Retain Quotes
366 Retain quotes by 323 unique authors
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No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about…
— Otto Weininger
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There is only one ingredient for innovation and that is the power of the human mind. As long as a company is able to attract,…
— N. R. Narayana Murthy
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Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms of maturity. Right…
— Eliphas Levi
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If your little savage were left to himself and be allowed to retain all his ignorance, he would in time join the infant's reasoning to…
— Denis Diderot
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The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive.
— M. Scott Peck
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A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a…
— Jason Mraz
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Acquire with the intention to retain, and retain with the intention to grow.
— Lester Wunderman
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I'd like to retain Trish Stratus's services.
— Jerry Lawler
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Many will, no doubt, prefer to retain old unsystematic names as far as possible, but it is easy to see that the desire to avoid…
— Henry Edward Armstrong
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Battling evil, cruelty, and injustice allows us to retain our identity, a sense of meaning, and ultimately our freedom.
— Chris Hedges
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The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what you discover about them by yourself seems to…
— John Verdon
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I believe the powers of observation in numbers of very young children to be quite wonderful for its closeness and accuracy. Indeed, I think that…
— Charles Dickens
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The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the lesson you would…
— Horace
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Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed…
— Brent L. Top
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In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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A playful mind is inquisitive, and learning is fun. If you indulge your natural curiosity and retain a sense of fun in new experience, I…
— Bill Watterson
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When the reality of power has been surrendered, it's playing a dangerous game to seek to retain the appearance of it; the external aspect of…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness…
— Edmund Burke
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
— Thucydides
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You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.
— Kathy Reichs
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