Giving Quotes

The easier you make it look, the more difficult it is. Creating characters out of nothing, and making them interesting - and that's another advice I would give to writers.

If you give a man a hammer, he thinks he can solve all problems by pounding. Well, God gave men penises.

Being receptive to what is happening around me gives me inspiration and feeds my desire to create.

Nature gives all, without reservation, and loses nothing; man or woman, grasping all, loses everything.

It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with.

It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.

Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, It can’t be done.

Give me a little peace. A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought.

Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.

How do we think beyond interruptive ad formats, and do things that are much more integrated, much more innovative, and actually empower the viewer and give them a better product experience?

New conditions of life will stimulate thought and give new forms to its expression.

Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us.

When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.

Was there ever a name more full of purpose than Chicago's? ... spoken as Chicagoans themselves speak it, with a bit of a spit to give heft to its slither, it is gloriously onomatopoetic.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

You are the best person I've met in years, and if I'd met you in a year's time, or maybe even a few months, I know we could be happy together, but I can't give you what you need.

We're committed to giving the independent artists we support the best stage to share their mind-blowing work with audiences.

Just think: your family are the people most likely to give you the flu.

I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be.

Passion is the relentless pursuit of those life-enhancing activities or experiences that give our souls meaning.

I feel that when two people are married - not that you have to totally give up your career - you have to spend time with one another, get to know each other more, just share things with each other.

No one has to give you permission to make music or make art.

I think confidence is very important, as well as a positive attitude; you should never give up; just maintain a positive mentality whenever you perform; you should go for it.

Our gifts to this world, and this realm's gifts to us can come in many ways, often as we least expect them but they come especially when we are open to give, open to receive.

I became an adult before I had a kid, which I highly recommend. I just like to throw her around. She's a really good snuggler, and she likes to give kisses and hugs.

I wish that more and more adventurous young men would give up the gun in favour of the camera.

This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. I even found hope in it.

I'm listening to someone give up. Someone I knew—someone I liked. I'm listening... but still, I'm too late.

What you're shooting at doesn't matter, the real question is: 'Does it give you joy?'

I feel myself inhabited by a force or being -- very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.

No matter how flawed someone else may be, that doesn't give us the right to be less than we are, does it? We are decent people and we repay our debts.

To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to give of his existence.

I think of love as a force of nature-as strog as the sun, as necessary, as impersonal, as gigantic, as impossible, as scorching as it is warming,as drought-making as it is life-giving.

I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

Because God loves us, he gives us lyrics to sing when our hearts can't form words.

God shows us he loves us by giving us access to himself.

I'm a professional. I don't want people to read something about me in the tabloids going out with celebrities or whatever. It might be a bit boring but I have to give values to my children.

I choose to give truly of myself, entirely of myself, to the people I choose to do that with, and I can't do that with everyone.

God makes provision for our holiness, but He gives us the responsibility of using those provisions.

You know the message you're sending out to the world with these sweatpants? You're telling the world, 'I give up. I can't compete in normal society. I'm miserable, so I might as well be comfortable.

Give us Direction; the best of goodwill; Put us in touch with fair winds. Sing to us softly, hum the evening's song. Tell us what the blacksmith has done for you.

Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure.

The pulse of a strong relationship involves a rhythmic movement between giving and taking, talking and listening, valuing the other person and feeling commensurately valued in return.

A lot of people can't be on their own. They get frightened. Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security.

Someone who works only for the money will give you trouble one day because of money.

The greatest gift children can give you is that, for the first time, you're not the center of your own universe.