Tamed Quotations

September 11th has produced only miniature heroes because our culture has freed itself from many of the old, dangerous, elitist fantasies of heroism... But in so doing, we have not only tamed and diminished heroes. We have risked taming and diminishing ourselves.

The past can be tamed and controlled.

He had us make some toast points, and he told us to crush the (slow-roasted) garlic out of its skin and spread it on the toast along with the chicken. Roasting tamed the garlic and gave it a lovely taste. It was absolutely delicious.

He's been working on his electric guitar since we've been off the road, ... He's always been a great acoustic player, but the electric always seemed to run out of his hands. Now, I think he finally tamed the beast.

You become responsible for a long time for what you've tamed.

We are forever responsible for that which we have tamed.

We played a very good team in San Diego this weekend and we knew at some point they were going to make a run after we tamed their bats in the first two games. They jumped out early in the final game but we had an answer and another good comeback in us. Our team is playing very confident right now, they believe in each other and that's great to see.

It was important to win again tonight. We tamed a team who did us some great harm last year. We can say that we took our revenge.

They lead a tamed elephant to battle, the king mounts a tamed elephant; the tamed is the best among men, he who silently endures abuse.

India and China are too large and too strong to be tamed or intimidated - even by the other side.

Patience is passion tamed.

A thing named is a thing tamed.

A named thing is a tamed thing.

I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.

Can't all beasts be tamed?

Dreamers can't be tamed.

Dreams cannot be tamed. Dreamers cannot be ruled.

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.

I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable.