For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about force, poverty, people
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Fundamentally, the land was held in common and administered by a group of nobles called the alii on behalf of the common good.Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense, good, good luck
Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound.Quote by Randy Bachman
When I was 6, I held on to my mother's skirt, screaming that I wanted to be a dancer. She enrolled me in an academy in Madrid when I turned 8.Quote by Victoria Abril about mother
Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a huge military foe, the British Crown Forces and their surrogates in the unionist death squads.Quote by Gerry Adams about force, death
If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.Quote by Michael Caine about heads, actors
The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.Quote by Michael Caine about city, talent
At the end of all this, Russia held in her hands a vast belt of land running from the Baltic sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, comprising eleven nations with a population of 100 million people.Quote by John Thomas Flynn about nation, magic, end, people
When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.Quote by Owen Hart
I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight.Quote by Ernest Hemingway
Gravity cannot be held responsible for 2 people falling in love.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, people
If a circuit requires n components, then there will be only n - 1 components in locally-held stocks.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
The last person that quit or was fired will be the one held responsible for everything that goes wrong - until the next person quits or is fired.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, people, bad
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out.Quote by Nick Park about commerce, americans, people
Knowledge is held to be an entirely quantitative affair. The one important thing is to have observed what had not been observed before.Quote by Talcott Parsons about things, affair, knowledge
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.Quote by Ron Paul about society, violence
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about heads