Impulse Control

Famous quotes containing the words impulse and/or control:

“Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything
Is but a worthless minister.”
—Publius Papinius Statius (c. 40–96)

“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life, specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown, and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back, turn back, you’ll die if you venture too far.”
—Erica Jong, U.S. author. In an essay in The Writer on Her Work, ch. 13 (1980)