Touch. It is touch that is the deadliest enemy of chastity, loyalty, monogamy, gentility with its codes and conventions and restraints. By touch we are betrayed and betray others ... an accidental brushing of shoulders or touching of hands ... hands laid on shoulders in a gesture of comfort that lies like a thief, that takes, not gives, that wants, not offers, that awakes, not pacifies. When one flesh is waiting, there is electricity in the merest contact.
Loyalty Quotes (433 Quotes)
Looking back on it, Sloat wasn't sure how he had tolerated Phil Sawyer for as long as he had. His partner had never played to win, not seriously; he had been encumbered by sentimental notions of loyalty and honor, corrupted by the stuff you told kids to get them halfway civilized before you finally tore the blindfold off their eyes.
Sometimes, loyalty gets in the way of what you want to do. Sometimes, it's not your secret to tell.
Oh, but I like my geese. Like cats, they can't be told what to do, and like dogs, they're loyal, and like people, they talk every chance they get.
One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.
Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friends, you are as constant as a compass needle. You are unswervingly loyal, and you inspire loyalty. You are the glue that will unite the seven.
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man must develop himself; if he has them forced down him, he will vomit them out.
Everybody who flashed the signs of loyalty he took to be loyal. Everybody who flashed the signs of intelligence he took to be intelligent. And so he had failed to see into his daughter, failed to see into his wife, failed to see into his one and only mistress-probably had never even begun to see into himself
And if the man who once upon a time had been a boy who promised he'd never fall in love with another girl as long as he lived kept his promise, it wasn't because he was stubborn or even loyal. He couldn't help it.
Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.
And his knowledge remained woefully incomplete, Harry! That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to comprehend. Of house-elves and children's tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence, Voldemort knows and understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped...
But a bricks-and-mortar office can boost reader loyalty. A local presence in the form of a bureau or some kind of office is part of the newspaper company's image, ... You are taking away something that people are accustomed to.
He's smart, he's experienced, he's loyal, he's a good coach and he sees the big picture. He's the right guy for the job at this point.
Loyalty and respect for contribution do matter. They are principles I seek to uphold.
She was a genuine, lovely, fine woman who was bruised by what happened to her husband. She was intelligent, loyal and raised wonderful kids.
Strong, well-supported dealerships that provide outstanding customer service are key to Hyundai's continued success in the U.S. market. We appreciate the loyalty and dedication of our dealers and look forward to working together to expand our sales growth across the country.
One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
Eisner is not about loyalty. His relationships almost invariably seem to end up in some kind of blowup.
I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
Loyalty is something you give regardless of what you get back, and in giving loyalty, you're getting more loyalty and out of loyalty flow other great qualities.
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Indeed in my blue and white Sheffield Wednesday heart I applauded and supported his loyalty.
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There are no secrets to success. Don't waste your time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.
Loyalty to America requires that we should preserve a friendly and encouraging and sympathetic goodwill toward our day and generation.
It's very common in radio for people to re-hire someone they let go. Opie and Anthony have ratings in New York and a loyal following, and they know how to do the shock genre successfully, which not many people do.
I had started writing the fourth Whit Mosley book, ... I was 40 pages into it, and then Dutton asked me if I would consider writing a standalone. The series novel can do a lot to build a loyal readership, but the standalone is sometimes easier for the publisher to market to a broader audience.
We've been doing the Let's Talk About It series in this library for 18 years, so organizers knew that we were experienced and had a loyal group of attendees.
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
We hope that this will be a government based on national unity, formed without regard to sectarianism, committed to peace and with capable ministers who place loyalty to Iraq above that of loyalty to faction.
Josh Lawrence is a guy that's very dear to me. He's one of the very first guys that said 'yes' to this program. Even though he was struggling early on, I kept saying he deserved my loyalty.
We value the loyalty this bowl has shown us. In this case, we know what we have in this bowl game and we like that. We know it's going to be there over a long period of time. We also like that the bowl works really well on TV. It looks great. The stadium, the surroundings, the weather is always pretty good ... All those things together make it a really good fit for CBS Sports.
The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.
I've told our guys (at George Mason) that I have a lot of loyalty to you. I'm going to give everything I've got to them.
We will set as the loyal opposition in parliament.
When I first got into the record business I learned that it wasn't cool to be into the Grateful Dead. But if you look at where the music business has been forced to go by technology, now it's not about selling records. It's about live shows and inspiring a fan base to be absolutely loyal.
The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.
Lands' End is one of the finest national brands that Sears has in the store, with an impeccable reputation for quality and customer loyalty. It really makes sense to treat it as such and make it a store in the store.
Ms. Watkins is not a whistleblower in the conventional sense, ... She was and is a loyal company employee who sought valiantly and, sadly, in vain to get the people in charge to face the facts and make the hard choices needed to save the company.
It's unfortunate that you don't see the loyalty from management to players and players to management like we used to see in the old days.
If anybody has done more moving or more threatening to move than Al Davis, I don't know. Is he in the business of moving each time there's a big money opportunity or is he in the business of developing a loyal fan base
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
The days leading up to the holiday pose a huge challenge for online retailers, who haven't yet figured out how to maintain high customer satisfaction during this critical juncture. Satisfaction drives loyalty, so retailers who kept holiday shoppers satisfied are more likely to benefit from their future business.
We have things in place that will allow us to run our most competitive year ever. Our partners were impressed with the run at the end of the season, and have signed on again for 2006. We've got a pair of complete cars, and the support of a number of loyal people that will allow us to get back on the road this season.
There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.
Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.
Duncan Fletcher's a loyal coach but he's got this one badly wrong,
He has character, integrity, honesty, loyalty. ... He's trustworthy and accountable,