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Keeping Quotes (page 191)

Gaveston: I can no longer keepe me from my lord. Edward: What Gaveston, welcome: kis not my hand, Embrace me Gaveston as I do thee: Why shouldst thou kneele, knowest thou not who I am? Thy friend, thy selfe, another Gaveston. Not Hilas was more mourned of Hercules, Then thou hast beene of me since thy exile. Christopher Marlowe
They believed that prediction was just a function of keeping track of things. If you knew enough, you could predict anything. That's been cherished scientific belief since Newton.' And?' Chaos theory throws it right out the window. Michael Crichton
Graham Greene quote: "In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I..."
In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise. Graham Greene
The desire, let alone the gesture, to meet her needs was good enough to loft her spirits to the place where she could take the next step: ask for some clarifying word; some advice about how to keep on with a brain greedy for news nobody could live with in a world happy to provide it. Toni Morrison
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake..."
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Octavia Butler quote: "He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying."
He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying. Octavia Butler
We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts -- not to hurt others. George Eliot
Kwame Nkrumah quote: "The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the..."
The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart. Kwame Nkrumah
That,' he confessed aloud, 'was as ludicrous a case of mutual ineptitude as the gods of slapstick ever engineered. We both deserve to be tickled to death by small green centipedes. Well... if you keep quiet about it, I will. Poul Anderson
Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life rafts. Eugene McCarthy
Claude Bernard quote: "It's what we think we know that keeps us from learning."
It's what we think we know that keeps us from learning. Claude Bernard
It exasperated her to think that the dungeonin which she had languished for so many unhappyyears had been unlocked all the time, and thatthe impulses she had so carefully struggled with andstifled for the sake of keeping well with society, wereprecisely those by which alone she could have comeinto any sort of sincere human contact. George Bernard Shaw
Milton Berle quote: "Committee - a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours."
Committee - a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours. Milton Berle
Norman Vincent Peale quote: "Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more..."
Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass". Norman Vincent Peale
My dear friend, what is this our life? A boat that swims in the sea, and all one knows for certain about it is that one day it will capsize. Here we are, two good old boats that have been faithful neighbors, and above all your hand has done its best to keep me from "capsizing"! Let us then continue our voyage—each for the other's sake, for a long time yet, a long time! We should miss each other so much! Tolerably calm seas and good winds and above all sun—what I wish for myself, I wish for... Friedrich Nietzsche

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