quotes about Self Restraint

“I begin my day online and end my day online. I like to prepare myself for the next day and have a sense of closure before I go to bed.”

“The only thing better than going to Pitcairn in the first place, is going again.”

“The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West... The two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.”

Source : Speech at the "Musée-Musées" Round Table Louvre Museum, www.akdn.org. October 17, 2007.

“I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.”

“All things do help the unhappy man to fall.”

Source : John Webster (1859). “The Works of John Webster: With Some Account of the Author, and Notes”, p.82

“One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then.”

“Talking is always a good idea. There's no harm in keeping lines of communication open.”

Source : "North Korea’s Latest Alarming Nuclear Test Is Part of Its Apocalyptic “Final Victory” Strategy" by Isaac Chotiner, www.slate.com. January 6, 2016.

“I played violin from when I was about eight to thirteen, so I could read a little bit, but if you put a piece of music in front of me now, I would probably know the notes, but not the timing, how they're supposed to be played, and I just don't know how to read chords. If I'd stuck with it, I'd probably have more jobs.”

“Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast.”

“Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day.”