Kept Quotes

2728 quotes by 1970 authors

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks. — Constance Baker Motley
People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from… — David Neeleman
There's the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press is deliberately and systematically kept away from him. All you hear is a bunch of monkeys screaming… — John Chancellor
I pray the gods some respite from the weary task of this long year's watch that lying on the Atreidae's roof on bended arm, dog-… — Aeschylus
Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom? He got tickled by his mom. Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor, . . . . And… — Shel Silverstein
I mean, The New York Times actually had an interesting case recently where they described a detainee who was afraid of the dark, and so… — Jane Mayer
Upon the glazen shelves kept watch Matthew and Waldo, guardians of the faith The army of unalterable law. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law. — John Milton
All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one up to now… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I kept quiet for eight years. I did not want to hurt the church. — Jessica Hahn
I wonder if the polite thing to do is always the right thing to do. When I met the family from Japan, they all bowed.… — Jack Handey
Folks still remember the day ole Bob Riley came bouncing down that dirt road in his pickup. Pretty soon, it was bouncing higher and higher.… — Jack Handey
The much-maligned idle rich have received a bad rap: They have maintained their wealth while many There is scarcely an instance of a man who… — Warren Buffett
There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his… — Aesop
My mother told me to keep on singing, and that kept me working through the cotton fields. She said God has his hand on you.… — Johnny Cash
I was young and fearless in those days, but always enjoyed riding at Cartmel. They used to call me 'Cartmellor', probably because I kept coming… — Unknown Author
After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last… — Pete Sampras
And now I was lonelier, I supposed, than anyone else in the world. Even Defoe's creation, Robinson Crusoe, the prototype of the ideal solitary, could… — Wladyslaw Szpilman
Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet. — Charles R. Swindoll
It's about realizing, painfully, you've kept that voice inside yourself, locked away from even yourself. And you step back and see that your jailer has… — Tori Amos

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