Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1835 authors

Tens of millions of Americans who neither know or understand the actual arguments for, or even against, evolution, march in the Army of the Night… — Isaac Asimov
In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe. — Aravind Adiga
I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me. — Alison Bechdel
We were badly held back not just by the technology, but by the culture of journalism. — Ezra Klein
I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others. — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Peoples lives, in Jubilee as elsewhere, were dull, simple, amazing, unfathomable-deep caves paved with kitchen linoleum. . . . What I wanted [to write down]… — Alice Munro
For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation with… — Tom Clancy
Can you remember how you felt when you were communicating through your artwork? Not just the sense of completion, but the sense of rightness- the… — Charles de Lint
I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same… — Mark Udall
You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to… — Pope Leo XIII
By exposing the fallacy of the UKâ€™s extradition arrangements with the US, I leave with my head held high having won the moral victory. — Babar Ahmad
I felt held hostage by her illness and by the backward mental health system that once again was incapable of helping our family in crisis. — Mira Bartok
It was not until some weeks later that I realized there is no need to restrict oneself to 2 by 2 matrices. One could go… — Paul Dirac
And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us. — Ian Rush
I have thought briefly about getting caught in rock slides or falling from a rock face. If that happened, I would probably perish on the… — Richard Proenneke
If the world held magic powerful enough to make the elephant appear, then there must exist, too, magic in equal measure, magic powerful enough to… — Kate DiCamillo
Many of the vicious criminals held there have been caught on the battlefield fighting against American troops and shutting down Guantanamo Bay would just require… — Bill Shuster
When all humanity works for humanity, when the life-business of men and women becomes one united partnership in all matters which concern each, when neither… — Matilda Joslyn Gage
I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me. — Anne Lamott
Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing… — Charlie Munger

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