The strength of the scientific establishment in any country is related to its general level of education, not only in supplying large numbers of eager minds for further training, but also in ensuring a public opinion that holds science in esteem and approves financial support.
The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory.
She's a very charismatic character, and she holds the whole play together.
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
I don't think I've had a very interesting life, and I feel that is a great liberation. That gives me great freedom as a fiction writer. Nothing that happened holds any special tyranny over me.
Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine.
The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.
If we as a society do not understand 'the cloud,' in all its aspects - what data it holds, how it works, what the bargains are we make as we engage with it, we'll all be the poorer for it, I believe.
It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil.
The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
A classic is a work which persists as a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway.
Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.
Despite the vigorous policy and legal debates surrounding same-sex marriage, there is little disagreement about this: If the United States Supreme Court holds that states must sanction same-sex marriage, then Florida's contrary laws must fall.
Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success.
I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.
If you want to see a black hole tonight, tonight just look in the direction of Sagittarius, the constellation. That's the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and there's a raging black hole at the very center of that constellation that holds the galaxy together.
I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, it's governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye.
Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
The most casual reader of the New Testament can scarcely fail to see the commanding position the resurrection of Christ holds in Christianity. It is the creator of its new and brighter hopes, of its richer and stronger faith, of its deeper and more exalted experience.
I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.
The United States never stopped conspiring against the Arab world, which holds the largest oil reserves on the planet.
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.
We don't ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back.
Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.
I'm not sure what 'coming out right' means. It often means that what you do holds a kind of energy that you wouldn't just put there, that comes about through grace of some sort.
The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives.
One can ascend to a higher development only by bringing rhythm and repetition into one's life. Rhythm holds sway in all nature.
That's the most difficult issue for me... to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject.
The president is commander-in-chief of the army and navy and of the state militia when called into the service of the United States. He holds this power in time of peace as well as in time of war.
I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.
Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.
