--- title: "13 Retainer Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Retainer quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Retainer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/henry-david-thoreau-20_emperor_genius-is-not-a-retainer-to-any-emperor_586597.jpg" --- > [Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/genius-is-not-a-retainer-to-any-emperor/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/henry-david-thoreau-20_emperor_genius-is-not-a-retainer-to-any-emperor_586597.jpg) > [You give me head, it makes it worse, take out your retainer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dead-kennedys/you-give-me-head-it-makes-it-worse-take-out-your-retainer/) [Dead Kennedys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dead-kennedys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/dead-kennedys-21073_quote_you-give-me-head-it-makes-it-worse-take_2077553.jpg) > [I don't want a retainer for 'EastEnders,' I've left. I've left for good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-brown/i-don-t-want-a-retainer-for-eastenders-i-ve-left-i-ve-left-for-good/) [June Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/june-brown-6655_good_i-don-t-want-a-retainer-for-eastenders-i_1701314.jpg) > [“Silly cop, I don't need your help; I have a werewolf on retainer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/silly-cop-i-don-t-need-your-help-i-have-a-werewolf-on-retainer/) [Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/kevin-hearne-991_humor_silly-cop-i-don-t-need-your-help-i-have_1299104.jpg) > [In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joachim-du-bellay/in-my-opinion-butlers-ought-to-know-their-place-and-not-to-play-the/) [Joachim du Bellay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joachim-du-bellay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/joachim-du-bellay-57546_butlers_in-my-opinion-butlers-ought-to-know-thei_2004483.png) > [“whereas Allie still had to wear a retainer at night to keep her bottom teeth from collecting like dice in a Yahztee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruthie-knox/whereas-allie-still-had-to-wear-a-retainer-at-night-to-keep-her/) [Ruthie Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruthie-knox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/ruthie-knox-11712_quote_whereas-allie-still-had-to-wear-a-retain_1354011.jpg) > [I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mascis/i-have-a-couple-of-gold-teeth-i-had-braces-for-a-year-but-i-didn-t/) [J Mascis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mascis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/j-mascis-27113_braces_i-have-a-couple-of-gold-teeth-i-had-brac_1302015.jpg) > [I have always had an attorney on retainer, and now I believe I will have to put him to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-gannon/i-have-always-had-an-attorney-on-retainer-and-now-i-believe-i-will/) [Jeff Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-gannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/jeff-gannon-17243_attorney_i-have-always-had-an-attorney-on-retaine_1401072.jpg) > [“the degree to which a client pushes back on the retainer is inversely proportional to their guilt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mitzner/the-degree-to-which-a-client-pushes-back-on-the-retainer-is-inversely/) [Adam Mitzner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mitzner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/adam-mitzner-42180_guilt_the-degree-to-which-a-client-pushes-back_522421.jpg) > [If a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yamamoto-tsunetomo/if-a-retainer-will-just-think-about-what-he-is-to-do-for-the-day-at/) [Yamamoto Tsunetomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yamamoto-tsunetomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/yamamoto-tsunetomo-4367_able_if-a-retainer-will-just-think-about-what_2438011.png) > [New York was fun as a kid. I loved to go walking. It was an adventure. I remember throwing my retainer into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liv-tyler/new-york-was-fun-as-a-kid-i-loved-to-go-walking-it-was-an-adventure-i/) [Liv Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liv-tyler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/liv-tyler-5398_adventure_new-york-was-fun-as-a-kid-i-loved-to-go_1657318.jpg) > [When I think about what sort of person I would most like to have on a retainer, I think it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/when-i-think-about-what-sort-of-person-i-would-most-like-to-have-on-a/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/andy-warhol-746_boss_when-i-think-about-what-sort-of-person-i_170479.jpg) > [“Mr. Lisbon knew his parental and neighborly duty entailed putting the retainer in a Ziploc bag, calling the Kriegers, and telling them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/mr-lisbon-knew-his-parental-and-neighborly-duty-entailed-putting-the/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/jeffrey-eugenides-462_death_mr-lisbon-knew-his-parental-and-neighbor_1681616.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/retainer/#itemlist", "name": "Retainer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/genius-is-not-a-retainer-to-any-emperor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/henry-david-thoreau-20_emperor_genius-is-not-a-retainer-to-any-emperor_586597.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/henry-david-thoreau-20_emperor_genius-is-not-a-retainer-to-any-emperor_586597.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/henry-david-thoreau-20_emperor_genius-is-not-a-retainer-to-any-emperor_586597.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You give me head, it makes it worse, take out your retainer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dead Kennedys" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dead-kennedys/you-give-me-head-it-makes-it-worse-take-out-your-retainer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/dead-kennedys-21073_quote_you-give-me-head-it-makes-it-worse-take_2077553.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/dead-kennedys-21073_quote_you-give-me-head-it-makes-it-worse-take_2077553.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/dead-kennedys-21073_quote_you-give-me-head-it-makes-it-worse-take_2077553.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You give me head, it makes it worse, take out your retainer.” — Dead Kennedys", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want a retainer for 'EastEnders,' I've left. 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If it is a single day's work, one should be able to put up with it. Tomorrow, too is but a single day.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yamamoto Tsunetomo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yamamoto-tsunetomo/if-a-retainer-will-just-think-about-what-he-is-to-do-for-the-day-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/yamamoto-tsunetomo-4367_able_if-a-retainer-will-just-think-about-what_2438011.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/yamamoto-tsunetomo-4367_able_if-a-retainer-will-just-think-about-what_2438011.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/yamamoto-tsunetomo-4367_able_if-a-retainer-will-just-think-about-what_2438011.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to do anything. 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A boss who could tell me what to do, because that makes everything easy when you're working.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Warhol" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/when-i-think-about-what-sort-of-person-i-would-most-like-to-have-on-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/andy-warhol-746_boss_when-i-think-about-what-sort-of-person-i_170479.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/andy-warhol-746_boss_when-i-think-about-what-sort-of-person-i_170479.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/andy-warhol-746_boss_when-i-think-about-what-sort-of-person-i_170479.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I think about what sort of person I would most like to have on a retainer, I think it would be a boss…” — Andy Warhol", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Mr. Lisbon knew his parental and neighborly duty entailed putting the retainer in a Ziploc bag, calling the Kriegers, and telling them their expensive orthodontal device was in safe keeping. Acts like theses -- simple, humane, conscientious, forgiving -- held life together. Only a few days earlier he would have been able to perform them. But now he took the retainer and dropped it in the toiler. He pressed the handle. The retainer, jostled int he surge, disappeared down the porcelain throat, and, when waters abated, floated triumphantly, mockingly, out, Mr. Lisbon waited for the tank to refill and flushed again, but the same thing happened. 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