“I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.” WantSometimesShowsKidsAwardsHolding OnSpitAward ShowsSpit Up Author:Lauryn Hill
“A sloth once whispered in my ear and told me that when he is clinging to branches he closes his eyes and imagines that he's still a baby holding on to his mama.” StillsEyeImagineBabyEarsHis EyesBranchesImagine ThatHolding OnMamaClingingSloth Author:Ann Burton
“I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people; we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life, and I don't have a problem with that. This is a transitory world; we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it and holding on.” PeopleThinkingWorldHeartProblemSpiritLeftFindingsFollowingMeaningfulHolding OnTransitoryLooking For LoveVery MeanMeaningful RelationshipVery Meaningful Author:Cass McCombs
“That's how we find our way outward and onward. By holding onto beauty hardest. By cradling it like the cure that it is. By making it realer than anything ever was. The rest is just monsters and ghosts.” WayMonstersGhostHardestCuresHolding On Author:Cheryl Strayed
“Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he's got to keep running or bust!” MenRunningStrongDifficultHe ManCostIntelligentCompetitionConservativeIgnorantCompetitorsHolding OnEyelidsKeep Running Author:John D. Rockefeller
“It's good to know the guy who's holding onto your wire is someone you trust and you know he's not going to let you fall.” KnowsGuyFallWireHolding On Author:Jack Reynor
“Holding on to expectations is often the source of unforgiving feelings.” FeelingsSourceExpectationsHolding OnUnforgiving Author:Virginia H. Pearce
“When I was a kid I think the thing I remembered most about The Exorcist was Linda Blair being possessed by the devil, and how scary that was. It had a lot of parallels for me because the movie was challenging different ideas about faith and it was looking at religion in a darker way. Growing up I was afraid of being possessed by the devil, as an adult I'm afraid of being possessed by the world, by ignorance, and not holding on to my beliefs and what I feel strongly about.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsIdeasDifferentKidsBeliefChallengesGrowing UpGrowingIgnoranceDevilAdultsScaryRememberedPossessedParallelsHolding OnBlairDifferent IdeasExorcist Author:Marilyn Manson
“O, that we who declare war against wars, and acknowledge our trust to be in God only, may walk in the light, and therein examine our foundation and motives in holding onto money! May we look upon our estates, our treasures, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these, our possessions.” TryingLooksMayWarLightHouseWalksFoundationPossessionSeedsTreasureAcknowledgeMotiveLook UpEstatesFurnitureHolding OnGarmentsNourishmentAgainst War Author:John Woolman
“I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something - that may not be very clear to me right now - but that I will do.” MayReasonClearRight NowCancerHolding On Author:Farrah Fawcett
“Strength is measured not by holding on, but by letting go.” Letting GoHolding OnLetting Go And Moving OnMoving UpInspirational Moving OnAfter BreakupAfter Break UpBreakups And Moving OnMoving On After Breakup Author:Lenny Santos
“Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.” PainPastOrderColorPainfulHolding OnPainful Experiences Author:Bill Crawford
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.” ThinkingMaySometimesStrongWalksEffortPathKeysLetting GoHolding OnUnlockingContinuous Effort Author:Winston Churchill
“You might be a redneck if you are still holding on to Confederate money because you think the South will rise again.” IfsThinkingStillsMightSouthHolding OnRedneckYou Might Be A Redneck IfConfederateRedneck Humor Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star.” StarsTricksContemporaryUniquenessHolding OnAcademy Author:Bill Bruford
“It was really hard to do that at first. You have been holding onto this thing - even though you know what someone has done before and you have faith in what they can achieve - it's just a matter of whether that's gonna be right for you. At first you do need to be quite protective; to make sure it's going down the right track, so I was pretty nervous to begin with.” KnowsNeedsFirstsHas BeensMatterHardDoneAchieveTrackNervousHave FaithHolding OnProtectiveRight Track Author:Sarah Blasko
“I guess I'm like any other concerned father, except that nobody else's son guns a cycle over 17 pickups without holding on to the handlebars.” FatherSonGunConcernedCyclesHolding OnPickups Author:Evel Knievel
“And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this is true non-attachment. And we should do something new. To do something new, of course we must know our past, and this is alright. But we should not keep holding onto anything we have done; we should only reflect on it. And we must have some idea of what we should do in the future. But the future is the future, the past is the past; now we should work on something new.” KnowsShouldIdeasDonePastCoursesForgetAttachmentSomething NewOur PastHolding OnAlright Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okay, he's sui generis. But he won a landslide victory after moving to the center, while holding onto conservatives by not hiking taxes.” WayWantMovingVictoryRepublicanTaxesOkayElectionCaliforniaHikingImpressiveHolding OnSchwarzeneggerLandslides Author:Fred Barnes
“Stevie Wonder used to come the ball games and they would have a guy sitting with him. And the guy would be holding on to his arm, telling him what's going on, and he would say, "Hey, the big chocolate guy just put down a thunder dunk. The chocolate guy with another monster dunk." And Stevie Wonder actually gave me the nickname Chocolate Thunder.” BigsWould BeUsedGuyGamesWonderArmsSittingBallsMonstersHeyChocolateThunderHolding OnNicknamesBall Games Author:Darryl Dawkins
“You don't realise how much you're holding onto until you start to let go of it. I had had loads of therapy and thought I had come to terms with who I am, but there's something in the process of writing that unlocks other experiences, other emotions and you have to be prepared for that.” WritingProcessTermEmotionLetting GoPreparedWho I AmTherapyRealisingLoadBe PreparedHolding On Author:Damian Barr
“I appear topless as a way of holding on to my Nilotic culture, and I also do it to taunt those Africans who are ashamed of our original cultural beliefs.” WayCultureBeliefOriginalsAshamedHolding OnTaunting Author:Kola Boof
“The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that have existed from a time where there were resources.” BandResourcesStuckLabelsContractsHolding OnNo Money Author:Tom DeLonge
“Mexicans who come to America today end up opposing assimilation. They say they are "holding on to their culture." To them, I say, "If you really wanted to hold on to your culture, you would be in favor of assimilation. You would be fearless about swallowing English and about becoming Americanized. You would be much more positive about the future, and much less afraid. That's what it means to be Mexican.” IfsMeanEndsWould BeTodayWantedAmericaCultureBecomingFavorsFearlessMexicanHolding OnOpposingAssimilationSwallowingAmerica Today Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I have stuff from 1979, 1980 in my collection. But I also have things from 2012. So I don't know if it's memorabilia as much as it is holding on to things that I find relevant that most people might not.” PeopleIfsKnowsMightStuffCollectionsRelevantHolding OnMemorabilia Author:Ian MacKaye
“Weirdly, when I was in drama school my accent probably got stronger because of that sense of identity when you leave home and go to somewhere where there are loads of people from different places. Holding on to being Welsh and where I was from was a real crutch for me.” PeopleDifferentRealHomeSchoolIdentityDramaStrongerLoadAccentsHolding OnDifferent PlaceCrutchesWelsh Author:Iwan Rheon
“I do a little bit of hand-holding on the big cases. You know, like health care, I'll call over and say, "Don't worry. We've got it under control. We have the best people working on it. We're on schedule. Stay calm." So, those kinds of things.” PeopleKnowsKindLittlesHandsBigsCareBitsCasesWorryLittle BitCalmHealth CareSchedulesHolding OnStay CalmHand Holding Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“The mind is a very intricate machine. It can store memories, past impressions, grudges, criticisms, judgments. It can hold a lot of stuff. In general, it's only really good at holding onto one thing at a time. Which is why, when we have a lot going on, we feel sort of stressed and we feel tension because the mind is busy trying to figure out what it should focus on first.” FeelsShouldTryingMindFirstsPastStuffMemoriesFocusOne ThingFiguresJudgmentCriticismMachinesBusyStoresImpressionTensionHolding OnStressedGrudgeIntricateOne Thing At A Time Author:MC Yogi
“If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.” IfsSometimesBe GoodHolding OnHolding Back Author:Janis Joplin
“Holding onto negativity makes you sick, I strongly believe that. So I release negativity by writing.” WritingBelieveSickReleaseNegativityHolding On Author:Asher Roth
“You just send your love and gratitude to everything that came through the experience and you wish it the best. If you don't wish it the best, then you're only holding on to its failure, you're only holding on to something that needs something from you, whereas if you wish it the best, it's not about you anymore.” IfsNeedsWishGratitudeHolding OnLove And Gratitude Author:Jason Mraz
“I'm thinking, "What difference will this sermon make in their lives tomorrow? What am I trying to give them that will make a difference?" For example, had to do with the theme that Jesus will not let go of you. He's holding onto you. I talked to them about the disciples and Peter on the night before the crucifixion of Christ - how Jesus said that all of you are going to turn away, but He would be waiting for them in Galilee.” ThinkingGivingTryingSaidWould BeNightTurnsJesusWaitingChristDifferencesExampleTomorrowLetting GoThemeMaking A DifferencePeterDiscipleSermonsHolding OnCrucifixionCrucifixion Of Christ Author:Max Lucado
“I see so many ways America uses to rob Negroes and it is sinful and America can't keep holding on, and doing these things.” WayUseAmericaHolding On Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“When the Pleiadians speak of letting go, they transmit a letting go energy through our energetic field. As a human being, we've been holding on for lifetimes, really holding on to the illusion strongly, holding on to the shame, the guilt, the sadness, all the things we've lived through, all the experiences we have allowed ourselves to create for ourselves in order to learn. We've held on to the pieces of us - the anger, the frustration and the pain.” HumansPainOrderEnergySpeakHuman BeingsPiecesSadnessFieldsLetting GoIllusionShameGuiltLifetimeFrustrationHolding OnEnergeticTransmit Author:Christine McCormick Day
“The Pleiadians see a huge upswing in the drama on the planet and in individual lives. The drama is not a bad thing. It's just simply getting our attention to that which we need to take care of and notice all that we're still holding onto within ourselves. It's just to act as a mirror.” NeedsStillsCareIndividualAttentionPlanetsHugeDramaMirrorsTake CareBad ThingsHolding OnIndividual Life Author:Christine McCormick Day
“The actual initiations open up any dense areas in the physical body. The Pleiadian start to break up where the individual is holding on to a physical illness or a particular emotional experience. They always address the human being.” HumansBodyIndividualHuman BeingsBreakEmotionalParticularAreasIllnessAddressesHolding OnDensePhysical BodyInitiation Author:Christine McCormick Day
“When I watch that attachment happening, I see the beliefs that I have around it. If somebody's not paying attention to me in a certain way, in my mind, it means they don't love me or they don't respect me. Bringing awareness to the beliefs that are underneath the attachment and bringing awareness to the way my body and heart are tightening, helps me wake up and re-inhabit a larger space of being. Holding on and pushing away might be going on but I'm freer to respond in a healthy way.” IfsWayMindHeartMeanHelpingBodyMightCertainBeliefSpaceAttentionWatchesAwarenessHealthyHappeningsWake UpPay AttentionHelp MePushingAttachmentHolding OnRespect MePushing Away Author:Tara Brach
“The other thing that really I regretted not being able to do was to push effectively for the reform of the Security Council. Because the world was changing, and is changing very fast, and I felt the UN was holding on to old arrangements. Most governments felt that it has such a narrow power base, based on the results of the second world war.” WorldWarGovernmentAbleFeltResultsSecurityReformWar Of The WorldsArrangementsCouncilHolding OnSecond World WarSecurity Council Author:Kofi Annan
“The act of surrendering sort of puts me in a different mindset that allows me to be more of a channel - because I'm not holding on so tightly to things, I'm letting go, and I find that in letting go I become more of a channel for life to really happen on life's terms. I mean, maybe that sounds sort of metaphysical, but that's honestly how I feel.” FeelsMeanDifferentHappensSoundTermLetting GoMindsetHonestlyMetaphysicalHolding On Author:Lana Del Rey
“I'm working on forgiving myself for some not-so-hot choices I've made in my life. I neglected two people I loved dearly. They are both dead now and I obviously can do nothing to repair or change that, and I grieve every day for those choices. That grief can be paralyzing, but it has made me understand the pain of holding on to unfinished business. In my case, I had put work first. I will never do that again. Having made that choice, I find the grief in my heart finally abating. Now I teach the need to forgive yourself and others relentlessly.” PeopleNeedsFirstsHeartMadeTwoPainChoicesCan DoGriefTeachCasesMy HeartHotForgivingGrievingHolding OnNeglectedUnfinishedForgive YourselfUnfinished Business Author:Caroline Myss
“I feel that one of the roles of the artist, in the way I define it, is that I need to be not just someone observing these tiny pockets of people on the planet who have devoted their lives to preserving whatever it is they're passionate about. I want to be them. I am one of them. I just have a different outlet and final outcome as an artist than many of them would. For them, the process can just end in holding on to it, just knowing they've got it tucked away in their private collection. I value that so much, but I feel the conversation dies in a way there.” PeopleWayWantNeedsFeelsDifferentEndsArtistValuesDiesProcessRolesKnowingPlanetsConversationFinalsPassionateTinyOutcomesCollectionsPocketsDevotedObservingOutletsHolding On Author:Dario Robleto
“Probably. It's a weird thing with accents.When I was in drama school my accent probably got stronger because of that sense of identity when you leave home and go to somewhere where there are loads of people from different places. Holding on to being Welsh and where I was from was a real crutch for me.” PeopleDifferentRealHomeSchoolIdentityDramaStrongerHolding OnDifferent PlaceWelsh Author:Iwan Rheon
“As an actor, you hope to obtain this mind meld and sometimes I feel like I'm chasing a horse holding on to its tail and getting dragged, and other times I feel much more velcroed into the saddle. And I'm not the knower of which is better or best as a process, it's just as random as the weather in terms of what my subjective experience is.” MindSometimesTermHorseHolding On Author:Diane Lane
“That's what it's all about - making art is making something live forever. Human beings especially - we can't hold on to them in any way. Painting and art is a way of holding onto things and making things go on through time.” ArtForeverPaintingArt IsHolding OnLive ForeverRough Times Author:Elizabeth Peyton
“I'm often drawn to darker subjects. There's a lot of awful stuff in literature - and in life. Every day I read the paper and think how much I'd love certain people to just go away. But the flipside is that much of life is really good and sweet and tender and true. That's another thing pets teach us. That, and the importance of holding on to those good things in life.” PeopleThinkingLiteratureTeachSweetImportanceGood ThingsPetGoing AwayHolding On Author:Kate Klise
“This is a transitory world, we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it, and holding on. Even if it's a moment it's true love, true love doesn't mean that it goes on for eternity. Eternity is a terrible concept.” WorldMeanMomentsSpiritTerribleEternityHolding OnLooking For Love Author:Cass McCombs
“The flight back and forth to LA has just started to feel like a commute, I think because all the jobs are jobs that I love doing so much, and it's such a great challenge to be holding on to all these different parts and to have to be in different mediums.” ThinkingDifferentChallengesFlightHolding On Author:Lily Rabe
“We have landowners, small growers. We have people who are holding onto land that was acquired by their families after slavery. They need to produce some of the food we eat, so they can pay the taxes and hold onto the property. Taxes keep going up. We, and by we I mean black people, are rapidly becoming a landless people. Our ancestors, coming out of slavery, acquired more than 15 million acres of land. Today, we're probably down to less than 2 million acres.” PeopleMeanTodayBlackTaxesSlaveryPropertyKeep GoingBlack PeopleAncestorHolding On Author:Shirley Sherrod
“I did dance music for a short period of time but I felt like the fruit for me was in the outer dance world so I stopped doing overt techno and I think, in terms of rhythm, I enjoy things that feel like they're falling off, like they're just barely holding on.” ThinkingWorldFallEnjoyTermRhythmHolding On Author:Tim Hecker
“The situation with Tibet has to change. China is one of the last huge dictatorships, holding on to these colonies, provinces. That has to collapse. It's the responsibility of heads of business who are going to do business in China to lay down the law.” ResponsibilitySituationDictatorshipHolding OnTibet Author:Adam Yauch