Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.

The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.

To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election.

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.

I'm progressive in some ways, old-fashioned in others. I like it when guys hold the door open and are sweet and thoughtful.

In Los Angeles, the Police Department buys a 40-foot refrigerated trailer truck every six months just to hold DNA evidence.

I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me.

I've been very fortunate to have good people in my life, and when you find good people, you gotta hold onto them real tight.

'Firefly' was and always will be such a positive thing for me. I hold a lot of really good memories associated to that show.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine.

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.

Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts.

I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist.

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much better on.' On what? On fire?

Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

There's never been an entertainer that can take two warring parties and have both presidents stand on the stage and hold hands.

You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker.

When I hold something that's radioactive, it's kind of an indescribable feeling. It's kind of like when I'm with my girlfriend.

If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.

No biographical subject is ever on hold with the orthodontist. If there's a dry spell, it's your job to curtail or eliminate it.

I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.

Once we leave the E.U., we will be able to slash the £600 million of costs of Brussels bureaucracy that hold back our businesses.

I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.

As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.

When we are in our dorms, we watch romance movies and dramas. When a romantic scene comes on, we hold on to each other and scream.

The Taj, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Cracao Basilica and Polish church are some monuments that hold a special place in my memory.

I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once.

The biggest container ship can carry fifteen thousand boxes. It can hold 746 million bananas, one for every European, on one ship.

Dogs don't rationalize. They don't hold anything against a person. They don't see the outside of a human but the inside of a human.

A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can't move, you keep prejudice for years. Never get nowhere with that.

Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.

Anyone who knows me knows how sharp my mind is. I speak at a thousand miles an hour. I'll hold a discussion or a debate with anyone.

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.

You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

I think a man needs to be a man. To hold a woman the way she wants to be held. Just do whatever your woman wants, and you'll be fine.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.

Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.

My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?

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