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Leash: n, a means by which animals, formerly running wild, are prevented from running tame, also. -- Robert Breault
We live on the leash of our senses. -- Diane Ackerman
I grew up before there were strict leash laws. -- Beverly Cleary
I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash. -- John Lydon
If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable. -- Michael Shannon
I want a pig. I want a pig on a leash. A baby pig on a leash. -- Kesha
Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government. -- James Bovard
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. -- Kai Ryssdal
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. -- Barbara Steele
I'm still an English professor at Rice University here in Houston. They've been very generous in letting me on a very long leash to just work on 'The Passage' and its sequels. -- Justin Cronin
My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash. -- Joan Rivers
There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency. -- James Bovard
God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine. -- John Piper
When I think about it, the happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball: Their eyes go a little crazy, the leash snaps and they go bounding off, plowing through whatever gets in the way. -- Drew Houston
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 didn't want to lose another top performer. -- Kurt Angle
Hope is the leash of submission. -- Raoul Vaneigem
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A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends. -- Ayn Rand
Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash. -- Bob Goff
As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people. -- James Bovard
There is no more off-leash reliable, calm, sophisticated, go-with-you-anywhere dog than a trained sheepdog. -- Donald McCaig
You don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day -- Michael Parenti
When you walk a dog on a short leash, she's close enough to bite you. -- Ilona Andrews
Nothing saddens me more than seeing how quickly the dog grows used to its leash. -- Marty Rubin
I saw a monkey walking on a leash and thought it was an ugly foreign child. -- Augusten Burroughs
Keep memories of insult on a short leash, and memories of blessing on a long one. -- Alan Cohen
A telephone cord used to make an excellent leash on people. Now metal chains work better. -- Jarod Kintz
People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet. -- Michael Parenti
Never let your fiend off his leash unless there's lots of room to run (and no people around). -- MaryJanice Davidson
Underwear. It's like a god damned leash. It also constantly reminds me of how funny I look naked. -- Pete Wentz
I believe the US is a truly monstrous force in the world, now off the leash for obvious reasons. -- Harold Pinter
Ask a glass of water why it pities the rain. Ask the lunatic yard dog why it tolerates the leash. -- Terrance Hayes
What I try to do is to keep emotion on a tight leash; otherwise, it can never be transubstantiated into poetry. -- Kiki Dimoula
Girl you are a beauty. Well, I am a beast. They must have been trippin to let me off the leash. -- Jeremih
Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash? -- Robert Breault
Charter schools are just public schools on a slightly longer leash. A dog on a long leash is still a dog on a leash. -- Marshall Fritz
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! -- Ezra Pound
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. -- Adyashanti
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. -- Bill Hicks
Is there anything else you need to tell me?" Every time I look at you, I have to put a leash on myself. "No. -- Ilona Andrews
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 -- Hozier
Concentration is like a leash for our mind, keeping it under control and obedient and not giving it too much room to move as it wishes. -- Evan Sutter
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. -- Lynndie England
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
Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public. -- Agnes Repplier
We live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses. -- Diane Ackerman
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You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug. -- Michael Parenti
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. -- Gwen Stefani
I was walking down the street and I saw a kid on a leash. I swear all I could think is that I prefer my kids to be free range -- JOHNNY CORN
The struggle to keep aroused emotions within proper boundaries is won by putting a conscious leash on them and leading them like junkyard dogs right to the throne of grace -- Jim Andrews
A dog gets lonesome just like a human. He wants to associate with other dogs, but when they take him out, the poor dog is on a leash and cannot run around. -- Langston Hughes
Those who submit to the Lord with simple heart will run the good race. If they keep their minds on a leash, they will not draw the wickedness of the demons onto themselves. -- John Climacus
As long as anything in this world means anything to you, your freedom is only a word. You are like a bird that is held by a leash; you can only fly so far. -- Francois Fenelon
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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. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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