#fling

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#even #evil #false #never #opinion

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens. ↗

— Henry Miller

#citizens #everyday #legal #legal system #mystery

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. ↗

— Henry Miller

#because #continually #deepest #ever #few

I don't think I'm ever forgiven for anything, which is baffling because I'm not on TV that much. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#baffling #because #ever #forgiven #i

My family, although they're very large on both my parents' sides, they don't know much about their family tree. Occasionally, they try to dig, but they can't get very far, and it's baffling. In Dublin, it seems that so many public records were wiped out; it's proven to be very difficult, so I know very little. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#although #baffling #both #difficult #dig

High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#dependency #fire #fling #flood #forces

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. ↗

— Franklin Pierce

#discussion #frequently #more #protracted #subject

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#forced #help #life #long #long life

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#immediate #means #neither #ridiculous #sneeze

I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended. ↗

— Rick Schroder

#comedy #comfortable #couple #doing #ended