Holding Quotes

Holding on to expectations is often the source of unforgiving feelings.

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul.

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know

Ive never really been anywhere, and now I get to go everywhere. I just have to make sure theres enough memory on my computer to hold all my pictures.

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back our fees. We want to get paid. And that's it. It'll get solved and we'll carry on with planning Ground Zero.

I'm not sure I always feel like I'm in the seat. Sometimes I'm only holding on by one hand and flying out behind the roller coaster. I don't know anybody who doesn't feel that way.

Faith is not merely you holding on to God- it is God holding on to you

All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps.

I see so many ways America uses to rob Negroes and it is sinful and America can't keep holding on, and doing these things.

Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.

You might be a redneck if you are still holding on to Confederate money because you think the South will rise again.

The spiritual life is always about letting go. It is never about holding on.

I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things.

When you become present, your mind is silent. There is no agenda. You are not holding onto anything. You are not seeking anything. You are just here with what is, and it is enough.

At some point I believe one has to stop holding back for fear of alienating some imaginary reader or real relative or friend, and come out with personal truth.

They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing.

Renewable ethanol represents a clear opportunity to grow a significant portion of our own fuel locally and begin to break the hold imported fuels have on us.

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.

I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.

When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through.

They haven't made love for years but sleep holding hands

I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.'

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

The idea of holding back certainly didn't come from Scripture.

In March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward. Something holds and something pulls inside of us too.

Holding on to the weak is called strength.

Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go.

And togheter, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness

When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.

When you got a guy hanging over the cliff holding on with one hand, you don't want him to get his other hand up there, you want to go ahead and stomp on it

I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.

Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands.

We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name.

I don't believe in sort of holding back, you know, life isn't a dress rehearsal!

Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together.

The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.

I have 8-year-old twins, and I want them to grow up in a world where they can be anyone they want without any shame, without holding back, without being judged for it.

We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change. Lukewarm won't do. Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by? Not here.

Love's more than holding hands and going to dances. It's two people who struggle to live, even when they should maybe both be dead. When one of them would be better off dead.

I dont want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.

There is only what you want and what happens. There is only grabbing on and holding tight in the darkness.

A sloth once whispered in my ear and told me that when he is clinging to branches he closes his eyes and imagines that he's still a baby holding on to his mama.

She stood at the window, her arms spread wide, holding on to each side of the frame, it was as if she held a piece of the city.

The lovers, appearing happy, walk, holding hands. Though it appears everything is perfect, only they know the truth.

Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star.

Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.

They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like these played in minor keys, keep those memories holding on.