Retains Quotes

70 quotes by 66 authors

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly those of earlier… — Charlotte Bronte
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and… — Carl von Clausewitz
You perceive now, my friends, what your general or abstract duty is as teachers. Although you have to generate in your pupils a large stock… — William James
The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward it then becomes simple: to… — Barry Lopez
He who retains unchangeable in his heart the rule of the truth which he received by means of baptism will doubtless recognise the names, the… — Irenaeus of Lyons
Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes its course according… — Sun Tzu
In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected… — Hannah Arendt
All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust.… — Dennis C. Blair
Nothing retains its form; new shapes from old. Nature, the great inventor, ceaselessly contrives. In all creation, be assured, there is no death - no… — Ovid
Iâ€™ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They… — Horton Foote
The spirit of tanka interests me more than following rigid conventions. As I understand it, the tradition allows a variety of approaches, from simple description… — Harryette Mullen
A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, as we would say, shallow. While it retains its visibility, it loses its… — Hannah Arendt
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. — Andre Breton
The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon it… — George Bellows
He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Marxism must abhor nothing so much as the possibility that it becomes congealed in its current form. It is at its best when butting heads… — Rosa Luxemburg
That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were… — Edward Coke
I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that commands the story:… — Marco Polo
The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons,… — Robert Byrd
The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

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