An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

- Daniel Defoe

I still maintain several different outlets of artistry, like my music, photography, writing and all those things. I don't pigeonhole myself into one thing. I do all sorts of things, and that's so important to me.

- Jesse Johnson

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.

- Jeb Bush

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in.

- James Buchan

I think we need to maintain the good relationship between the people of Egypt and the people of the United States.

- Hesham Qandil

You do need to maintain some of yourself and know who you are, but that doesn't mean you can't evolve.

- Grant Show

I need to maintain a home in Derbyshire and in London to be able both to represent my constituents and to fulfil my responsibilities as an MP and as a minister.

- Geoff Hoon

I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.

- Frank Bruno

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

- Francis Bacon

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.

- Edward Hirsch

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.

- Abraham Lincoln

Celebrities meet a lot of people and we just can't maintain them all in our fuddled brains.

- Cliff Richard

I've been able to make films over the past 10 years but still maintain my anonymity.

- Chris Evans

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

- Charles de Montesquieu

I practice every day and that kind of stuff to maintain my musicianship.

- Bun E. Carlos

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright.

- Beth Henley

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

- Bob Iger

I think, generally, most people can't maintain anything that's particularly strict for very long. I watch people trying and failing to do that a lot.

- Anna Paquin

When my children were young, I was very cocky. I thought I could maintain total control.

- Amy Chua

Waxing my legs is pretty much the only thing I have to maintain.

- Amanda Seyfried