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  • Most dogs, when you hold a leash up, go nuts and run to the door. Crash, on the other hand barely looks up from his spot on the couch. His expression is saying, What the hell are you doing with that thing?

    Running   Dog   Doors  
  • I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty. Jamie, thought, was something different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me, then.

    War   Men   Light  
    Diana Gabaldon (2011). “Outlander: (Outlander 1)”, p.315, Random House
  • As a writer you're holding a dog. You let the dog run about. But you finally can pull him back. Finally, I'm in control. But the great excitement is to see what happens if you let the whole thing go. And the dog or the character really runs about, bites everyone in sight, jumps up trees, falls into lakes, gets wet, and you let that happen. That's the excitement of writing plays-to allow the thing to be free but still hold the final leash.

    Running   Dog   Fall  
    Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. December 26, 2008.
  • Men and women ... do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in order to sustain the ruling class, your masters. Like naïve children you put your trust in your political leaders. You make it possible for them to creep into your confidence, only to have them betray you to the first bidder. But even where there is no direct betrayal, the labour politicians make common cause with your enemies to keep you in leash, to prevent your direct action. The State is the pillar of capitalism, and it is ridiculous to expect any redress from it.

  • What you run away from owns you. You are the dog on a leash. The most you can do is to tug against the leash.

    Running   Dog   Leashes  
  • Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash?

    Dog   Wonder   Ends  
  • Winter near the shore is cold. The wind kicks up a salty mist and elephant seals come to shore to trumpet and rut and birth their pups. Retired people put sweaters on their lap dogs and drag them down the street on retractable leashes in a nightly parade of doggy humiliation. Surfers don their wetsuits against the chill of storm waves and white sharks adjust their diets to include shrink-wrapped dude-snacks on fiberglass crackers.

    Dog   Winter   Sharks  
  • I was instructed by people in higher rank to stand there and hold this leash and look at the camera. We were doing what we were told.

    People   Cameras   Looks  
  • Pro wrestling was there, and I was good at it, thank God. I started getting a lot of offers, but unfortunately, at WWE I was under a tight leash. I think it had a lot to do with The Rock making the transition, and me possibly being the next guy - you know, the company didnt want to lose another top performer.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends.

    Rope   Ends   Leashes  
    Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.850, Penguin
  • The genes hold culture on a leash. The leash is very long, but inevitably values will be constrained in accordance with their effects on the human gene pool. The brain is a product of evolution. Human behavior-like the deepest capacities for emotional respone which drive and guide it-is the circuitous technique by which human genetic material has been and will be kept intact.

  • If you are going to call yourself a Christian - and I don't - then you have to ask yourself a fundamental question, and that is: Whom would Jesus torture? Whom would Jesus drag around on a dog's leash? How can Christians tolerate it? It is unconscionable. It has put our young men and women who are over there, fighting a war that they should not have been asked to fight - it has put them in greater danger.

    Christian   Dog   Jesus  
    "The Way We Live Now: 6-27-04: Questions for Ronald P. Reagan". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. June 27, 2004.
  • All you have is your fire And the place you need to reach Don't you ever tame your demons But always keep them on a leash

    Fire   Needs   Demon  
  • You the Dark-Hunter?" Kyrian arched a brow. "You the flunky?" "I don't like your tone." "And I dont't like you. Now that we've dispensed with the introductions and have declared our mutual distaste for one another, why don't you take me to the one who holds your leash?

    Dark   Hunters   Tone  
  • We live on the leash of our senses.

    Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of the Senses”, p.18, Vintage
  • I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.

  • You keep life on a short leash.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” “You’re scared of what you can’t control.

    Mean   Scared   Leashes  
    Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.14, Simon and Schuster
  • I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.

    Gregory Maguire (2009). “Son of a Witch: Volume Two in The Wicked Years”, p.36, Harper Collins
  • An animal on a leash is not tamed by the owner. The owner is extending himself through the leash to that part of his personality which is pure dog, that part of him which just wants to eat, sleep, bark, hump chairs, wet the floor in joy, and drink out of a toilet bowl.

    Dog   Sleep   Animal  
    Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses”, p.329, Vintage
  • I have a spaniel that defrocked a nun last week. He took hold of the cord. I had hold of the leash. It was like elephants holding tails. Imagine me undressing a nun, even second hand.

    Funny   Dog   Hands  
    E. B. White (1989). “The Letters of E. B. White”, Perennial
  • What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.

    Daughter   Mother   Mean  
    Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.49, Penguin
  • I'm in a band, and I know exactly who those girls are. I know exactly what goes on backstage. I wish I had a little leash to walk him around.

    Girl   Wish   Band  
  • Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash

    Lions   Satan   Leashes  
  • Although they like to call themselves journalists, that's a myth even they don't really believe anymore. They're mutts on short leashes.

    Believe   Media   Mutts  
  • I saw...a kid on a leash. You seen these people? Kid on a leash? How horrible. Put him in the pound where he belongs.

    Kids   People   Saws  
  • Why don't you try to do without him, why don't you try to live alone? Do you really need his hands for your passion? Do you really need his heart for your throne? Do you need his labor for your baby? Do you need his beast for the bone? Do you need to hold a leash to be a lady? I know that you can make it, you can make it on your own.

    Leonard Cohen (2010). “Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs”, p.170, Random House
  • I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.

    Running   Dog   Baby  
  • Haie! Haie! These were the swift to harry; These the keen-scented; These were the souls of blood. Slow on the leash, pallid the leash-men!

    Men   Blood   Soul  
    'The Return' (1912)
  • You may not agree, you may not care, but if you are holding this book you should know that of all the sights I love in this world — and there are plenty — very near the top of the list is this one: dogs without leashes.

    Dog   Book   Sight  
    Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.11, Penguin
  • Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a sufficient time, the leash which at first galled often grows easy and familiar.

    Husband   Wife   Firsts  
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