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Tag Name "Holds" (915)

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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
James Allen
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It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he holds back one who is hastening. Rather one should befriend the guest who is there, but speed him when he wishes.
Homer
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The choice between two of something is not a choice at all, but rather the opportunity to subscribe to the value system which holds the two presented choices as mutually exclusive alternatives.
Kate Bornstein
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'Wiseguy' for its time was good. It was really good. And it holds up still. But a lot of the restraints have been taken off now.
Jonathan Banks
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The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.
Esther M. Friesner
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There is another sort of day which needs celebrating in song -- the day of days when spring at last holds up her face to be kissed, deliberate and unabashed. On that day no wind blows either in the hills or in the mind.
E. B. White
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Men did not make the earth... It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. ... Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds.
Thomas Paine
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Let go of the place that holds, let go of the place that controls, let go of the place that fears. Just let the ground support me.
Stephanie Kaza
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Silence holds the door against the strife of tongue and all the impertinences of idle conversation.
James Hervey
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Even-handed fate Hath but one law for small and great: That ample urn holds all men's names.
Horace
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Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.
Katharine Hepburn
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There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old accountable for her performance on a high-stakes standardized exam but does not hold the high officials of our government accountable for robbing her of what they gave their own kids six or seven years before.
Jonathan Kozol
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...if you think of modern art like sex in all its forms - heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, multipartnered, bestial, whatever, with absolutely no holds barred and with everything available and permissible - that would be modern art.
Eve Arnold
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A nail-pierced hand holds the sceptre of the universe, and my knees bend before him.
E. Stanley Jones
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Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy.
Tim Bishop
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The outside world holds no interest for me without you. -Edward
Stephenie Meyer
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It [sin] cannot occur at any time nor in any form without his permission. While he does not actively originate it, he holds such absolute control over it that no single event in connection with it can take place without his permission
James Petigru Boyce
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Veganism isn’t just a strict vegetarian diet it is a complete philosophical viewpoint. It is practical in outlook, simple to understand and aspires to the highest environmental and spiritual values. I am sure it holds the key to a future lifestyle for a humane planetary guardianship.
Howard Lyman
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I actually think the band doesn't need the television show. And I actually think the television show holds it back. No one at radio wants to play a band that's on a television show.
Kendall Schmidt
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Imagine being served a plate of sushi. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi. The plate might have to be five feet across.
Jonathan Safran Foer
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Every man, woman and child holds the possibility of physical perfection it rests with each of us to attain it by personal understanding and effort.
F. Matthias Alexander
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Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness.
Earle Birney
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He who does not fear the sword he holds is not worthy of holding a sword. -Hisagi Shuuhei
Tite Kubo
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Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller, and commonplaces are suddenly delightful. You become your best optimistic self. Like romantic love, book love fills you with a certain warmth and completeness. The world holds promise.
Steve Leveen
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