Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1835 authors

For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in… — Ibrahim Babangida
Had we really succeeded therefore in altering the period of vibration, which Maxwell, as I have just noted, held to be impossible? Or was there… — Pieter Zeeman
Then they held my mouth shut for a while and hit me in the face, and with a whip across chest and back. I then… — Ernst Thalmann
And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held… — Erskine Bowles
The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that… — Lactantius
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American… — Nick Park
I started this whole endeavor really. And at the beginning we had the selection in Italy. And that was pretty much among people that had… — Umberto Guidoni
While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the… — John Linder
Through my mind, is just the horror of these people. I had been held by them, I knew how violent they were. — Patty Hearst
I had been, you know, held in the closet for two months and, you know, abused in all manner of ways. I was very good… — Patty Hearst
The Druids held the trees as very sacred. — Enya
You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending… — Lee Krasner
When I finally held the trophy, it was just how I imagined it would be. — Gabriela Sabatini
When I came up, guys like Nicholson and DeNiro were held in highest regard. — Peter Gallagher
When we had highly sensitive information, the DNA on the dress, that was held within our office and the FBI. There was no dissemination of… — Ken Starr
Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin. — John Webster
The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet. — Anthony J. D'Angelo
Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. — Ben Hecht
While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of… — Johann Most
The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. — Thomas Huxley

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