Leashes Quotes

• People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.

  Michael Parenti

  Thinking, People, World

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• We live on the leash of our senses.

  Diane Ackerman

  Philosophy, Medicine, Perception

  Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of the Senses”, p.18, Vintage

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• Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash?

  Robert Breault

  Dog, Wonder, Ends

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• All you have is your fire
  And the place you need to reach
  Don't you ever tame your demons
  But always keep them on a leash

  Hozier

  Fire, Needs, Demon

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• When you walk a dog on a short leash, she's close enough to bite you.

  Ilona Andrews

  Dog, Enough, Walks

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.99, Penguin

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• A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends.

  Ayn Rand

  Rope, Ends, Nooses

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.850, Penguin

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• Hope is the leash of submission.

  Raoul Vaneigem

  Submission

  Guy Debord, Ivan Chtcheglov, Asger Jorn, Raoul Vaneigem, Mustapha Khayati (2014). “Situationism: A Compendium”, p.133, Bread and Circuses Publishing

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• An animal on a leash is not tamed by the owner. The owner is extending himself through the leash to that part of his personality which is pure dog, that part of him which just wants to eat, sleep, bark, hump chairs, wet the floor in joy, and drink out of a toilet bowl.

  Diane Ackerman

  Dog, Sleep, Animal

  Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses”, p.329, Vintage

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• Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.

  Bob Goff

  Joy, Cynicism, Posing

  FaceBook post by Bob Goff from Jan 06, 2014

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• Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

  Agnes Repplier

  Knowledge, Learning, Charming

  Agnes Repplier (1891). “Points of View”, Boston Houghton, Mifflin 1893.

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• As long as anything in this world means anything to you, your freedom is only a word. You are like a bird that is held by a leash; you can only fly so far.

  Francois Fenelon

  Powerful, Mean, Long

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• Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash

  Ann Voskamp

  Lions, Satan

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• There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency.

  James Bovard

  Years, Faces, Momentum

  "An Interview with James Bovard". "Talkin' to America" with Aaron Zelman, jpfo.org. January 25, 2006.

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• Editors and reporters are not as free and independent to invite a variety of opinions as they might think. They are free to say what they like only as long as their bosses like what they say. They are free to produce what they want if their product remains within acceptable political boundaries. You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when your stray that you feel the restraining tug.

  Michael Parenti

  Independent, Thinking, Media

  Michael Parenti (1996). “Dirty Truths”, p.150, City Lights Books

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• In a free society, the “vision thing” is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free people understand that a “visionary” bureaucrat is a voracious one and that the grander the government [...] the poorer and less free the people.

  Ilana Mercer

  Government, People, Vision

  "His Rhetoric, Our Reality". original.antiwar.com. January 26, 2005.

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• Leash: n, a means by which animals, formerly running wild, are prevented from running tame, also.

  Robert Breault

  Running, Mean, Animal

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• Although they like to call themselves journalists, that's a myth even they don't really believe anymore. They're mutts on short leashes.

  Jon Rappoport

  Believe, Media, Mutts

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• You keep life on a short leash.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” “You’re scared of what you can’t control.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Mean, Scared

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• No one’s forcing you to do this. You willingly tie yourself to these leashes. And you willingly become utterly socially autistic. You no longer pick up on basic human communication clues. You’re at a table with three humans, all of whom are looking at you and trying to talk to you, and you’re staring at a screen, searching for strangers in Dubai.

  Dave Eggers

  Communication, Ties, Dubai

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• Is there anything else you need to tell me?” Every time I look at you, I have to put a leash on myself. “No.

  Ilona Andrews

  Needs, Looks

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Bayou Moon”, p.126, Penguin

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• One suggestion is to regard your personality as a pet. It follows you around anyway, so give it a name and make friends with it. Keep it on a leash when you need to, and let it run free when you feel that is appropriate. Train it as well as you can, and then accept its idiosyncrasies, but always remember that your pet is not you. Your pet has its own life, and just happens to be in an intimate relationship with you, whoever you may be, hiding there behind your personality.

  Wes Nisker

  Running, Intimate Relationships, Names

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• I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.

  Gregory Maguire

  Hate, Trouble, Scarecrow

  Gregory Maguire (2009). “Son of a Witch: Volume Two in The Wicked Years”, p.36, Harper Collins

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• As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people.

  James Bovard

  Government, People, Reins

  James Bovard (2015). “Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen”, p.270, Macmillan

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• It is so true that in liquid modernity freedom was, so to speak, let off the leash, and for a quite a number of years the freedom of choice was "in principle" unlimited. One result was the weakening of inter-human bonds, particularly inherited bonds, and the counterfactual assumption that individuals must and can fend for themselves.

  Zygmunt Bauman

  Years, Numbers, Choices

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• Charter schools are just public schools on a slightly longer leash. A dog on a long leash is still a dog on a leash.

  Marshall Fritz

  Education, Dog, School

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