Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.
Johan Huizinga
NatureManWarControlFeetChains
Despite offering dollar menus and frequent discounts, many of these chains also scored poorly in terms of value.
Steve Ells
ValueChainsDollarOfferingMany
In an era of global value chains, worldwide sourcing and the never-ending search for new markets, we must be careful to avoid the proliferation of regional standards. A multilateral approach holds wider benefits for more actors.
Roberto Azevedo
ValueSearchNewChainsMoreGlobal
Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.
Jon Gruden
MeasureDownChainsWhyMatterCrew
Franchises and chains have come to dominate small communities, but those same chains have eliminated a lot of the greasy spoons, places you didn't want to eat in the first place.
William Least Heat-Moon
SmallYouPlaceWantChainsPlaces
A binding treaty and mandatory human rights due diligence would clean up slavery in global supply chains. Workers demand it, and consumers demand it.
Sharan Burrow
SlaveryDiligenceChainsCleanHuman
The United Kingdom has committed the heresy of breaking the chains of the E.U. This is a signal victory for democracy. It is a slap in the face to the European system which was increasingly based on fear, blackmail, and lies.
Marine Le Pen
FearDemocracyVictoryFaceChains
The Arab Spring is a powerful and compelling response not only to an age of tyranny but also to the remnant chains of imperial influence.
Hisham Matar
AgeSpringInfluencePowerfulChains
We forge the chains we wear in life.
Charles Dickens
LifeChainsForgeWear
Thanksgiving is the only day of the year when most of the stores here are closed during the day and reopen after midnight. Even restaurants shut down for the holiday, except for the fast-food chains.
Sayed Kashua
DayYearHolidayDownChainsHere
Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?
Adelbert von Chamisso
ManWingsFastChainsIronBound
It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.
Manal al-Sharif
TimeMeLongLong TimeChainsBreak
Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.
Hannah More
YouthPovertyLuxuryChainsMore
I pretty much just focus on making the records - unless I'm self-releasing them; then I do my own thing. But at some point, you have to stop worrying about chains of distribution, or it takes out of your time to write.
John Darnielle
TimeFocusYouStopChainsMy Own
The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
Sophie Swetchine
ChainsUsMostThoseWeighLeast
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
Mary Wortley Montagu
DiamondsLibertyChainsPrefer
Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.
Dimebag Darrell
ChainsSeattleOutGreatestGrunge
Prayer is omnipotent: its breath can melt adamantine rocks - its touch can break the stoutest chains.
William Lloyd Garrison
PrayerRocksChainsTouchBreak
Global supply chains are founded on a Darwinian model that rewards employers who treat working people as less than human.
PeopleTreatChainsHumanWorking
When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I've turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I'm still a slave, only my price tag is higher.
Mr. T
GoldPriceSteelChainsAfricaNeck
Let us rise to the call of freedom-loving blood that is in us, and send our answer to the tyranny that clanks its chains upon the South.
George Wallace
TyrannyRiseBloodChainsAnswerUs
There are supply chains that exist in China and Asia now which the U.S. simply can't replicate.
Charles Duhigg
NowChainsChinaExistSupplyAsia
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Samuel Johnson
HabitBrokenStrongChainsWeakToo
O, my past years in Rangoon are spectres to haunt my soul; and they seem to laugh at me as they shake the chains they have riveted on me.
Adoniram Judson
SoulPastMeLaughMy SoulChains
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