimes feel that because their husband is a pastor, he is… — Mark Driscoll
Some people are trapped by the belief that love comes in finite quantities, and that our kind of love exhausts the supply upon which they… — Andrew Solomon
All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some… — Angus Wilson
Respectability and security are subtle traps on life's journey. Those who are drawn to extremes are often nearer to renewal and self-discovery. Those trapped in… — John O'Donohue
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns. — Tara Brach
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words. — Niels Bohr
You write something and thereâ€™s no reality to it. You canâ€™t inject it with any kind of reality. You have to be patient and keep… — Deborah Eisenberg
The purpose of spiritual life is not to create some special state of mind. A state of mind is always temporary. The purpose is to… — Jack Kornfield
The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't be yourself in… — Ken Robinson
The word â€˜sinâ€™ is derived from the Indo-European root â€˜es-,â€™ meaning â€˜to be.â€™ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person]… — Mary Daly
The experience of oppressed people is that the living of oneâ€™s life is confined and shaped by forces and barriers which are not accidental or… — Marilyn Frye
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilization...Without it, the imagination is but the echo of… — Bill Moyers
People hit the sauce in a big way all winter. Amidst blizzards they wrestle unsuccessfully with the dark comedy of their lives, laughter trapped in… — Amy Gerstler
The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious.… — Laozi
I am trapped in glass and I want to break out and breath deep but IÂ´m too afraid that it will hurt. — Ally Condie
Anthropology studies different cultures; mainly primitive, but it doesn't think its own culture is primitive, unfortunately. Â There is no field that you can study… — Jacque Fresco
What one side considers a defense the other considers a threat. In the vortex of the struggle, each is trapped by his own fearful outlook… — C. Wright Mills
If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in… — Caroline B. Cooney
All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow. — David Guetta

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