Refrain Quotes

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. Marcus Aurelius
Best Revenge Imitation Refrain
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter. Aleister Crowley
Education Worth Discipline Mind First Reading Must Something Chatter Feed Read Refrain Refuse Canned While Newspaper Therefore Resolutely
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. Evelyn Waugh
Art Destruction Construct Noblest Efforts Refrain Human Symbol Two
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake. Mark Twain
Myself Smoking Care Example Others Rule Never Smoke Always Been Refrain Moderation Asleep Awake
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. Horace
You Tomorrow Everyday Count Refrain Going Happen Gain Asking Fortune Grants
Never stray from life's purpose. Refrain from counting someone else's blessings instead of your own. Karen Civil
Life Own Else Someone Purpose Never Instead Counting Blessings Refrain Your Stray
When federal agents and prosecutors quietly open a criminal investigation, we are not concealing anything; we are simply following the longstanding policy that we refrain from publicizing non-public information. In that context, silence is not concealment. Rod Rosenstein
Silence Criminal Following Federal Investigation Open Simply Concealing Concealment Prosecutors Policy Context Quietly Refrain Anything Information Agents
I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life. N. T. Rama Rao, Jr.
Life I Am Personal Life Would About Himself Talking Am Very Close Person Personal Refrain Just Who Shy Shy Person
We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior. Chen Shui-bian
Arrogance Behavior Must Demonstrate Refrain Irrational Any
I refrain from lots of things I love, like cheese and carbs. I eat plenty of greens every day, my favorite being watercress. Chloe Sevigny
Love Day Every Day Cheese Every Plenty Favorite Eat Like Lots Refrain Greens Being Carbs Things
You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough. E. W. Howe
Love You Enemy Enough Telling Telling Lies Lies About Well Him Well Enough Doing Refrain Your
Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women. Erica Jong
Women Rich Enormous Other Those Would Kinder Would-Be Criticizing Some Between Sadly Because Mothers Afford Refrain Poor Who Many Gap
I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so. Gloria Swanson
Time People Consider Telling Could Pounds Weighs Over Refrain Anybody Who Fat
It's not good if owners of sports teams are talking to sports journalists, bypassing the manager. That goes in the wrong direction wherever it happens. Therefore, I'll refrain from doing this at all. Hasso Plattner
Good Sports Direction Wrong Wrong Direction Journalists Talking Doing Refrain Goes Manager Owners Wherever Happens Therefore Teams
Children and scientists share an outlook on life. 'If I do this, what will happen?' is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist. James Gleick
Life Will Defining Physical Both Outlook Share Scientist Scientists Motto Child Refrain Children Happen Play
If Ambassador Grenell is unwilling to refrain from political statements, he should be recalled immediately. Jeanne Shaheen
Political Statements Immediately He Unwilling Ambassador Refrain Should Recalled
We will never abdicate the security of the United States to a foreign country or refrain from taking action when appropriate. But we cannot ignore the reality that cooperative counterterrorism activities are a key to our national defense. John O. Brennan
Reality Key Will Country National Action Defense Our Appropriate States We Cannot Security Abdicate Never Taking Counterterrorism Foreign Foreign Country National Defense Refrain Cannot Ignore Activities Cooperative United United States
I think I'm going to refrain from criticizing Apple too much. I mean, that's been a pretty great company. Julian Robertson
Great Too Much Think Too Criticizing Pretty Been Refrain Going Mean Much Company Apple
There are a billion songs that I've heard and said, 'I don't even care to have an opinion about it,' but if I have to hear a snippet of the refrain of 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' once, it'll get stuck in my head, and that drives me crazy. Kurt Braunohler
Me Crazy Together Care Back Once About Stuck Never Drives Songs Head Opinion Said Hear Heard Get Refrain Getting Billion Even Ever
Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal. Lawrence Lessig
Freedom Remember Build Lost Past Tries About Ideal Always Refrain Stop Stopping Us
The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner. Margaret Halsey
Dinner Face Never Merely Smash Refrain Asking English
I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think. Margrethe II of Denmark
Saying Think Else Everyone Everyone Else Everything Simply Like Course Refrain Just Want
In Bonn, where I studied for a year, I changed from classical to Romance philology, taught there by its great founder, F. Diez, and at the beginning of 1852, I received the doctorate for a dissertation on the refrain in Provencal poetry. Paul Heyse
Great Year Beginning Changed Dissertation Classical Poetry Studied Doctorate Refrain Taught Romance Where Founder Received
I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it gives me to think that today will be different from yesterday, that I will find an interesting comment or poke or video, and on the extremely rare occasion when that happens, I am just thrilled. Roseanne Barr
Today Hope Me Facebook Will Rare Feeling Yesterday Think Guess Extremely Find Be Different Bore Thrilled Gives Poke Participating Occasion Am Huge Comment Refrain Just Different Regard Cannot Happens Crave Interesting Video Actually
So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with belief in my heart, I've not yet won even a jaywalking ticket, and unlike my father, whom I fault in this respect, I refrain from opting out of jury duty; instead, they mostly kick me out. William T. Vollmann
Me Respect Heart Fault Voting Father Duty Unlike Kick Paper Out Never Instead Perform Missed Term Ticket Mostly Deadline Review Won Refrain Jury Jury Duty Far Manuscript Even Belief Whom

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