Giving Quotes

I'm a writer, so I interview people all the time, and I think of it as being a very creative process. Giving interviews is actually one of the most creative parts of the film promotion process.

I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.

What's interesting, is that I've found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.

But a lot of shows, they pose questions and they give you a puzzle where there's no solution.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

Don’t give up. You’ll regret it.

Some flowers give out little or no odour until crushed.

The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.

Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one's love to it without compromise or dilution.

Life for delays and doubts no time does give, None ever yet made haste enough to live.

We, on our side, are praying to Him to give us victory, because we believe we are right; but those on the other side pray to Him, look for victory, believing they are right. What must He think of us?

We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.

If you give a party, you better give it right.

Should women be on any pills besides birth control? We should just give them all sugar pills for everything, they're so suggestible.

[Giving welfare to poor people] is the equivalent of the government sending [fat people] a jumbo bag of Bugles in the mail twice a month.

We all work together to pump each other up. Before the show [Aladdin], we give each other a pound on the back, like a sports team.

For a documentary it's so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film

I always give myself a little part in every movie.

I wouldn’t be able to write a song like “Someone Like You” and get someone else to sing it because it’s so personal. It’s like giving away your heart.

[W]e will do what we like with the bourgeoisie. ... We give the orders; they do what they are told. Any resistance will be broken ruthlessly.

We must, therefore, coolly and objectively adopt the standpoint that it can certainly not be the intention of Heaven to give one people fifty times as much land and soil in this world as another.

Happiness doesn't come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community.

Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.

Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

No one is so poor that they cannot give, and no one is so rich that they cannot receive.

I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all the extraneous delights should be withheld or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.

... this world gives no room to be what we dreamt of being

I do everything I can on a daily basis just so I can have something to give back to the world.

I'm pretty grounded in a lifestyle which disciplines me and gives me a sense of familiarity and comfort.

Familiarity gives rise to contempt.

you cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.

It is my experience that no one, in the course of conversation, can fail to give themselves away sooner or later. Everyone has an irresistible urge to talk about themselves.

Beastly things, teeth. Give us trouble from the cradle to the grave.

If everybody floated with the tide of talk, placidity would soon end in stagnation. It is the strong backward stroke which stirs the ripples, and gives animation and variety.

I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.

The idea of perfection always gives one a chance to talk without knowing facts.

[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.

I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.

To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It's not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.

Whatever may be the laws and customs of a country, women always give the tone to morals. Whether slaves or free, they reign, because their empire is that of the affections.

When I talk about secularism, I'm talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers of Mosaddeq today are adamantly against federalism.

Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.

Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.

She doesn't give you time for questions as she locks up your arms in hers. And you follow till your sense of direction completely disappears.

I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.

Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

For me, I find that even though I've accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn't give me a sense of satisfaction.

We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.

If you try to give an on-the-one-hand-or-the-other- hand answer, only one of the hands tends to get quoted.

The same source that gave you the idea, will give you the means to see it through.