Giving Quotes

Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation.

When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

I get to be the first doctor in the family [because of the honorary degree they're giving me].

There's animals like us existing and thinking and giving interviews on Australian television.

I used to collect Persian rugs and real estate - you should be able to walk on and live in your money. I had to give up the rugs because I'm allergic to mould.

When you do 22 episodes of a network show, it's incredibly useful to have a format that gives you a jumping-off point for a story.

We now know 600 different genes involved in cancer - giving rise to new drug targets.

I try and keep busy with something, but I also give myself permission to be busy with something that is creative and rewarding, not just the errands to the dry cleaner.

Before things are written down they don't exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.

Love gives without taking

We write poems / as leaves give oxygen - / so we can breathe.

Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books.

At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try.

When you meditate or pray... both are forms of meditation... you give up control and find the answer and you open yourself to receive God's gift, the universal force, or whatever that is.

People don’t pay much attention to anything unless you give them reason to

I have just come up with a wonderful solution to end all wars. Let me give directions on how to get there.

Cops pull me over just to get a better look. They never give me a ticket, even if I'm speeding, but they will ask to take pictures.

Whatever we read from intense curiosity gives us a model of how we should always read.

Whatever we read from intense curiosity gives us the model of how we should always read. Plodding along page after page with an equal attention to each word results in attention to mere words.

Fortunately I have never learned to take the good advice I give myself nor the counsel of my fears.

Shooting gives me a good feeling. It is faster than baseball and you are out on one strike.

Practice any faith you wish. Got a ball field up the island where you can practice. I'll give the Deity a fast one high and inside if he crowds the plate.

My good friend Walter Mondale is a good lapdog. He'll give them [special interest groups] everything they want. He'll lick every hand.

Women have the genius of charity. A man gives but his gold; a woman adds to it her sympathy.

When you need something tedious done, and don't have time for it, give it to a workaholic. This way, both of you will be happy.

If you're in a hurry to find happiness, slow down. Give it a chance to catch up with you.

I think I just want to make and be part of great records, because of what it brings to other people, what it gives back, is so incredible.

Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity.

I think giving is a blind act that should come from a part of me that sees no discrimination (that's why I called it "blind").

What draws me to a project is how sympathetic I am toward it, so that I can relax into it and give up myself.

There's so much energy exchange [in conduction], so you get back a lot, of course, but you also have to give a lot. It's kind of high-energy thing.

It's hard to find rap that I love, you know. I'm one of those rapping a** rappers, but I just fall into a different category because I'm giving the people what they want.

I want to create a management company for people like me so that they don't have to give up the way they present [themselves], they just have someone to help them keep their business afloat.

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

I can wade through contrast and give birth to desires without yielding my Well Being.

People give up the earth for beauty.

I think tone gives birth to the story.

If you don't give inspiration an opportunity, it will never arrive.

Probably the greatest thing working in games is watching someone enjoy your game and to think, "Wow I had a part in giving someone that enjoyment".

The good thing about being stuck at the airport for an extra hour, is that it gives you a chance to give weary travelers surprise massages.

One may not give one's soul to a devil of hate - and remain forever scatheless.

Witticisms are fire-arms, that make a noise and give pain.

Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.

Only a madman would give good for evil

A gentleman is someone who never gives offense unintentionally.

Congress would give the people what they wanted if the people knew what they wanted, and if Congress could give it to them.

After paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride.

Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.

I have to have nature around me. I love the earth and this insanely beautiful creation that we live in. I just think it's to be marveled at and appreciated. It gives us life.