Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1835 authors

Before the code, women on screen took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, held down professional positions… — Mick LaSalle
We call upon all communities to be tolerant, to reject prejudice based on caste, creed, sect, color, religion or agenda to ensure freedom and equality… — Malala Yousafzai
We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all. Because the worth of the… — Nick Cave
I closed my eyes, held my breath and then everything went black. — Richard Petty
I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from Yale in the… — Bruce Feiler
In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something.… — Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.
I have taken your advice, and the names used are anode cathode anions cations and ions; the last I shall have but little occasion for.… — Michael Faraday
One of the most serious [challenges] is increased military spending and the cost of maintaining and developing nuclear arsenals. Enormous resources are being consumed for… — Pope Benedict XVI
It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his… — D. A. Carson
I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people. They are… — Calvin Coolidge
As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be… — Charles Barkley
St. Andrews provided a gentle forgetfulness over the preceding painful years of my life. It remains a haunting and lovely time to me, a marrow… — Kay Redfield Jamison
My own time on earth has led me to believe in two powerful instruments that turn experience into love: holding and listening. For every time… — Mark Nepo
What held people together was the belief that you're really going to change the world. I think that's the nature of many startups. You believe… — Ray Ozzie
I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in… — Adriana Trigiani
There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
The very first time I realized what unconditional love meant ; was the very first time I held each one of my children in my… — Nishan
The existence of illness in the body may no doubt be called a shadow of the true illness which is held by man in his… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Peter Beinart excoriates the doughface liberals who during the Cold War put anti-imperialism before anti-totalitarianism and demanded total moral purity on the part of the… — Rich Lowry
I've read all the books, I've watched all the films and now, thanks to the glory of home gaming, I've even kind of experienced it:… — Tom Dunne

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