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Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception. -- Alan Bennett
The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt. -- Maimonides
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. -- Khalil Gibran
You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people. -- Wentworth Miller
It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere. -- C. S. Lewis
Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it. -- Vernon Howard
If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband. -- Sophie Kinsella
Fanatics," Halt said. "Don't you just love 'em? -- John Flanagan
Halt Halt," said Gilan stepping out into the open. -- John Flanagan
You're an Apprentice! You're not ready to think!" Gilan and Halt. The Ruins of Gorlan. -- John Flanagan
You know, Gilan, sarcasm isn't the lowest form of wit. It's not even wit at all." -Halt -- John Flanagan
Idiots, Halt muttered. If we were here to cause trouble, we could simply ride them both down -- John Flanagan
Halt shook his head. Frankly, he'd seen sacks of potatoes that could sit a horse better than Erak -- John Flanagan
You shouldn't be shot just because someone yells, "Halt" or resisting arrest or running away from being arrested. -- Jesse Ventura
Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine -- John Flanagan
Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human. -- John Flanagan
You're a dead man, Arratay," Jerrel said through clenched teeth. Halt smiled. "That's been said before. Yet here I am. -- John Flanagan
You spoil your horse, Halt said. Will glanced at him. You spoil yours. Halt considered the thought, then nodded. That's true. -- John Flanagan
You're a very amusing fellow," he told Halt. "I'd like to brain you with my ax one of these days." Erak to Halt. -- John Flanagan
There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none. -- E. F. Schumacher
"?Halt looked up at the trees above him. "Why does this boy ask so many questions?" he asked the trees. Naturally, they didn't answer. -- John Flanagan
Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday,' he said reflectively. 'In your case, that's no exaggeration,' Halt said, completely straight-faced. -- John Flanagan
Remember no one expects you to be Halt. He's a legend, after all. Haven't you heard? He's eight feet tall and kills bears with his bare hands... -- John Flanagan
Hunting party," Horace said Both Halt and Will looked at him sarcastically. "You think?" Will said. "Maybe they found the deer and brought him back to repair him. -- John Flanagan
A Moment's Halt-a momentary taste Of BEING from the Well amid the Waste- And, Lo! the phantom Caravan has reach'd The NOTHING it set out from. Oh, make haste! -- Omar Khayyam
Every creed is a rock in running water: humanity sweeps by it. Every creed cries to the universe, "Halt!" A creed is the ignorant Past bulling the enlightened Present. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
The young gentleman is correct," he said. Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman." ~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will -- John Flanagan
They have terrified my poor wife and threatened my very person!" Halt eyed the man impassivley until the outburst was finished. Worse than that," he said quietly, "they've wasted my time. -- John Flanagan
You're dropping the bow hand as you release," he called, although Halt certainly wasn't. His mentor looked around, saw him, and replied pithily, "I believe your grandmother needs lessons in sucking eggs. -- John Flanagan
But then, in his lifetime, Halt had often ignored what was technically legal. Technicalities didn't appeal to him. All too often, they simply got in the way of doing the right thing. -- John Flanagan
Well, we can ride together for a while longer. The highway south is farther along this way. I'll be glad of some cheerful company." "First time anyone's said that about me," Halt replied. -- John Flanagan
Ah, Signor Halt,' he said uncertainly, 'you are making a joke, yes?' 'He is making a joke, no,' Will said. 'But he likes to think he is making a joke, yes. -- John Flanagan
Would you trust him with your life, Halt?" Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him. "Yes," he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more. "Then trust him with his own," he said simply. -- John Flanagan
What do you mean, Araluen? Death?" Halt made a careless gesture. "The usual, I suppose: the sudden cessation of life. The end of it all. Departure for a happier place. Or oblivion, depending upon your personal beliefs. -- John Flanagan
Ow!" said Horace as the Ranger's fingers probed and poked around the bruise. Did that hurt?" Halt asked, and Horace looked at him with exasperation. Of course it did," he said sharply. "That's why I said 'ow! -- John Flanagan
Now," said Halt, "all I have to do is work out a way of beating these horse-riding devils." Erak grinned at him. "That should be child's play," he said. "The hard part will be convincing Ragnak about it. -- John Flanagan
A hundred people is rather a large handful for the four of us to take on," Malcolm pointed out. "Do you have any ideas about how we're going to handle that task?" "Simple," Halt told him. "We'll surround them. -- John Flanagan
What about you three, where are you going?" Even before Halt answered, Will knew what he was going to say. But that didn't make it any less terrifying or blood-chilling when the words were said. "We're going after the Kalkara. -- John Flanagan
[Will]'d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt's voice woke him. 'Will? Are you asleep?'... 'I was,' he said, a little indignantly. 'I'm not now.' 'Good,' Halt replied, a trifle smugly. 'Serves you right. -- John Flanagan
So I'm an ace?' Will grinned. 'I'm flattered Halt, flattered. I had no idea you regarded me so highly.' Halt gave him a long-suffering look. 'I might have been more accurate to say a joker.' Whatever you say. -- John Flanagan
What the devil is Chocho?' Will whispered. Horace's grin broadened. 'You are. It's what the men call you,' he said. Then he added, 'It's a term of great respect.' Behind them, Halt nodded confirmation. 'Great respect,' he agreed. -- John Flanagan
But I wasn't happy... when I heard you two had assaulted Castle Macindaw with just thirty men,' [said Halt]. 'Thirty-three,' mumbled Horace... The Ranger gave him a withering look. 'Oh, pardon me... three more men does make a lot of difference. -- John Flanagan
Relax? he repeated incredulously. You're going to fight an armored knight with nothing more than a bow and you tell me to relax? I'll have one or two arrows as well, you know, Halt told him mildly, and Horace shook his head in disbelief. -- John Flanagan
Sit down, Will. There's a good fellow," he said. "Yes, sir," replied Will, and Halt's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "He's never called me sir," he said. "Probably trying to get on my good side," Crowley replied. Halt nodded savagely. "Probably. -- John Flanagan
Crowley shook his head. "I sometimes wonder if it was a good idea having Halt train apprentices. He seems to teach them no respect for authority." "Oh, he teaches us to respect authority," Gilan said innocently. "He just teaches us to ignore it when necessary. -- John Flanagan
Without thinking, [Will] spoke. 'Halt? Are you awake?' 'No.' The ill humor in the one-word reply was unmistakable. 'Oh. Sorry.' 'Shut up.' He pondered whether to apologize again and decided this would go against the instruction to shut up, so remained silent. -- John Flanagan
Ready-to-Halt, Poor Fearing, and thou, Mrs. Despondency, and Much-afraid, go often there [the empty tomb]; let it be your favorite haunt. There build a tabernacle, there abide. And often say to your heart, when you are in distress and sorrow, Come, see the place where the Lord lay. -- Charles Spurgeon
Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after will. He admired his skill with a sword and his courage in battle. But sometimes, just sometimes, he felt an overwhelming desire to ram the young warrior's head against a convenient tree. -- John Flanagan
Several of them were discussing this in low tones as they waited for Halt to arrive - until they realized that he was already among them. They weren't used to this. Kings were supposed to sweep into a room majestically - not suddenly appear without anyone seeing their arrival. -- John Flanagan
To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success. -- Anna Pavlova
To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success. -- Anna Pavlova
The working class will not halt until socialism has been realized. -- Ernst Toller
There'll never be a 'Rocky IV.' You gotta call a halt. -- Sylvester Stallone
When the machine grinds to a halt, the cogs themselves begin wondering about their function. -- Ken Knabb
We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces. -- Henry W. Kendall
Love is the greatest force on earth to resist, limit and ultimately halt evil's deadly progression. -- James Robison
It seems that humanity is incapable of putting a halt to the shedding of innocent blood. -- Pope Francis
We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt. -- Jan Peter Balkenende
It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action -- Richard Holbrooke
When you first start out, you are just happy to get a job, any job. And as time goes on, either you move forward or screech to a halt. -- George Clooney
If the penalty for hiring illegals is just a fine, it becomes a business decision. But if the penalty is jail time, illegal immigration will come to a screeching halt. -- Jose Ferreira
Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise the rebel spirit surging in my veins, let the Law deal me penalties and pains And make me hideous in my neighbours' eyes. -- Ada Cambridge
If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal. -- Ingrid Newkirk
In certain areas where the media are still controlled, the changes have come to a halt, which is a very frustrating situation. I would like the changes to take place throughout China. -- Jung Chang
The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region. -- Jenny Shipley
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effiminated by position of nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are. -- Harold Rosenberg
If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear that there's not going to be a final answer and there won't be anything particularly wonderful about having the computation halt! -- Rudy Rucker
If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility. -- Caitlin Moran
I really want Congress to do its job, the constitutional power that they have to halt an imperial presidency, to halt this fundamental transformation of America that is making us an unrecognizable mess of a nation at this time. -- Sarah Palin
If we do not halt this steady process of building commissions and regulatory bodies and the special legislation like huge inverted pyramids over every one of the simple constitutional provisions, we shall soon be spending many billions of dollars more. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
We young Filipinos are trying to make over a nation and must not halt in our march, but from time to time turn our gaze upon our elders. We shall wish to read in their countenances approval of our actions. -- Jose Rizal
I am not proposing that we bring our oil and auto industries to a screeching halt. There is still time to begin a series of gradual steps toward new transportation and energy policies, livable cities, and more humane, efficient transit systems. -- Stewart Udall
I feel like giving myself a pat on the back. We can create history tonight. We can bid goodbye to 10 years of (Liberal-Conservative) government which has ground to a halt, and get a new government and a new majority in Denmark. -- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers. -- John Thomas Sladek
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers. -- John Thomas Sladek
A father draws boundaries and calls a halt, whenever necessary. As I didn't have that, I was able to stay childishly naive that much longer - so I did what I liked, because there was nobody stopping me, even when I got it wrong. -- Gerhard Richter
Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success. -- Rick Pitino
Surrealism was necessary - essential, even - in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. But by the early '60s, it had become petit-bourgeois; it was too intellectual and romantic, and had ground to a halt. It had become respectable. -- Alejandro Jodorowsky
For much of Toyota's history, we have ensured the quality and reliability of our vehicles by placing a device called an andon cord on every production line - and empowering any team member to halt production if there's an assembly problem. Only when the problem is resolved does the line begin to move again. -- Akio Toyoda
I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I stumble across the rightful winner: it's the sound of a baggage carousel coming to a grinding halt, having reunited every passenger on your flight with their luggage, except for you. -- Sloane Crosley
The anorexic is out to prove how little she needs, how little she can survive on; she is out, in a sense, to discredit her nurturers, while at the same time making a public crisis out of her need for nurture. Such vulnerability and such power: it brings the whole female machinery to a halt. -- Rachel Cusk
You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us has been tainted with evil. It touches everything. Without the redeeming power of Christ we cannot halt our own moral slide. -- Charles R. Swindoll
Even if every major government were to slap huge taxes on carbon fuels - which is not going to happen - it wouldn't do much to halt climate change any time soon. What it would do is cost us hundreds of billions - if not trillions - of dollars, because alternative energy technologies are not yet ready to take up the slack. -- Bjorn Lomborg
This is how I started: My mom was crazy for antique shops and junk shops, and my sister and I would play this game where, if we were driving with my parents and saw a junk shop or an antique shop, we'd scream at the top of our lungs. My poor father would have heart failure and screech to a halt, and we'd leap out and go and explore. -- Hamish Bowles
They aimless halt, who halt for others. -- Swami Vivekananda
Only nuclear power can now halt global warming. -- James Lovelock
Those who know when to halt are unharmed. -- Laozi
I hurl my heart to halt his pace. -- Sylvia Plath
It's impracticable to halt the exponential advancement of technology. -- Ben Goertzel
She will outstrip all praise and make it halt behind her. -- William Shakespeare
O mysterious Night! thou art not silent; many tongues halt thou. -- Joanna Baillie
Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt. -- Caitlin Moran
Evolution normally does not come to a halt, but constantly 'tracks' the changing environment. -- Richard Dawkins
Whenever my life came to a halt, the questions would arise: Why? And what next? -- Leo Tolstoy
We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt -- Chinese Proverbs
We will immediately lift the suspension of uranium enrichment and will halt implementation of the Additional Protocol. -- Gholam Reza Aghazadeh
What if culture itself is nothing but a halt, a break, a respite, in the pursuit of barbarity? -- Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
[Jill Stein] want a global treaty to halt climate change that adds teeth and ends destructive energy extraction. -- Ralph Nader
...because when beauty awes you, you must halt and try to catch your breath and your staggered heart. -- Kate Elliott
While progress should never come to a halt, there are many places it should never come to at all. -- Paul Newman
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Whenever the child is given the notion that he needs to be entertained, learning comes almost to a halt. -- Polly Berrien Berends
If you pluck out my heart To find what makes it move, You'll halt the clock That syncopates our love. -- Sylvia Plath
That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans. -- Scott Ritter
If the church would only be the church- if Christians would only be Christians- nothing could halt our onward march. -- Vance Havner
If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies. -- Claudia Jones
You achieve strength, braveness and confidence by each experience in which you really halt to search dread during the deal with -- Eleanor Roosevelt
An inability to choose is a hallmark of anxiety... The too-anxious artist, afraid to choose, will halt dead in the water. -- Eric Maisel
God never does withdraw; His works come to no halt; If you don't feel His force, yourself must be at fault. -- Angelus Silesius
She soon called a halt to the work. Judy's great success was that she stopped her helpers before they got tired. -- Maeve Binchy
It is so easy to presume that while your own world has ground to an absolute halt, so has everyone else's. -- Jodi Picoult
No matter how rich or poor you are, all life will come to an halt with two types of destinations; Heaven and Hell. -- Callum Illman
He kissed me fiercely, with an utter abandon that I could no more put a halt to than I could stop an avalanche." -- Colleen Houck
He kissed me fiercely, with an utter abandon that I could no more put a halt to than I could stop an avalanche. -- Colleen Houck
A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the whole machine grinds to a halt. -- Trevor Baylis
I propose that 100,000 degenerate Britons should be forcibly sterilized and others put in labour camps to halt the decline of the British race. -- Winston Churchill
If we do not design policies to halt, and then reverse population growth, Nature by default will soon exact a most punishing solution -- Fred Thompson
Anarchism's lone objective is to reach a point at which the belligerence of some humans against humanity, in whatever form, comes to a halt. -- Gustav Landauer
Sometimes you can gradually improve things. But sometimes, they don't work, and you've just got to just say: Let's grind this baby to a halt. -- Abigail Johnson

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