Stifles Quotes

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.

The death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and personal income. As a result, 70 percent of family-owned businesses are not passed on to the next generation and 87 percent do not make it to the third generation.

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.