Reserve Quotes

346 Reserve quotes by 275 unique authors

Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us but as the result of innumerable rebuffs. — W. Somerset Maugham
It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making… — Max Beerbohm
I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and the just maintenance… — Thomas Jefferson
I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge. — Julius Erving
If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again. — Mark Twain
Holding back technology to reserve business models is like allowing blacksmiths to veto the internal combustion engine in order to protect their horseshoes. — Don Tapscott
Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in… — Wallace D. Wattles
I understood that all the material of a literary work was in my past life, I understood that I had acquired it in the midst… — Marcel Proust
A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I was different unique and always happy. At school this attracted playground harassment. Nowadays, while I remain effervescent, quicker to perceive enmity I reserve my… — Clarence Day
Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you. — Michael Korda
When you come back to God for pardon and salvation, come with all you have to lay all at his feet. Come with your body,… — Charles Grandison Finney
With all reserve we advance the view that a supernova represents the transition of an ordinary star into a neutron star consisting mainly of neutrons.… — Fritz Zwicky
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.
People who take the time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve. — John Miller
The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world. — Robert C. Solomon
I reserve the right to change my mind. But once I decide on something, I'm going to need a good reason to switch. — Deacon Jones
Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more… — Chester A. Arthur
Anyone who says that life matters less to an animal than it does to us has not held in his hands an animal fighting for… — J M Coetzee
You must squeeze out of yourself every sensation, every thought, every image, - mercilessly, without reserve and without remorse: you must search the darkest corners… — Joseph Conrad

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