Famous quotes containing the word hold:
“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)
“Andrews: Do you love her?
Peter: A normal human being couldnt live under the same roof with her without going nutty. Shes my idea of nothing!
Andrews: I asked you a simple question. Do you love her?
Peter: Yes! But dont hold it against me. Im a little screwy myself.”
—Robert Riskin (18971955)
“Knowing does not always allow us to prevent, but at least the things that we know, we hold them, if not in our hands, but at least in our thoughts where we may dispose of them at our whim, which gives us the illusion of power over them.”
—Marcel Proust (18711922)