Captive Quotes

145 quotes by 133 authors

There was no such thing as perfect privacy, life was a perpetual concert-hall recital with a captive audience. — Rohinton Mistry
Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some… — Jim Dale
That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment… — Robert H. Jackson
Forgiveness is the key that can unshackle us from a past that will not rest in the grave of things over and done with. As… — Lewis B. Smedes
Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make it difficult for… — Charles Koch
The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs, which we… — Robert H. Jackson
We're the most captive nation of slaves that ever came along. The moral timidity of the average American is quite noticeable. Everybody's afraid to be… — Gore Vidal
We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel. — Lakshmi Mittal
I am, as ever, a poor sinner, a captive of eternal love, running by the side of His triumphal chariot, and I have no desire… — Nicolaus Zinzendorf
The problem with deterrence - apparently sometimes forgotten by our former presidents - is that it is not static, but a creature of the moment,… — Victor Davis Hanson
The creative writer is usually captive to his next book. — Fannie Hurst
The pioneering spirit is less about thinking up new ideas, as ridding ourselves of dogmas and habits that hold us captive in thinking. — Bertrand Piccard
For an individual as well as a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily. To fight in a battle and live… — B R Ambedkar
Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring… — Mark Batterson
Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive. — John Milton
Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together;… — Terry Waite
Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk about freely, make my own meals, and… — Jack Handey
The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid… — Rowan Williams
Religious truth is captive in a small number of little manuscripts which guard the common treasures, instead of expanding them. Let us break the seal… — Johannes Gutenberg

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