Held Quotes

History is a facsimile of events held together by finally biographical information.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

I counted on sixty days only, but I held out for 133. I didn't go into power, but to get power I borrowed some power from the President and made him sign a number of decrees and give me enough power to create a system capable of handling crisis situations.

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.

I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, 'Someone unwrap it! Here it is!' That drive can't be held down.

The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me.

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.

It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.

I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.

That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary.

You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.

True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.

We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security.

But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs.

With the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in my lap during the ride home. I believed he was mortally wounded. He had been stabbed down through the kidneys, leaving an ugly wound.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.

I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.

There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs.

I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.

I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.

Any person without invincible prejudice who had the same experience would come to the same broad conclusion, viz., that things hitherto held impossible do actually occur.

America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show.

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.

They held it their duty to live but for their country.

She was scrubbing furiously at a line of grease spots which led from the stove towards the door to the dining-room. That was where Henry had held the platter tilted as he carried the steak in yesterday. And yet if she had warned him once about that, she had a thousand times!