Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1835 authors

I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book… — Tom Robbins
Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than… — Alan Rickman
But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its… — Pat Robertson
If you look over the course of a hundred years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably… — Pat Robertson
I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary… — Carl Rogers
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. — Bertrand Russell
A short story is something that I think can be intuited and envisioned and held in your mind almost at once. — Richard Russo
Of all the biennials, triennials, quadrennials, internationals, and massive group shows, Documenta, established in 1955 and held once every five years in Kassel, Germany, is… — Jerry Saltz
I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an… — Albert Schweitzer
The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held… — Wilbur Smith
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's… — Stephen Sondheim
Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage… — Thomas Sowell
Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute… — Lysander Spooner
I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held… — Sting
When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a… — J. Michael Straczynski
Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles. — David Suzuki
In the old days, when you took out a mortgage, it was probably through a local bank or a credit union, and whoever gave you… — Matt Taibbi
First Ladies have always been held like specimens under a media microscope. — Andre Leon Talley
The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an… — Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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