Quotes about Restriction

Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.

he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

I open the curtains in my office and see people out there, some walking and holding hands without having to worry about the consequences. And I can't show my love

I don't subscribe to that no-carb thing. I'm so sick of the Atkins diet and all that. First of all, if you're not eating carbs, all you do is think about them. It's one of those things that you take out, and initially, you lose weight, but you are miserable.

When Henry Ford said, "The customer can have a car in any color as long as it's black," he was not joking.

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.

There you are. A simple commandment. Not ten of them, just one: 'Thou shalt not eat.' (Personally, I wish the very first edict from God hadn't involved dieting, don't you?)

Imprisonment is as irrevocable as death.

Restricting yourself in the truth of God's word actually releases you into a freedom you would not otherwise have.

Whatever limits us we call Fate.

It is the main motivation of mankind to be free, to express our true selves and pursue our dreams without restriction--to experience what may be called Personal Freedom.

I wanted to stand up and shout that this was unfair, but loud voices were not permitted in the library.