Maintained Quotes

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.

China has always maintained that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, are equal members of the international community and they should stand and speak in the world as such.

I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature.

In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.

Man will never understand woman and vice versa. We are oil and water. An equal level can never be maintained, as one will always excel where the other doesn't, and that breeds resentment.

I've always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing and the side that really hasn't got a clue has to be carefully maintained because if you write too knowingly then you get chilly, and if you write too unknowingly you write bollocks that nobody else can understand.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.

If you travel around America you see different sections of highways donated by this or that person, and that's a slow beginning of what may end up being a situation common in the Third World: some sections of highways in wealthy areas are beautifully maintained and other parts are just dirt-strewn potholes.

Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone.

I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

The best place to find material is in real life. I've always maintained that it's not until the mid-20s that you have enough of a life to draw from. There's nothing better for a comic than to go through some bad stuff - and some good stuff, like getting married.

We're only one of a few states that have maintained our Triple-A bond rating from the major rating agencies.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and did not look back.

It means that the silver coins of the United States at whatever ratio is fixed, and I want the present ratio that we have now, 16 to 1, maintained precisely as it is.

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?'