#firmly

Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#art #based #character #consciousness #deep

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#any #blast #blows #firmly #set

When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortune to be there at that time - the BBC was firmly asleep. ↗

— Michael Apted

#asleep #bbc #crying #firmly #fortune

Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is. ↗

— Daniel Boone

#breasts #companion #content #enjoyment #external

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. ↗

— Julius Erving

#believe #firmly #greater #i #important

In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy. ↗

— William Falconer

#bedding #enemy #exposed #fire #firmly

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand. ↗

— Juan Manuel Fangio

#car #changed #component #damaged #driver

Rest assured that my support for any eventual reform package will be based firmly upon what is in the best interests of the people of Upstate New York, not any party or president. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#assured #based #best #best interests #eventual

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#before #firmly #foot #his #made

There is a time when we must firmly choose the course which we will follow or the endless drift of events will make the decision for us. ↗

— Herbert Prochnow

#course #decision #drift #endless #events