Top 88 Guarded Quotes

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

Everybody has said or done the wrong thing and regretted it later, but at the time, you really couldn’t help it! As you get older, you’re more guarded, but that’s a really tough process of learning, to be brutally honest, about some things and keeping your mouth shut about others.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.

I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.

I’m naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.

I’ll talk to any stranger about everything. I’m not guarded.

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

At the beginning of ‘Solo,’ Chewbacca is a stray dog from the streets who has been beaten. He is very guarded and not trusting of the outside world. When the situation arises, he calls upon the powers he has and can do amazing things.

I’ve guarded a lot of people.

Obviously people have guarded me a lot different because of me being able to make shots.

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I’m a little guarded and hardened to that.

I was a Versace perfume girl at Saks Fifth Avenue, and Rihanna actually came up to the counter and asked for something. And she wouldn’t even take her sunglasses off! She was so mean to me. Not mean, but, like, guarded. I don’t blame her, though.

I think there’s something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it’s regarding wealth, they’re obviously very guarded.

People have their guard down when they’re laughing, so they’re open to tougher conversations they wouldn’t necessarily have. If somebody is guarded while laughing, they’re a weirdo.

Many of the young aspire to happy marriages and dot-com fortunes but end up in guarded love and okay-for-now jobs.

I’m not a highly outgoing person. I’m pretty guarded when you first meet me. But being in a Speedo for my entire life growing up, because I was a swimmer, and being naked in front of people now, doesn’t really bother me.

I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.

I’m trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It’s not easy at all. Non, non, non.

I was a wife and mother, blameless in moral life, with a deep sense of duty and a proud self-respect; it was while I was this that doubt struck me, and while I was in the guarded circle of the home, with no dream of outside work or outside liberty, that I lost all faith in Christianity.

I’m trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It’s not easy at all. Non, non, non.

Everybody makes a big deal about small ball. Well, I’ve guarded Anthony Davis every time I’ve played him, since he first came into the league.

When everyone thinks they know you, it’s hard not to be guarded.

A group is as healthy as its ‘social contract‘ is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor’s and people’s commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.

When you interview celebrities, they’re so guarded so many times, they can’t reveal anything.

I’m a very guarded person, very controlled person.

I should learn the language of a politician – give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.

It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as we had in the Red Sea Parts, the desert, or in the minds of the men we converted to our creed.

When you interview celebrities, they’re so guarded so many times, they can’t reveal anything.

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

I miss hanging out with my friends, getting in a little trouble. I have to be so guarded now.

Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things – I found that very interesting.

Everybody has said or done the wrong thing and regretted it later, but at the time, you really couldn’t help it! As you get older, you’re more guarded, but that’s a really tough process of learning, to be brutally honest, about some things and keeping your mouth shut about others.

I’m not a highly outgoing person. I’m pretty guarded when you first meet me. But being in a Speedo for my entire life growing up, because I was a swimmer, and being naked in front of people now, doesn’t really bother me.

One of the rookie mistakes first-time entrepreneurs often make is to be too guarded about their idea – in fact, many will actually spend their first $25,000 on patent lawyers without ever fully vetting their product.

When everyone thinks they know you, it’s hard not to be guarded.

A group is as healthy as its ‘social contract‘ is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor’s and people’s commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.

I feel like I’ve been guarded since I was about three years old. I don’t know why. I come from such a huge family, so maybe it’s that. Maybe it comes from going to Christmas and having 30 people all in your face at once. I’ve always been a bit like, ‘Aaargh!’

So I’d say that the Doc Antles, the Jeff Lowes, these people were very guarded. Carole Baskin wasn’t and Joe Exotic, wasn’t, obviously, because he’s such a narcissist and an egomaniac that he did so many things against his better judgment.

I can’t be so guarded up all the time. I know it’s not healthy.

I think once you enter the dating world and you realise it’s nothing like those Disney movies you watched when you were a little girl, you just become more guarded.

In the ’70s, the newspaper guild managed to get people paid what they were worth, but the reporters suddenly became middle class. It’s much more respectable, more uptight, and everyone speaks in guarded tones. And the writing isn’t as good. We always had guys who were failed poets and failed novelists who did it to eat.

I think there’s something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it’s regarding wealth, they’re obviously very guarded. They’re very worried about how people are going to react to what they say.

As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.

Unlike accredited zoos like the Bronx Zoo, San Diego Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo, these are private menageries, and these people are frightened and there is an existential fear that they are going to be shut down by the government, by PETA, by HSUS, by animal rights groups. So they, generally, are very guarded.

I have a hard time not wearing my heart on my sleeve and answering people honestly. You know, my friends warn me that I should be more guarded ’cause sometimes I am too honest and open, but it’s also just who I am.

I am happiest in public, working in my world. Then I can be the star. That I can do. When I am not working, I am more guarded, set apart. It’s not my life, that. I like interactions, but interaction that is not forced.

In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

I got down to business and started writing furiously. I wore my fingers down to a callous state writing with every Tom, Dick and Harry around the world, including a chap named Charlie who plays for a man named Bob, to wrestle my emotions and bring out the raw grit hiding in my tightly guarded sub-conscious.

It’s very important that your work reaches people and it is marketed professionally and guarded well against piracy. For all of those reasons, I take into account the credibility of the team I work with.

I’m naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.

I am happiest in public, working in my world. Then I can be the star. That I can do. When I am not working, I am more guarded, set apart. It’s not my life, that. I like interactions, but interaction that is not forced.

Unlike accredited zoos like the Bronx Zoo, San Diego Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo, these are private menageries, and these people are frightened and there is an existential fear that they are going to be shut down by the government, by PETA, by HSUS, by animal rights groups. So they, generally, are very guarded.

What would I do if I were being guarded by Marcus Smart? There’s not much you can do!

I’m guarded; I don’t talk much.

I was a Versace perfume girl at Saks Fifth Avenue, and Rihanna actually came up to the counter and asked for something. And she wouldn’t even take her sunglasses off! She was so mean to me. Not mean, but, like, guarded. I don’t blame her, though.

I should learn the language of a politician – give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now, my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum – that gun weighed more than I did!

An artist‘s responsibility is a lot. I can’t deny and escape from the responsibility. You have to be very guarded about your personal behaviour, future plans, etc.

This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I’m not a naturally boisterous person.

When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since.

My whole life, I’ve guarded guys bigger than me.

I think you have to be guarded but not closed off.

Everything with Marvel is on a need-to-know basis, so I didn’t officially know until the second episode I did, which I think was the 10th episode in the season. Information is carefully guarded over there. I definitely didn’t know that I was ‘Deathlok.’

In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

I’m getting guarded like nobody else in the country is being guarded, scouted on like no one else in the country is.

I think there’s something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it’s regarding wealth, they’re obviously very guarded.

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now, my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum – that gun weighed more than I did!

It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as we had in the Red Sea Parts, the desert, or in the minds of the men we converted to our creed.

I dreamed of a future as a muscular, tanned, kibbutznik, who plowed the fertile fields of the Jezreel Valley in the day, sang religiously in the dining hall in the evening, and fiercely guarded the farmland at night, riding a noble horse.

Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.

When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since.

I miss hanging out with my friends, getting in a little trouble. I have to be so guarded now.

Saying good-bye on ‘Nurse Jackie‘ was a really big deal, so I’m sure I was keeping myself guarded from ever having to feel anything like that again on another job, especially a death scene.

I feel like I’ve been guarded since I was about three years old. I don’t know why. I come from such a huge family, so maybe it’s that. Maybe it comes from going to Christmas and having 30 people all in your face at once. I’ve always been a bit like, ‘Aaargh!’

This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I’m not a naturally boisterous person.

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I’m a little guarded and hardened to that.

I was very guarded.

I think I’ve been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, ‘Hey, this is who I am.’

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer‘s need.

I’ve always kinda guarded perimeter guys. I’m a little bit more comfortable guarding guys off screens. It kinda keeps me engaged in the game, locked in.

I got down to business and started writing furiously. I wore my fingers down to a callous state writing with every Tom, Dick and Harry around the world, including a chap named Charlie who plays for a man named Bob, to wrestle my emotions and bring out the raw grit hiding in my tightly guarded sub-conscious.

The floors were so sparkling clean you could eat off them. But we only ate off silver. Our grapes were imported from Persia. When my mother married, 10 English sergeants guarded her gifts of jewelry.

Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.

What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point – the exclusive right to govern the systems of production.