“How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?”
Source: Lethal People
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English philosopher and physician 1632–1704Related quotes
“It's all in your head — you just have no idea how big your head is.”
Source: The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford (2001), Chapter 8

“How many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive.”
“Unuttered Words,” p. 59
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

Source: 6 January 2021, reported 1 November 2021 by Joseph Choi of "The Hill" here https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/579453-graham-told-officers-on-jan-6-to-use-their-guns-on-rioters-report
Context: despite what Graham said, lethal force WAS used, as Ashli Babbitt was shot to death

“Like those dreams that have pleased us. They escape us and we vainly try to hold onto them.”
Source: In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action, (2013), p. vii.

“The stars are yours, if you have the head, the hands, and the heart for them.”
Introduction
R Is for Rocket (1962)