Giving Quotes
-
Don't give in to hate - it puts you off balance
Michael Leunig
-
If I ever hear "Power to the people" again, I'llà I just found out that John Lennon wrote that song, "All we are saying is give peace a chance." I couldn't believe it. I thought it was terrible; I hated that song. They used to bring out the Pete Seeger wind-up toy to sing it. Tiresome.
Garry Winogrand
-
I didn't mind giving up carnality, jewelry and red meat in return for comradeship and an afterlife.
Margaret Millar
-
One time this guy on the street wanted me to give him a medical opinion, because I'm a doctor on TV. I'm also a real doctor. But I'm also Zack Braff, so I kicked him in the groin.
Zach Braff
-
Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.
Jonny Wilkinson
-
If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.
Adrian Rogers
-
There are two main organizations that rate charities. They look at their finances and decide whether they are giving enough to the causes they claim to focus on. Something like 80 or 90% of their money actually goes to a charitable purpose.
David Fahrenthold
-
The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts.
Edward Levi
-
They always give you three ketchup packets. When you go back up and ask for more, the guy handing them out always treats you like you're taking from his personal stash. "Looks like my kids aren't having ketchup tonight."
Jim Gaffigan
-
I think many people (like myself) prefer to read poetry mixed with prose; it gives you more to go by; the conventions of poetry have been getting far off from normal life, so that to have a prose bridge makes reading poetry seem more natural.
William Empson
-
I don't mind people writing about me. Personal attacks are different, but political arguments? I'm putting myself out there on a daily basis. I'm giving my opinion. So it only makes sense that others might differ and will criticize me.
Kimberly Guilfoyle
-
If life gives you limes, make margaritas.
Jimmy Buffett
-
I remember asking my dad, "Why didn't you ever move to the States? You probably could have made a lot more money." My dad said, "Because I have an obligation to give back." I always admired him for that.
William Emerson Arnett
-
There was no giving up. Trying and trying. That's what I'm all about.
Sonita Alizadeh
-
Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.
James Stewart
-
I believe that God will help us to forget things, the memory of which would do us harm, or rather that He will enable us to remember only so much of them as will be for our good, and we, ourselves, not emotionally overwhelmed. The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
Bill Vaughan
-
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
-
Focusing on getting the most out of every situation is stressful. Focusing on giving the most in every situation is liberating.
Hal Elrod
-
That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.
Nicholas James Murphy
-
I've been criticised for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy! In my mind, I am always giving the image to the sitter.
Mario Testino
-
The person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made mechanics analytical; I mean Euler.
William Whewell
-
I love getting attention, just like a child loves it, and it's never worn off. So when people say, oh the book signings go on, why would I shoo away someone who's giving me attention? What part of standing in line for 10 hours to say how much they love you is bad to you?
David Sedaris
-
Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.
Robert Rodriguez Chingon
-
Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe'er thy pathway leads on earth, There thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox