Retain Quotes

366 Retain quotes by 323 unique authors

Scientists have one thing in common with children: curiosity. To be a good scientist you must have kept this trait of childhood, and perhaps it… — Otto Robert Frisch
All our lives we are engaged in preserving our experiences and keeping them fresh by artificially sprinkling the water of memory over them. They have… — Vimala Thakar
No, there is no escape. There is no heaven with a little of hell in it--no plan to retain this or that of the devil… — George MacDonald
True poetry is a function of awakening.Â It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams. — Gaston Bachelard
If the blonds and blue-eyed people die out, the human race will become increasingly dense ... Blond hair actually bestows intelligence. In the case of… — Rudolf Steiner
It is inherently dangerous to allow a country such as Iraq to retain weapons of mass destruction, particularly in light of its past aggressive behaviour.… — Stephen Harper
To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years. — Donald Cram
People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them. — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
For it is humanly certain that most of us remember very little of what we have read. To open almost any book a second time… — Siegfried Sassoon
The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them. — Gilles Menage
In the particular presence of memorable language we can find a reminder of our ability to know and retain knowledge itself: the brightness wherein all… — Robert Pinsky
If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build… — John Hoeven
Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem… — Larry McMurtry
Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind. — Theodore Robinson
The tremendous world I have inside my head. But how free myself and free it without being torn to pieces. And a thousand times rather… — Franz Kafka
What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood? — Beatrix Potter
I desire my children to be educated south of the Mason Dixon line and always to retain right of domicile in the Confederate States. — J. E. B. Stuart
Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds carry a few yards and… — James Gleick
First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything… — Jack L. Chalker
I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made… — John Fund

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