Repressed Wishes

Famous quotes containing the words repressed and/or wishes:

“As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.”
—Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)

“When the precipitancy of a man’s wishes hurries on his ideas ninety times faster than the vehicle he rides in—woe be to truth!”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)