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

  Ann Voskamp

  Lions, Satan

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I dropped all the guards. All the leashes, all the chains, everything that ever restrained me through the discipline and fear of discovery, I let it all go. No need to hide.

  Ilona Andrews

  Discovery, Discipline, Needs

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.233, Penguin

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• You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.

  Michael Parenti

  Political, Necks, Feels

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

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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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• 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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• What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.

  Erica Jong

  Daughter, Mother, Mean

  Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.49, Penguin

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• I'll need you to get a leash for my monkey, Claude, and also a hat." "Of course, monsieur" "Do you think he needs a little coat as well?" "Perhaps not in this weather, monsieur." "You are right," Magnus said with a sight. "Make it a simple dressing gown, just like mine." "Which one, monsieur?" "The one in rose and silver." "Excellent choice, monsieur.

  Cassandra Clare

  Simple, Thinking, Sight

  "The Bane Chronicles". Book by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson, November 11, 2014.

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• You may not agree, you may not care, but if you are holding this book you should know that of all the sights I love in this world — and there are plenty — very near the top of the list is this one: dogs without leashes.

  Mary Oliver

  Dog, Book, Sight

  Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.11, Penguin

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• My dogs have never been good at things like "sit," "stay," or even "come." I think that we've given the tourists a few laughs, especially when the dogs hit the end of their leashes hard enough to drag Gloria down the street.

  James Stewart

  Dog, Thinking, Laughing

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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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