Given Quotes

I could never have dreamed the life I lead. Given where I started, it's remarkable to me the constant adventure that my life has become.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.

We live, we love. These are the choices we are given, to open doors or to close them. It is all we have, and it is enough

I really feel like I could do anything if given enough time.

There's only so much artistic output that I can actually expel at any one given time.

Every single day, I'm shocked at what I've been given the opportunity to do.

I have a necklace with a golden key, given to me by my sisters, which I always wear.

Given that I can't sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I'm not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point?

There's a Buddhist precept that the only thing you deserve is the chance to do the work, and I've been given the chance to do the work.

Given the conditions under which you're a young person in this society, many things would be at least as important to you as your sexuality.

Happiness in life is not a given, it must be seized.

I feel like women, especially in music, aren't really given as much respect as men. Sexism really exists.

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.

I think just being on 'One Tree Hill' has given me a lot of confidence.

The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism.

in this curious world there are certain beings to whom it is given to say of all things with naïve faith, not 'I shall seek,' but 'I shall find.

You don't have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you've been given.

The children's book world has given me wonderful friendships and an unbelievably rich life.

He does not see as i have that you have given him your heart, but he is male. We will cut him some slack for that handicap, yes?

Maybe I'm competitive. I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, "Someone unwrap it! Here it is!" That drive can't be held down. I have a lot of ambition.

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

The complexities of what we are given in life are vast and beyond comprehension.

Mothers smell blood before the wound is given. We see the rent place on the child's arm before the arrow strikes.

What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.

It was like being given a maths problem when your brain's exhausted, and you know there's some far-off solution, but you can't work up the energy even to give it a go. Something in me just gave up.

Just so [becoming a chef ] that I could support my art habit. You know? I mean, this is - this is something where you've been literally given an opportunity to put the world on pause for a second.

In film as a medium, you're often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it's usually a very definite point of view.

Given the brief - and generally misleading - exposure most people have to mathematics at school, raising the public awareness of mathematics will always be an uphill battle.

I stand before you and my heart is in your hands, And I don't know how, I'd survive without your kiss, 'cause you've given me a reason to exist

The highest ranking woman in the Congress, Cathy McMorris Rodgers who has given birth three times while she's been in Congress. That's pretty impressive.

The entertainment industry as a whole has given more thought to the pollution of rivers than it has to the pollution of minds.

If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.

Best advice is this: Work hard. Nothing is given to you.

I believe in the God-given genius of certain individuals, and I value a society that makes their existence possible.

I might not remember how the sky looked on any given day. I do remember, though, what it was like to be a boy beneath a sky.

God has given us a universe. It's really an expensive toy with no instructions. We're gonna break it sooner or later.

Given half an opportunity to go and play the way I'm playing at the moment, of course I would.

I was elected by the Australian people to bring back a fair go for all Australians. I have given my absolute best to do that.

Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy.

It is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey.

People…shouldn’t be allowed to have new children if they’d already given away all their love to their old ones. It wasn’t fair.

I think, often times, it's the audience that suffers when a show isn't given the opportunity to have a beginning, middle and end.

I know, I know. It's hard to explain. All I can say is that I've been given a second chance. Maxon matters to me, and I'm going to fight for him.":)

she had given me a piece of what made her life sane.

The gentle sound of her words became the shushing of my blood in my head, and I listened, hovering on the edge of consciousness, bathed in the oblivion of whatever drug they had given me.

I’d given up on the white picket fence after Kisten had died—finding out my kids would be demons was the nail in the coffin.

Anyone who wants to be a writer should, if given the opportunity, hang out with "real writers," that is, poets or writers who are lions in literature, semi-lions, or published authors.

Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots.

I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.