Retaining Quotes

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.

I repeat my demand that the occupier leave the land of our beloved Iraq unconditionally, without retaining bases or signing agreements.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

I have a hard time retaining the lines. Even on set I make mistakes but I'm okay with that.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

They cannot make it say what they want it to say. And this is the beginning and the end of the case for retaining the old language: If the churches give it up, who will remember how to say what is said?

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

We may very well be faced with the choice of retaining the AAA credit rating or abandoning some of our key infrastructure projects, which are about jobs for the future. I will choose jobs in that equation every time.

My biggest problem is retaining the exact information.

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay.

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

Women of every age and size really just want to look sexy, while retaining their power and dignity.