#relinquish

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#anything #before #claims #else #enlightenment

Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things. ↗

— John Thorn

#big-time #dream #few #finally #get

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#become #relinquish #sexuality #their #them

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time. ↗

— Neil Young

#going #our #period #protect #relinquish

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#become #center #children #longer #mother

Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#clothing #first #him #hotel #never

In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#control #evening #film #go #performance

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#desire #future #happiness #more #relinquish

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily. ↗

— George Santayana

#like #readily #relinquished #should #skepticism

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

#default #force #liberty #never #recovered