Retain Quotes

366 Retain quotes by 323 unique authors

When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly involved in this… — Simone Weil
The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety… — Thomas Jefferson
The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed. — Anne Geddes
I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of, say, Judaism, Anglicanism… — Richard Dawkins
I was blessed to look well and retain a youthful look but that was just genes. I was disappointed when critics started pointing out my… — Robert Redford
Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain… — Noam Chomsky
Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything… — Twyla Tharp
For no one, in our long decline,So dusty, spiteful and divided,Had quite such pleasant friends as mine,Or loved them half as much as I did.… — Hilaire Belloc
But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of… — Alexander Hamilton
A woman might claim to retain some of the child's faculties, although very limited and defused, simply because she has not been encouraged to learn… — Germaine Greer
Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we can draw the world in… — Jean Baudrillard
A human being survives by his ability to forget. Memory is always ready to blot out the bad and retain only the good. — Varlam Shalamov
One of the things that will never get explained in the films is how Ben was able to retain his identity, because it happened somewhere… — George Lucas
History has blessed us with all the freedom and advantages of multiculturalism. But it has also blessed us, because of the accident of our origins,… — Charles Krauthammer
The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. — Thurgood Marshall
Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion,… — Laozi
I would advise persisting in our struggle for liberty, though it were revealed from Heaven that nine hundred and ninety-nine men were to perish, and… — Samuel Adams
Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to… — B.F. Skinner
The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In… — Horace
A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to… — Garry Kasparov

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