#shut

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#death #eyes #hope #illusions #indulge

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for words. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#actions speak #deal #him #i #keep

I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double. ↗

— James Stockdale

#blood #circulation #did #double #fifteen

Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I would not put me back into a shuttle - and no other astronaut. The confidence is shaken. ↗

— Ulrich Walter

#back #confidence #every #flew #i

Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#became #began #biggest #christ #close

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#errors #out #shut #truth #will

There's really no such thing as the agony of dying. I'm quite sure that pain is shut off at the moment of death. You see, something happens when the body knows it's about to go. Peptide hormones are released by cells in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Endorphins. They attach themselves to the cells responsible for feeling pain. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#agony #attach #body #cells #death

I just want to get through each day without the need to shut my eyes for 10 minutes. ↗

— Mark Thomas

#each #eyes #get #i #just

My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up. ↗

— Richie Benaud

#brain #gear #into #mantra #otherwise

If you have nothing to say for yourself then kindly keep your mouth shut! ↗

— Roland Freisler

#kindly #mouth #nothing #say #shut