#checked

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#child #early #follies #future #generally

It is a revolution, and it can no more be checked by human effort... than a prarie fire by a gardener's watering pot. ↗

— Judah Philip Benjamin

#effort #fire #gardener #human #human effort

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#increases #population #ratio #unchecked

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#checked #civilization #could #distance #hard

Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#democratic #democratic system #system #unchecked

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights.If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ↗

— Erich Segal

#love #quietly #love

I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there. ↗

— Roland Emmerich

#actually #articles #behind #book #checked

The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same time encouraged the production of side branches at those parts of the stem where they were most desired. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#cases #checked #desired #encouraged #flow

I checked myself out in that funeral parlour scene. I saw myself laughing, because there was a shot of Ed and I together and Mary was right in back of us. My head turned from the camera and I saw myself laughing, because Mary was absolutely brilliant in that thing. ↗

— Gavin MacLeod

#back #because #brilliant #camera #checked

In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#development #freedom #grass #grow #growing