#hold

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#achievements #act #average #demands #down

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return. ↗

— Robert Collier

#anything #cannot #continually #get #getting

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#good #good writing #holding #swimming #under

It's no fun feeling your thoughts are being controlled by an electrode, and someone else is holding the clicker. ↗

— Alice Weaver Flaherty

#controlled #else #feeling #fun #holding

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ↗

— James Bryant Conant

#his #makes #neck #only #out

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge. ↗

— Confucius

#hold #know #knowledge #thing #you

We live in downtown Manhattan and we have pretty big windows that looked right at the World Trade Center. I was home along with Kai and we watched it all happen. I was holding him in my arms and we were looking out the window when the second plane hit. ↗

— Jennifer Connelly

#arms #big #center #downtown #happen

Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#believes #earth #hold #motion #natural

What comes with a job as a staff member of the BBC is a certain self-censoring that you get utterly used to. You don't say everything you think. You hold back on some things. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bbc #certain #comes #everything #get

Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability. ↗

— John Cornyn

#attorney #attorney general #basic #deserve #general