Retainers Quotes

• I have always had an attorney on retainer, and now I believe I will have to put him to work.

  Jeff Gannon

  Believe, I Believe, Attorney

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• In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.

  Joachim du Bellay

  Night, Play, Opinion

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• That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

  Gore Vidal

  President, Manhattan, Loyal

  Gore Vidal (2004). “Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia”, p.103, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

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• I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.

  J Mascis

  Couple, Years, Gold Teeth

  "J Mascis: 'I never took it that seriously'". Interview with Paul Lester, www.theguardian.com. August 03, 2012.

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• When I think about what sort of person I would most like to have on a retainer, I think it would be a boss. A boss who could tell me what to do, because that makes everything easy when you're working.

  Andy Warhol

  Happiness, Thinking, Boss

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Independence, Genius, Emperor

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers . . . great talkers.

  Eudora Welty

  Memories, Diaries, Letters

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• Temptations are enemies outside the castle seeking entrance. If there be no false retainer within who holds treacherous parley, there can scarcely be even an offer.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Temptation, Enemy, Castles

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.44

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• As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Clients, Common, Fees

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.52, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Go to bed before 8 p.m. Thieves generally break in between 12 and 2 a.m., so if you spend the evening in useless talk and go to bed late, you are likely to lose your valuables and your reputation as well. Save the firing and the light that will be wasted by staying up late and get up at four in the morning. Have a cold bath and say your prayers, and after you have dressed, give your orders for the day to your wife and children and retainers and so be ready to go on duty before 6 [a.m.]

  Hojo Soun

  Morning, Prayer, Children

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• " many seemingly independent businessmen or craftsman are more or less well paid retainers of larger corporations, such as the cobbler, operating a United States shoe machine or an automobile dealer holding a license of the General Motors Corporation."

  Paul A. Baran

  Independent, Shoes, Corporations

  "The Political Economy Of Growth" by Paul A. Baran, Ch. 4, (p. 84), 1957.

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• First, I charge a retainer; then I charge a reminder; next I charge a refresher; and then I charge a finisher.

  Judah P. Benjamin

  Next, Firsts, Reminders

  "Judah Benjamin". Book by Simon I. Neiman, p. 207, 1963.

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• The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.

  Bill Vaughan

  Congratulations, Pressure, Dissent

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• I didn't want to understand. Bert had been thrilled that the police wanted to put me on retainer. He told me I would gain valuable experience working with the police. All I had gained so far was a wider variety of nightmares.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Police, Want, Gains

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “The Laughing Corpse: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.22, Penguin

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• If a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to do anything. If it is a single day's work, one should be able to put up with it. Tomorrow, too is but a single day.

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo

  Thinking, Hands, Able

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.103, Bottom of the Hill

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• I had braces; I was lucky, 'cause I had some snaggle teeth. I always try and keep my retainer on me 'cause I'm paranoid about my teeth. It was run over by a car, so half of it's missing, but it still works.

  Kreayshawn

  Running, Car, Missing

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