Maintained Quotes

343 quotes by 304 authors

The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory… — Arthur Keith
No tame animal has lost less of its native dignity or maintained more of its ancient reserve. The domestic cat might rebel tomorrow. — William E. Conway, Jr.
A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear to… — David Brewster
How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him… — Clifford Truesdell
Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with... Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as… — Victor J. Stenger
When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward. — Niccolo Machiavelli
I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never… — Kenneth Lay
The proportion of men must be reduced to and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race. — Sally Miller Gearhart
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament....There… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The records I always maintained were there to serve just one purpose - that was to be broken — Tommy Woodcock
The turn of the century was the lowest point for the devastation of Indian culture by disease and persecution, and it's a wonder to me… — N. Scott Momaday
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for… — Joseph Goebbels
Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly… — Robert E. Lee
In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained. Secondly, since Scripture… — Thomas Aquinas
It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. To… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Let us regard the forests as an inheritance, given to us by nature, not to be despoiled or devastated, but to be wisely used, reverently… — Ferdinand von Mueller
It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of a system partly… — James Madison
I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but must… — Gregory Rabassa
Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of the fundamental laws,… — Alexander Hamilton

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