(36 quotes found)
“Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision.”
Charlotte Bronte
“If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional guarantees acquire an accordionlike quality.”
William Orville Douglas
“Best is the Tongue that feels the rein; He that talks much, must talk in vain; We from the wordy Torrent fly: Who listens to the chattering Pye?”
Benjamin Franklin
“Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.”
Charles Henry Parkhurst
“just ensures that the unscrupulous companies that are . . . violating people's privacy [through secret monitoring] are reined in.”
Chris Christiansen
“Channel 6 is a wonderful tool, and I wanted to transform it to rein-force the command message and what the Army is doing.”
Col. Scott Larese
“Since Meredith took the reins two years ago, Niagara Falls has seen a series of successes.”
Charles Gargano
“The recent moves to eliminate the worst-performing 10 percent of brokers and rein in the training program are a good start to improving margins. But these are just the first steps.”
Guy Moszkowski
“Now instead of pressing him to get other guys shots, I'm letting the reins go a little bit. I'm telling him to be a little more aggressive. ... I'm pointing out when he passes up good shots.”
Danny Yoshikawa
“[There was also support for Rooney from his team-mate, the Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher.] You don't want to rein in Wayne's hunger because it sometimes spurs him on and makes him play better when things are not going his way, ... He has something inside him you do not want to take away because that is when he is at his best.”
Darren Fletcher
