Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1835 authors

The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is given an area… — Henry Cloud
At the end of your lives you will not be judged by academic successes, the degrees or diplomas earned, the positions held, the material wealth… — Howard W. Hunter
We're seeing the reality of a lot of the North Pole starting to evaporate, and we could get to a tipping point. Because if it… — Henry Waxman
Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I have held, a nice way… — Robert Nozick
It has been estimated that of the world Jew population of approximately fifteen millions, no fewer than five million are in the United States. Twenty-five… — Sidney Robertson Cowell
It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in despite of what… — J M Coetzee
The child learns to believe a host of things. I.e. it learns to act according to these beliefs. Bit by bit there forms a system… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
There is an interconnectedness among members that bonds the family, much like mountain climbers who rope themselves together when climbing a mountain, so that if… — Phil McGraw
In any election, it's important that the public perceives that the election is held fairly. — Avi Rubin
It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be. — Lois McMaster Bujold
...we need to realize that we have a role to play in overcoming our own discrimination which is sometimes very subtly held... — Samuel Ruiz
For the first time in a long time, our leaders in Washington understand what Americans of all religious backgrounds have long held to be true:… — John Ashcroft
When observers look back 50 years from now, the arguments supporting Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, though just as sincerely held [as views of those… — Robert Lewis Hinkle
In a sense the world dies every time a writer dies, because, if he is any good, he has been a wet nurse to humanity… — Elwyn Brooks White
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is… — Gautama Buddha
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe… — Gautama Buddha
In the realm of culture in America, white European culture has held the floor for centuries; just as with any one-sided conversation, a balance can… — David Mura
Held in the palms of thousands of disgruntled people over the centuries have been ideas worth millions - if they only had taken the first… — Robert M. Hayes
The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers, The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the… — Hilda Conkling
Error held as truth has much the effect of truth. In politics and religion this fact upsets many confident predictions. — George Iles

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