Famous quotes containing the word hold:
“To be made to hold his tongue is the greatest insult you can offer himthough he might be ready with a poker to make you hold yours.”
—Mrs. Patrick Campbell (18651940)
“You want to know who killed Dietrichson? Hold tight to that cheap cigar of yours, Keyes. I killed Dietrichson. Me, Walter Neff. Insurance salesman. Thirty-five-years old. Unmarried. No visible scars. Till a while ago, that is. Yes, I killed him. Killed him for money, and for a woman. I didnt get the money, and, I didnt get the woman.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weepwhile I weep!”
—Edgar Allan Poe (18091849)
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