Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1835 authors

When I look at him, I don't see the cowardly young man who sold me out to Jeanine Matthews, and i don't hear the excuses… — Veronica Roth
And sometimes you held somebodyâ€™s hand just to prove that you were still alive, and that another human being was there to testify to that… — Rainbow Rowell
What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that canâ€™t be trustedâ€”? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one… — Donna Tartt
I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains… — Dylan Thomas
Science has toiled too long forging weapons for fools to use. It is time she held her hand. — H.G. Wells
A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief. — George Bernard Shaw
If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life… — George Edward Woodberry
To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of our… — Paul Robeson
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when… — Desmond Tutu
Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for and… — Heinz Galinski
Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace or after ages of conflict and war, but come it will, and abide it will, so long… — Edward Everett
When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will… — John Ruskin
Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had… — James D. Watson
Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other. — Ivy Compton-Burnett
During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief. — Albert Einstein
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do - but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it. — Albert Einstein
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his teeth, and yet… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of… — George Orwell
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that:… — Ronald Reagan

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