Withhold Quotations

Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold the allowance.

I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.

To allot God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable. Though He is the sole Owner of the cosmos, silently showering us with gifts from life to life, one thing yet remains which He does not own, and which each human heart is empowered to withhold or bestow - man's love.

When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.

One should not allow a minority or small minority to withhold their consent unreasonably. They should have the courage to vote and take decisions. But they tend to want to get consensus at all costs, and therefore you have 191 vetoes,

More than two years after we filed our Freedom of Information Act request, the FBI continues to withhold documents that the public clearly has a right to see. As we've been saying from the outset, the public has a right to know what the government's policies were and who put them in place.

If they did not know the record of the Bull's Eye retailer, then they certainly were negligent because it was a very blatant, shoddy business that was being conducted insofar as the inventory of rifles was concerned, ... If they did know about it, then most assuredly they have an obligation to withhold the sale and to require them to monitor correctly the sale and the inventory of their weapons.

Medical concerns trump legal concerns. I wouldn't withhold an effective treatment from somebody because of the possibility they may have to go to court a year later and their testimony be challenged. We wouldn't do that in any other area of medicine. The important thing to know about this drug is it doesn't put a hole in their memory. It doesn't create amnesia.

I have known Coach Winn a long time and I know he always makes a run in the second half. I just told my players to stick with it and to withhold the pressure.

I don't believe the congressman, like most of the people we're talking to now, has any reason really to try to withhold anything, so we're going to go into this with the attitude that we'll get full cooperation until we're proven wrong.

He'll tell his story and until he does it would be wise for people to withhold their judgment. People should hold their fire and wait until the facts come in, then we can discuss this in a rational, nonpartisan way rather than in a way that gives comfort to our enemies.

We just have to get this case moving as quickly as possible. Hopefully (Judge Shake) will withhold judgment until after this case is settled.

(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it.

Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.

The arrogance displayed by the Duke players is so disturbing. The fact that so many athletes have decided to withhold information really says something about their moral compass.

We could not force employers to withhold the tax. According to the law, you can only force employers to withhold once per calendar year.

We can't comment specifically other than to say that we're considering all options to move this project along as quickly as we can. Our view is they (the irrigation district) can't legally withhold permission.

We have philosophical differences on how to run the campaign. If the committee wanted to withhold money to make it more difficult for me to run my own campaign, I won't ask for any now.

The protocols were designed to help protect the athletes' rights. We're not trying to withhold anything; we're doing what we're supposed to do in relation to a robust anti-doping program.

We are going to withhold the portion of the rent increase that we feel is unfair and unreasonable.

The executive branch shall construe the provisions that call for furnishing information to entities outside the executive branch in a manner consistent with the president's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch and to withhold information (from Congress and, of course, the public).

This rental income, and every dollar BRC receives, goes to help homeless people. With the millions of dollars CBGB claims to take in every year, it is unfortunate CBGB would want to withhold these funds, knowing who would benefit from them.

We're still not convinced there is a good reason for the government to withhold what is typically a public document. However, this new order is the correct legal way for the government to try to prevent the release of the report, as opposed to the unconstitutional effort to control the flow of information in a free society.

What happens is, you get public agencies using that as an excuse, to withhold information that has nothing to do with Homeland Security.

Unless there's overwhelming reason to withhold the information, the public's need to know should come first.

I started feeling it was wrong to withhold my music for money - as strange as that might sound!

The strength of the evidence is so overwhelming at this point that it would be almost impossible to withhold this drug from the appropriate group of patients.

... withhold making any decision on whether or not to vote on articles of impeachment against President Clinton until the Judiciary Committee has reported any such articles.

With every action there's a consequence and if you're going to break the law, I think it's a valid consequence to withhold federal funding to allow someone to go to school.

No one wants to withhold relief funding for survivors of Katrina, ... the red flag to show there's something wrong going on here.

While I generally believe there is enough gaming in New Mexico, I will withhold judgment of the proposed Anthony casino while the secretary of the Department of the Interior weighs the merits of the plan,

Now, I don't expect our government to guarantee us low natural-gas prices. I do expect that our government will not withhold natural gas supply that they control.

As GAO states in its letter, OMB did not advise agencies to withhold funds and OMB staff specifically instruct agencies not to improperly withhold funding in the case of cancellations.

They've come to realize how much it can hurt them to withhold information. I think they're starting to recognize that more than they did in the past.

Producers will withhold their grain from the market if they can. The elevators will tend to withhold grain from the market.

This case raises questions about doctors' 'rush to judgment' in declaring people with brain injury permanently unconscious and about the state's ? through the courts and its agencies ? eagerness to withhold treatment and end their lives.

I know there is a process in place, that is designed to get at the facts and get at the truth. I was encouraged that he is remaining in his position as the investigation is progressing. I would ask everyone to withhold judgment until the investigation is complete.

If you get to the point where you're just vamping just to withhold the trump card about the central mystery,

Congress must not withhold incentives to rebuild from any employer that provides good jobs and tax revenue, if we want to revive the economy of this region, ... Contrary to the biased view of some, the gaming industry must be treated as fairly and equally as any other business when Congress develops legislation to help the Gulf Coast region rebuild.

By this letter I wish to formally notify you that I will continue to withhold my consent to the proposed realignment of Kulis Air National Guard Base in Anchorage and the 'warm storage' of Eielson Air Force Base until I receive assurances that the mission of the Air National Guard will not be compromised in Alaska,

The rest is at our own discretion. We're going to withhold information to protect the investigation, such as where a shooting victim was shot.

They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing

Although details have yet to emerge (prompting the White House to withhold comment) energy bulls are undoubtedly fretting.

It's not perfect and should be closer to $2 billion, but the five-year program satisfies the federal government, which won't threaten to withhold $1.4 billion of federal transportation funding. Projects held up for years without funding will get done.

The public outcry following a large withhold vote in this age of corporate governance scrutiny may force the Disney board to act quickly after Wednesday's annual meeting.

The public owns these records. It's our right to have them. They don't get to withhold them just because they don't agree with us.

It's a fine line. If you withhold too much, you come across as wooden - as I've often been described in some movies. Fair enough. I believe that the best performances are the ones that an audience has to search for.

This was uncovered by our employees. To withhold donations would be to punish the families.

If I thought that a smile of mine, might linger the whole day through and lighten some heart with a heavier part, I'd not withhold it -- Would you?

I do not call for Kofi Annan to resign. But I withhold my judgment pending the completion of other investigations which are ongoing

For now we're going to withhold comment, until we can evaluate it further.

The ability to really withhold information no longer exists.

With only half a lip you kiss, And half of that I ne'er' should miss, A greater boon, of worth untold, Wilt grant me? That whole half withhold