| "Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new nickname for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname 'Fly head'. Normally, you would think that 'Fly head' would mean a person who had beautiful swept-back features, as if flying though the air. But think again. Couldn't it also mean 'having a head like a fly' I'm afraid some people might actually think that." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts |
| "Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most." »Thucyclides |
| "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it." »Theodore Roosevelt |
| "Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single." »Jimmy Townsend |
| "An act of terrorism totally outside the bounds of international law and diplomatic tradition. ... a crisis that calls for firmness and restraint." »James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. |
| "Stuart Would ya look at the size of that kid's head It's the size of a planetoid and it has it's own weather system Looks like an orange on a toothpick I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik spherical but quite pointy at parts He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow." »So I Married an Axe Murderer |
| "Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have right that these wants should be provided for, including the want of a sufficient restraint upon their passions." »Edmund Burke |
| "In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war, we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint." »Lyndon B. Johnson |
| "While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of this matter is concerned it was so botched up, I made so many bad judgments. The worst ones, mistakes of the heart, rather than the head. But let me say, a man in that top job - he's got to have a heart, but his head must always rule his heart." »Richard Milhous Nixon |
| "Nicky I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning ill get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your f***in' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what I'll split your f***in' head open again. 'Cause I'm f***in' stupid. I don't give a f*** about jail. That's my business. That's what I do." »Casino |
| "Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." »Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville |
| "Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined." »Samuel Goldwyn |
| "I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away." »Oscar Levant |
| "What a splendid head, yet no brain." »Aesop |
| "If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun." »Benjamin Franklin |
| "A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them." »Elbert Hubbard |
| "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation." »Jean Kerr |
| "The head never rules the heart, but just becomes it's partner in crime." »Mignon McLaughlin |
| "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." »William Shakespeare |
| "Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart." »Victor Hugo |
| "A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." »Jonathan Swift |
| "All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head." »Suzanne Chapin |
| "When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain." »Miguel de Cervantes |
| "My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits." »Johann von Goethe |
| "The blind man is laughing at the bald head." »Persian Proverb |
| "Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head." »Andy Rooney |
| "I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks." »Steve Martin |
| "A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart." »H. W. Dodds |
| "It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head." »Sally Kempton |
| "Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level." »Max L. Forman |
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