Treasuring

There's a usefulness in treasuring things that have a capacity to horrify as well as delight, to a (troubled, critical, ambivalent) allegiance to those who came before in all their faults and vices. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

"The letters were sentimental and really personal," said Ann Cantrell, who recalled treasuring her own parents 'and grandparents' letters from when they were young. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In addition, old-fashioned values may be coming back in new guises, like sharing being referred to as 'fractional ownership' and quality over quantity now called 'treasuring'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Grant foresees 'fractional ownership' where products are shared like Zip Car, and 'treasuring' with a return to the higher-quality products that are repaired and maintained. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Imperial Navy absorbed the British Royal Navy’s values at the cellular level, to the extent of printing some texts in English, treasuring a lock of Horatio Nelson’s hair, and adopting bridge as a pastime. ❋ Barrett Tillman (2010)

The "treasuring" of capital instead of the investment of it is, therefore, one of the reasons why industries in Persia seldom assume large proportions. ❋ Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1894)

Through the programme thousands of posters and brochures, promoting themes such as treasuring our children and valuing older people, have been distributed to Churches and providers of essential social services throughout New Zealand. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Apart from the apology, not much of what Rudd has done so far has given me any reason to start "treasuring" any of the feather-bedding bloodsuckers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Another consumer strategy will 'treasuring' where people buy high quality artefacts and look after them and repair them when they wear out rather than throwing them away. " ❋ Unknown (2008)

A year from now we might be treasuring a world-class, somewhat less small-minded, Wilshere, a band of peace and love Old Firm protagonists, a BBC-adoring Ferguson and, just maybe, a much nicer, more mature Ashley Cole. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I trully believe this parents were just treasuring a beautiful moment in life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I began pumping one breast at a time and treasuring every single drop of milk I could get. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

She also knew what he looked like, treasuring a few photographs, which she keeps in an album. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But in our individual lives, families and communities, we can act from empathy--from a genuine treasuring of each other, and a belief that human nature and the human spirit everywhere in the world long for freedom and more loving community. ❋ Dr. Peter Breggin (2011)

Recent opinion polls have shown French people split on the merits of nuclear power, as they worry over the safety of installations while treasuring their spending power and cheap electricity tariffs. ❋ Géraldine Amiel (2011)

The Ancient Mariner's modest hotel bill had not been paid for two weeks -- a prodigious sum under the circumstances, being a first-class hotel; while the Ancient Mariner had no more than a couple of dollars in his pocket with which to make a sound like prosperity in the ears of the retired doctor who wanted to go a-treasuring. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think it was a reaction to my lifelong habit of treasuring and caring for my own guns. ❋ Unknown (2009)