Giving Quotes

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth.

Happy Valentines Day to those who have found love, in whatever shape or form, and to those who are still hunting, don't give up. If you feel bad, send yourself a card. You must be worth it.

I'm sorry I can't give you the normal life you wanted, but I promise to adore you every day for the rest of your new one.

You find me a Democrat that's for cutting spending $10 and I'll give them a warm kiss.

You might be a redneck if you give your dad a gallon of Pepto-Bismol for his birthday.

I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I don't want to give two or three more hours away.

You might be a redneck if your momma gives you tips on how to sneak booze into sporting events.

If all it takes is an angry stranger to ruin your day, what are you going to do if something really serious happens? Why give someone else control of your life like that?

Only when we see that sacred, unadorned child of our devotion-the Babe of Bethlehem-will we know why the giving of gifts is so appropriate

Patriotism does not mean giving blind loyalty and a blank check to George W. Bush.

Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence.

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.

When I meet young girls, Im always like, Just do me one favour. Love what you look like right now - and remember I said it 10 years from now because its the greatest gift I can give.

If you're creating a smile in yourself and also giving it to someone else, then you've started a dialogue. You also start to play.

What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.

Our strategy was to give Judge Hoffman a heart attack. We gave the court system a heart attack, which is even better.

When a player knows he is a slave he'll never give his employer his heart.

I can still bring into my body the joy I felt at seeing the first trillium of spring, which seemed to be telling me, “Never give up hope, spring will come.”

The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don't sit and cry about it. Have your moment, and then get over it.

Truth is something which you must see immediately — and to see something clearly you must give your heart and your mind and your whole being to it immediately.

Play matters because it gives us a brief respite from the tyranny of apparent purpose.

It takes 4 weeks for you to notice your body changing, 8 weeks for your friends to notice, & 12 weeks for the rest of the world to notice. Give it 12 weeks. Don't quit.

If I need you I'll give you a signal.' What signal?" I'll imitate the scream of a terrified little girl

Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

Specific music starts feeding my imagination and gives me a landscape that corresponds somehow, in some abstract way, to the world I'm just starting to imagine.

I'm not giving the president a blank check, period.

[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn.

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

The fans were so psyched that someone was doing a movie about a Boston fan that they were giving their all.

Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful.

Men's actions to futurity appear but as the events to which they are conjoined do give them consequence.

I give away CDs at shows if someone wants a CD but doesn't have any money. I wouldn't want to do that forever.

Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

If you never feel like giving up, then your dreams are too small

We’ve got to give people room to have a bad day.

Skiing makes me feel great, and it gives my legs such an incredible workout.

If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner.

Giving is the business of the rich.

Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.

Come my little one, and give me your hand.

No wonder we are all more or less pleased with mediocrity, since it leaves us at rest, and gives the same comfortable feeling as when one associates with his equals.

Every opponent is a new opponent. Trust me, they don't give a crap how many matches I have won.

We must prepare the ground for creativity. And if this also gives rise later to success in the economic sense, success in terms of Euros and Cents, this will by no means reduce my joy.

Whatever parent gives his children good instruction and sets them at the same time a bad example, may be considered as bringing them food in one hand and poison in the other.

Useless people are not improved by giving them the impression that they are useful.

Trying harder doesn’t always equal more success; it leads to more frustration, less satisfaction, and giving up.

Some people feel fulfillment from a bitter end - it gives them some sort of sense of reality. But, when you're dealing with reality, I feel like films should discover the part that is happy.