I have no predilection for unpopularity as such, but I hold it much preferable to the popularity of a day, which perishes with the transient topic upon which it is grounded. – John Quincy Adams
Normally, banks record profits on loans only as they are repaid, whether they securitize the loans or hold them on their books. – Alex Berenson
A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere. – Bill Brandt
In ‘A Confession,’ Tolstoy found meaning that he could hold on to, and he lived for another 30 years. – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India. – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
In Los Angeles, the Police Department buys a 40-foot refrigerated trailer truck every six months just to hold DNA evidence. – Bill Dedman
I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source. – Andrew Johnson
Illness transforms the things you most fear into the things you crave and would hold onto if you could. – Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind. – Abraham Lincoln
I don’t have anything Olympic in our house – no pictures, none of that stuff. Consciously I do that. With 10 children, I don’t want to hold that over their heads. – Caitlyn Jenner
I’ve never really been anywhere, and now I get to go everywhere. I just have to make sure there’s enough memory on my computer to hold all my pictures. – Carrie Underwood
A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them. – Augustus Hare
Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time. – Alfred Marshall