Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1751 authors

Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your… — Eddie Vedder
If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist, too. I'd go… — Jesse Ventura
The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you… — Jesse Ventura
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. — Gore Vidal
We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about that. We were committing war crimes in World War II,… — George Wald
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices. — Paul Wellstone
While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for… — Allen West
Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion. — Allen West
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems. — Elie Wiesel
Sarah Palin, who with 17 months remaining in her single term as Alaska's governor quit the only serious office she has ever held, is obsessively… — George Will
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present. — Marianne Williamson
Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever… — Harold Wilson
With Barack Obama as president and the super-happening Michelle Obama as First Lady, you would think a new tone, a new tune, a kicky new… — James Wolcott
The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down… — Julian Baggini
They sat on a bench and Sproule held his wounded arm to his chest and rocked back and forth and blinked in the sun. What… — Cormac McCarthy
What can I say? I'm obsessed. And as we all know obsessed girls can't be held responsible for our actions. — Ann Brashares
She dropped her shyness like a nightgown, and in the liquid glare of sunlight on old boards she held up her hands-as if, in the… — Gregory Maguire
to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you've held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your… — Ellen Bass
He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually fun to read.… — John Bellairs
And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories. — Paulo Coelho

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