Refrains Quotes

We cannot support what he is saying. An athlete must be a role model. If Bode Miller is at his peak, if Bode Miller refrains from making those comments, people will think of his performance and he can be a big star. He's a young man. You can understand it, but you cannot excuse it. - Jacques Rogge

The person, who treads on the path of truth, refrains from deception, treachery, pretension, and remains untouched by falsehoods is never devoid of eternal joy. - Rig Veda

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. - Samuel Butler

It's my expectation that the Fed chair, even when he is a former White House adviser, refrains from being a cheerleader for White House policies of either political party and instead maintains the independence and credibility of the central bank to a greater transparency in its decision-making. - Tim Johnson

His speech was nothing more than a series of irrational and inconsistent political attacks cobbled together by his Republican handlers... And though three years ago, he called John Kerry a friend, one of the greatest leaders of our time and an authentic hero, tonight, for political and personal gain, he adopted the smear tactic refrains of the Bush administration. - Jano Cabrera

Greenspan usually refrains from saying anything market moving ahead of speeches before Congress. - Tony Crescenzi

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Comparing oneself with Galileo or Einstein is certainly good for the ego, provided one refrains from going into too much detail. - John McCarthy