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Stop Quotes

On silence, schedules, and knowing when to stop.

This theme covers stopping in several senses - going quiet mid-conversation, and the fixed start and stop dates that bookend a film production. For more on quiet reflection, see Being.

We recognized from the beginning that we could create profiles for the bands and allow people to use the site any way they wanted to. We didn't stop people from promoting whatever they wanted to promote on MySpace.

Quotes by Tom Anderson

If you didn't watch 'The Shield,' you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch 'The Shield.'

Quotes by Timothy Simons

Towards the end of the Lord Chamberlain's era, when his hold was being loosened, private prosecutions began to happen. A member of staff at the Royal Court ordered to stop the play, and the police were brought in.

Quotes by Timothy West

There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S.

Quotes by Timothy Murphy

As I have traveled throughout my Congressional district, the one thing I heard loud and clear was simply please stop spending money you do not have, rein in spending, live within a budget.

Quotes by Tim Scott

We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero.

Quotes by Tim Scott

It's nice to have a catcher who knows my mechanics, too. That way if I get into trouble he can stop it before I get out of control.

Quotes by Tim Wakefield

A strong dollar reflects a strong country and a strong economy, and we need to make sure that we get the - stop the practice of devaluing the dollar.

Quotes by Tim Pawlenty

To be a former PGA Tour player typically means you're about 75 years old. They just don't stop.

Quotes by Tim Finchem

We've got teams and other countries have teams. Right now, we are going to their countries; we're finding the best athletes; we're bringing them to our team. We're training them, we're making them awesome, and sending them back to beat...

Quotes by Tim Griffin

Instead of cutting waste, the Obama Administration is hurting workers. President Obama should stop protecting wasteful government spending.

Quotes by Tim Griffin

When you have to stop and think about things is when they go wrong.

Quotes by Tim Duncan

Enterprise Systems, I mean. And not just a little bit, either. Orders of magnitude wrong. Billions and billions of dollars worth of wrong. Hang-our-heads-in-shame wrong. It's time to stop the madness.

Quotes by Tim Bray

I slipped at a bus stop; I went one way and my hair went the other. That was the end of my wig.

Quotes by Tia Carrere

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

No, because retiring is stopping. If I wanted to stop, I would have stopped.

Quotes by Thierry Henry

I can't never stop nobody, can't knock nobody hustle.

Quotes by The Notorious B.I.G.

That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which is extremely costly and must be taken into account.

Quotes by Thabo Mbeki

Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities.

Quotes by Terry Josephson

Enough of the 'Canada is a modest country' boasts. Please. Just stop.

Quotes by Terry Glavin

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "stop" show up in these quotes?
These quotes use "stop" in several ways — stopping a conversation, marking a stop date for a job, stopping people from leaving, and stopping a threat.
Is there a quote about the power of staying silent?
Yes — one quote states, "Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion," suggesting that silence can leave you left out of a conversation.
Is there a quote about jobs having a defined start and stop point?
There is. One line simply notes that in the movie business, "you have a start date and a stop date."
Is there a quote about stopping people from leaving a place?
Yes — one quote references "a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada," describing a debate over people leaving. For related lines, see our Doing quotes.
Is there a quote about stopping a threat?
Yes. One quote states its position plainly: "To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun." It's presented here as that speaker's own view. You can browse more on our Being, Like, or Me quotes pages.

A few quotes here also gesture at bigger real-world debates people wish would simply stop, without settling any of them. Related reading: Doing and Like.