Giving Quotes
I never liked bananas much anyway. Two-thirds of the way down even one banana I am willing to concede defeat smilingly and give the rest to the nearest monkey.
Our time is fixed, and all our days are number'd; How long, how short, we know not:—this we know, Duty requires we calmly wait the summons, Nor dare to stir till Heaven shall give permission.
Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before!
There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.
Perhaps God gives us a physical body so that every time we change our mind, we won’t be someone else.
Someday a computer will give a wrong answer to spare someone's feelings, and man will have invented artificial intelligence.
Popularity isn't just something that happens. You have to give something in exchange for it, and that's the dangerous part of the process.
We talk a lot about individual rights, but in fact Americans are very willing to give up our individual rights if it means our property values will be protected, and so on.
What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an openness about the meanings we give it.
Necromancer gives readers what they've long waited for -- a rousing conclusion to the trilogy begun in Nomadin and continued in NiDemon. Put this trilogy on your 'must-keep' shelf. Enjoy!
Credit default swap gives you something to do. You can buy some credit default swaps from them to protect yourself against the bankruptcy of people who owe you money.
Nations like the Cuban and the Swiss Can never hope to wage a Global Mission. No Holy Wars for them. The most the small Can ever give us is a nuisance brawl.
My definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words that have become deeds.
If the reason I give is a good one, you will act upon it. If it is a bad one I cannot make it better by piling epithet upon epithet. There is no logic in abuse; there is no argument in an epithet.
Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."
Environmental regulation looked like it was going to be under serious attack, and they were giving all of those speeches about getting government off people's backs.
The May-pole is up, Now give me the cup; I'll drink to the garlands around it; But first unto those Whose hands did compose The glory of flowers that crown'd it.
God doth not promise here to man that HeWill free him quickly from his misery;But in His own time, and when He thinks fit,Then He will give a happy end to it.
Give house-room to the best; 'tis never known Verture and pleasure both to dwell in one.
There are easily accessible programs to help aging drivers maintain their skills, or recognize when they need to give up their cars.
The heart never forgets, never gives up, the territory marked off for those who came before.
I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth," Cauthon whispered. "I consider our debt paid in full.
I will do anything for Guillermo del Toro, if he asked me. I would give him my first-born child.
We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions.
If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays with them.
And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all.
It is difficult to wrap your mind around this intellectually and until you've had the experience, it can be difficult to understand. I tell people to give it a shot; you have nothing to lose.
When the whole world is watching you, they create stories and give you labels that have nothing to do with you. It's almost impossible for you not to explode!
You can't win. The annoying thing is that you can't attack them, but you can't defend yourself. The best thing you could possibly do is punch a paparazzi and give them their big payday.
It makes me feel like working non-stop: at least, on sets, the level of security gives me a bit of privacy. It's a relief.
In Japan, it's strange to openly take credit for giving to charity or even to donate publicly.
I like to think that I have no single view nor any single situation that I think things arrive from. I try to give examples of what I think are interesting questions for me.
Here in the United States, we've seen the failure of mass programs of redistribution and the fiscal crises to which they give rise. And yet many continue to defend and promote them.
Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.
And I say to you that if you bring curiosity to your work it will cease to be merely a job and become a door through which you enter the best that life has to give you.
Anybody who has had experience of poetesses knows that they may forgive a punch on the jaw, but never a suggestion that they would be wiser to give up versifying.
Never give up if you really want something, keep plugging away at it and your dreams can come true.