Hold

Famous quotes containing the word hold:

    Overnight, very
    Whitely, discreetly,
    Very quietly

    Our toes, our noses
    Take hold on the loam,
    Acquire the air.
    Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    Andrews: Do you love her?
    Peter: A normal human being couldn’t live under the same roof with her without going nutty. She’s my idea of nothing!
    Andrews: I asked you a simple question. Do you love her?
    Peter: Yes! But don’t hold it against me. I’m a little screwy myself.
    Robert Riskin (1897–1955)

    I thought a minute, and says to myself, hold on,—s’pose you’d a done right and give Jim up; would you felt better than what you do now? No, says I, I’d feel bad—I’d feel just the same way I do now. Well, then, says I, what’s the use you learning to do right, when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?
    Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)