Giving Quotes

For how can a man stand, unless he have something sure under his feet. Can a man tread the unstable water all his life, and call that standing? Better give in and drown at once.

D. H. Lawrence
- Life
- Men
- Water
If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry will decline, just as a population which does not give birth will eventually dwindle.

R. J. Reynolds
- Giving
- Smoking
- Adults

I've been in so many writing workshops where someone hands in a story, and when the other writers in the workshop are giving feedback, they say, 'This is unbelievable.' And the writer says, 'Well, actually, the events are based in real life. This actually happened.'

Jesmyn Ward
- Life
- Writing
- Real
You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.

Baltasar Gracian
- People
- High
- Want
If enough species are extinguished, will the ecosystems collapse, and will the extinction of most other species follow soon afterward? The only answer anyone can give is: possibly. By the time we find out, however, it might be too late. One planet, one experiment.

E. O. Wilson
- Time
- Nature
- Ecosystems
Once rehearsals are done the writer really doesn't have a function on the set. If the script is stabilized, then the writer becomes a celebrity tourist visiting the set, trying not to get in the way. It's very good for the ego, to go visit a film set if you are the writer, because they give you a special chair, and tell you where you can sit to watch the monitor. They make you feel special, but at the same time, they make it perfectly plain that you are irrelevant!

Tom Stoppard
- Time
- Good
- Trying
I love music because you can create a world through your records. I have total control over what I do and what I wear. It's like my own world out of my imagination rather than someone giving me lines.

Jane Badler
- World
- Music
- Control
I spend a lot of my downtime studying different businesses and learning from a lot of entrepreneurs when I'm not playing football. They can help me evaluate different ventures to see if they'll work. I was aggressive with my initial investments, trying to hit a homerun each time. But now, I'm stepping back and being more patient, giving them due diligence.

Kamerion Wimbley
- Time
- Work
- Different