#relinquish

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#anything #before #claims #else #enlightenment

Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things. ↗

— John Thorn

#big-time #dream #few #finally #get

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#become #relinquish #sexuality #their #them

Dear is your heart and close your hand, I relinquish all to love's dysmorphic command. ↗

— Isabel Yosito

#command #dear #hand #heart #i

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time. ↗

— Neil Young

#going #our #period #protect #relinquish

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#different #different people #i #laws #myself

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#better #case #cooperation #done #idea

You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone. ↗

— Adrien Brody

#cell phone #difficult #how #phone #relinquish

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#become #center #children #longer #mother

Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#clothing #first #him #hotel #never