Given Quotes

Today, at Harvard, any student with the currently fashionable color of skin is given rights denied to students of the currently unfashionable color.

I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

Christianity accepted as given a metaphysical system derived from several already existing and mutually incompatible systems.

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.

Because the path of the righteous man was never supposed to be easy,' I whispered. 'Those who are chosen by the Lord are given a hard journey. The rewards will come later.

Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions

Singleness is a gift; marriage is a gift. We should not misuse the gifts we've been given.

So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth.

I don't mind being a commodity. It's given me a good life.

I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.

No one understands that you have given everything. You must give more.

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.

Happiness of any given life is to be measured, not by its joys and pleasures, but by the extent to which it has been free from suffering-from positive evil.

My life is a performance for which I was never given any chance to rehearse.

Nobody has ever given a reason why men should be their brother's keepers.

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves the moral character of another person.

The terror attacks have reshaped the campaign and may have given another boost to Donald Trump.

There is no truth which cannot be given in fifty words; the truth is always concise.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

It is important to remember that when it comes to law, computers never make copies, only human beings make copies. Computers are given commands, not permission. Only people can be given permission.

Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas.

Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security

An audience is not brought to you or given to you; it's something that you fight for.

One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.

Raising children has given me a compassionate and gracious heart for all children and people, realizing we don't always know the circumstances behind closed doors.

A Congresswoman must look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, speak on any given subject with authority and most of all work like a dog.

It is given to us to live for the most part under the guidance of mathematics ... It is impossible to distinguish from other living creatures anyone who does not understand how to quantify.

When people are not given an option by some secret scoring system, it's very hard to complain, so they often don't even know that they've been victimized.

The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith - which He has given - and then push it open and walk through.

I got the best advice I've ever been given; 'Punch him in the face as much as you can.' Keep it simple, so that's what I did.

Women are half the population and they know how to take care of themselves, if they are only given access to health care.

Christ was born in a manger, laying down amongst donkeys ang goats. He was given gifts of incense and perfume. No kidding.

An executive might have a very strong intuition that a given product has promise, without considering the probability that a rival is already ahead in developing the same product.

I still sing. I still lead worship. I mean, it's - who I am, it's what God has given me to do.

It's just unfair that talent of color aren't given the same opportunities as white and male actors, directors, producers, writers, et cetera.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people try their hand at this demanding profession (humor columnist). After a few months, almost all of them have given up and gone back to the ninth grade.

I take it as a given that God's knowledge of the Cerebus storyline dwarfs my own as God's knowledge of everything dwarfs my own.

You young men of the priesthood, resolve to live the way you should. Don't be caught up in some of the silly things that are going on in the world, but bear in mind what has been given to you.

Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.

Ignorance is not bliss. Bliss is knowing the full meaning of what you have been given.

When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet.

Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring us closer to god and there’s always the chance that a folly will.

In Puppies Behind Bars, when the puppy is eight weeks old it is given to an inmate. The inmate is responsible for the dog.

It's when we're given choice that we sit with the gods and design ourselves.

Maybe miracles are given not to prove anything, but simply to remind us that the physical world is not so solid and real and dependable as we think.

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.

I've never had an acting lesson. I've never been given techniques. Everything I've done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it].

I think that the existence of Beethoven is remarkable, but I do not bristle at the suggestion that this event had a low probability given the initial state of the universe.

For this freedom I have given all I had For this darkness I gave my light For this wisdom I have lost my innocence Take my petals And cover me with the night

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.