Given Quotes
I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.
The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is allowed in a film would not work on the stage.
Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
When malice is joined to envy, there is given forth poisonous and feculent matter, as ink from the cuttle-fish.
The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.
For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the image we then make of ourselves.
I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty.
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.
The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction costs.
Nothing is given to mankind and what little men can conquer must be paid for with unjust death. But man's grandeur lies elsewhere, in his decision to rise above his condition.
I've been given an opportunity right now and I'm going to run through a wall to try to take advantage of it.
Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.
I'm like the universe; either expanding or contracting at any given moment. The most that I had put on was about 35, 36 pounds, and I've taken all of that off.
Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy.
I believe in celebrating the female figure and embracing what we've been given, not hiding that.
Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.
I am deeply reminded that our life’s journey is a gift, not a given, and that we can never truly know how long the journey will last. All we can do is decide how it unfolds.
Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
You’ve got to be crazy! It’s too late to be sane, too late. You’ve got to go full tilt bozo... ‘Cause you’re only given a little spark of madness... and if you lose that, you’re nothing
The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English, French, and American residents.
Women can feel inspired by the story. People who haven't been traditionally given a chance to use their skills or shine are given a chance, and they prevail.
No rural community, no suburban community, can ever possess the distinctive qualities that city dwellers have for centuries given to the world.
Clothing, hair and make-up are just reflective of how I am feeling at any given moment and that varies from day to day.
I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism.
The unity of the Bible is one of the wonderful proofs of the inspiration of God's Word- that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God.
It's not just buying the company. Sure, we picked the right companies, and we picked the right management and, most importantly, we've given them the right incentive to perform.
Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work.
I think biologically we are attracted to more than one person, but given society and our needs, monogamy works better.
It is a much more straightforward thing to be a dog, and a dog's love, once given, is not reconsidered.
In fact a favourite problem of Tyndall is-Given the molecular forces in a mutton chop, deduce Hamlet or Faust therefrom. He is confident that the Physics of the Future will solve this easily.
I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.
Popular sovereignty has to be given by a people to itself, and this is the important meaning of self-determination.
We don't have a particular organization, but we all want to make a world in which justice is given to each one of us.
The Lord has given me to understand the value of at once confessing one's sins after their commission. By so doing we are always in the state of grace.
You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.
The call to adventure is the point in a person’s life when they are first given notice that everything is going to change, whether they know it or not.
Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us by others. -Man is made great or little by his own will.
Life isn't all about what you don't have, but yet, what you do with what you have been given.
God has given us His Word to assure us of our relationship with Him so that we may walk as Christians with confidence, knowing that our salvation is in Him.
God has given him an attitude that he can deal with anything football throws at him. (on Michael Owen)
It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be glad to have.
President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.