Retains Quotes

70 Retains quotes by 65 unique authors

I wonder, only in passing, whether the indelible ornamentation that man inscribes upon his own epidermis does not respond to a nostalgia for the universal… — Roger Caillois
Throughout the world today there is a gowing awareness of the failings of the Western model of development and a corresponding desire to look for… — Helena
I am glad that the country world...retains a power to use our English tongue. It is a part of its sense of reality, of its… — Henry Beston
Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to… — Thomas Jefferson
There is no reader so parochial as the one who reads none but this morning's books. Books are not rolls, to be devoured only when… — Clifton Fadiman
...a human being not only can choose but... he must choose... for in this way God retains His honor while at the same time has… — Soren Kierkegaard
The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect. — Jeff Cooper
For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career. — John Lothrop Motley
The eye - which sees all objects reversed - retains the images for some time. — Leonardo da Vinci
Sectarian priests cry out concerning me, and ask, "Why is it this babbler gains so many followers, and retains them?" I answer, It is because… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing. — Bette Midler
The fundamental assumption that the United States retains the right and obligation to intervene in the Third World in any way it ultimately deems necessary,… — Gabriel Kolko
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel. — Horace
But the fact is, Mr. Chairman, for all the challenges the Postal Service of the 21st century faces, it still retains its traditional place as… — John M. McHugh
The heart that once has been bathed in love's pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever. — Walter Savage Landor
The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he… — Herb Caen
Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion… — Ryan Tedder
It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy. — David Riesman
If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely… — Paul Begala
The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire… — Ramakrishna
The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness. — Alexander von Humboldt
In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the world where the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual… — Sigmund Freud
I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method of processing material… — Rachel Cusk

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