| "It is impossible to go through life without trust That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself." »Graham Greene |
| "We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell." »Clarence Darrow |
| "Even as the cell is the unit of the organic body, so the family is the unit of society." »Ruth Nanda Anshen |
| "Some think it's holding on that makes one strong sometimes it's letting go." »Sylvia Robinson |
| "I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge." »Edward Chilton |
| "The last time I saw him he was walking down Lover's Lane holding his own hand." »Fred Allen |
| "Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back." »Publilius Syrus |
| "If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive." »Dorothee Solle |
| "You see what power is - holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them" »Amy Tan |
| "If I was being executed by injection, I'd clean up my cell real neat. Then, when they came to get me, I'd say, 'Injection I thought you said inspection'.' They'd probably feel real bad, and maybe I could get out of it." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts |
| "Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well." »Josh Billings |
| "One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force." »David Borenstein |
| "The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself." »George Bernard Shaw |
| "holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned." »Buddha |
| "True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home." »John Hay |
| "Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention. But it has no persuasive value at all." »John Kenneth Galbraith |
| "It was a world which granted privileges to some and imposed prohibitions on others...Endowed with strength and eager to learn, one had to drag himself in a narrow prison cell when he could see an open field, a vast horizon in the distance; when he could feel the beatings of a heart; and when he believed himself entitled to enjoy the beauty of a dream." »Dr. Jose P. Rizal |
| "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." »George Orwell |
| "Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantiated dreams, and lies, while random careless chance and change alone rule the world" »Euripides |
| "Don Corleone I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall Michael - if he is to be shot in the head by a police officer, or be found hung dead in a jail cell... or if he should be struck by a bolt of lightning - then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room and then I do not forgive. But with said, I pledge - on the souls of my grandchildren - that I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made today." »Godfather, The |
| "Being plied with fine food always puts me in mind of the slammer, cause the food was jumpin' in there too--high in fat but nice and salty. You know what the worst deprivation in there was My music. Radio belonged to my cell mate, the Blonde Hammer. He was into that jazz-fusion thing at the time. I tell you what, enough Spyro Gyra and you're hoping you'll get killed in a knife fight." »Barbara Hall |
| "holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life." »Joan Lunden |
| "Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society." »Daniel Webster |
| "Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society." »Benjamin Franklin |
| "Hold tenderly that which you cherish, for it is precious and a tight grip may crush it. Do not let the fear of dropping it cause you to hold it too tightly the chances are, it's holding you too." »Bob Alberti |
| "Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement." »Florence Shinn |
| "Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings And children's faces looking up holding wonder like a cup." »Sara Teasdale |
| "You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back." »Barbara DeAngelis |
| "John Johnson Now this is something the other tour guides won't tell you. In this particular cell-block, Machine Gun Kelly had what we call in the prison system, a bitch. And one night in a jealous rage Kelly took a make-shift knife or shiv, and cut out the bitch's eyes. And as if this wasn't enough retribution for Kelly, the next day he and four other inmates took turns pissing into the bitch's ocular cavities. (short pause) This way to the cafeteria" »So I Married an Axe Murderer |
| "A dream can be nurtured over years and years and then flourish rapidly. . . . Be patient. It will happen for you. Sooner or later, life will get weary of beating on you and holding the door shut on you, and then it will let you in and throw you a real party" »Les Brown |
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