#reins

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins. ↗

— George Eliot

#away #hobbies #keep #know #must

Jimmy held on to the reins for dear life, and thought that a horse was about the most slippery creature to sit on that he had ever met. He slithered first one way and then another, and at last he slid off altogether and landed with a bump on the ground. Sticky Stanley and Lotta held on to one another and laughed till the tears ran down their faces. They thought it was the funniest sight in the world to see poor Jimmy slipping about on the solemn, cantering horse. ↗

— Enid Blyton

#horseback-riding #horses #humourous #laughing #reins

In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time. ↗

— Chaka Khan

#had #hold #i #reins #some

I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way - at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges. ↗

— John Thune

#both #challenges #deal #forward #given

I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside. ↗

— Shelley Long

#crazy #get #go #hard #i

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in the rider's hand. ↗

— William Cavendish

#both #bridle #hand #horse #meet

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics. ↗

— Jim Capaldi

#lyrics #picked #point #reins #song

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#firm #follow #follows #guiding #having

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#event #ever #every #except #him

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#hold #passion #reason #reins #you