Famous quotes containing the word held:
“And knew that nature could not more refine
What it had given in a looking-glass
And held there, after the living bodys line
Has moved wherever it must move ...”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fieldsdiscoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss Westsuperficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.”
—Henrik Ibsen (18281906)
“Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne dArc, a saint. He was a martyr. Like many martyrs, he held extreme views.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)