On Giving Quotes

I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing.

I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.

Never give up. The bankers and financial people did not take me seriously initially. Everyone thought I would fail. My attitude was that 'No' is an unacceptable answer when it comes to financing.

I want people to know when I'm taking care of them I'll give it all that I've got.

Are you smelling me?” After yesterday I suspected that my body was giving him all kinds of information I didn't want him to have. “Don't tempt me,” he murmured.

I'm a big believer in giving teens a voice and opportunities to share their stories and experiences.

Granted there are only seven stories in the universe. And I agree with that. But give me a great variation of those stories. And literate.

Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

Once your film is done, you can't explain to people what something was supposed to be. You can't give them footnotes. It all has to be there.

In New York there's a lot of interstitial spaces; spaces in between spaces, where you're changing, and New York gives you the anonymity to be who you want to be.

Love is a way of being, not something you give. When a person is truly loving, he is love.

Today, and everyday, I give that which I want to receive.

To graciously receive is an expression of the dignity of giving.

God gave humans the truth, and the devil came and he said, 'Let's give it a name and call it religion.'

Love is a way of living, and not something that you give.

Give the needs you lack and they will be returned to you one hundred fold.

Your only identity is I AM undefined and infinite. Any label you give yourself limits yourself.

Everything is possible. If you want something, give something.

Medicine in the future will give everyone the ability to become their own best healer.

The way to fill your life with love is very simple: if you want more love, give more love.

At any given time the universe is giving you the best result possible.

One person's enemy is another person's best friend. My favorite food might give you a rash.

The greatest gift we can give another is the gift of a good example.

One of the lessons that I've learned over the years is to that no matter what my feeling or opinion might be about a given film, once you give it to the audience, they own it.

If you happen to catch on fire during the show, do not panic or wave your arms around or scream or we wil give something to panic and wave you arms around and scream about.

Halloween: the day each year when strangers give you even more specific reasons to dislike them based on what they are wearing.

I'm very passionate about charity... Performing is my passion. But it's not gonna change the world. That's why I give back.

It's a really, really hard life when you don't have a document that actually gives you a name and a face.

Can you imagine saying ‘Hi’ to Sam Jackson and he goes and gives you a hug? It’s like being hugged by a lion.

Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms, to whatever sauces our Apiciuses put them, they are not really good but to be sent back to the dungheap where they are born.

I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do that quite a bit.

The first best-kept secret of total success is that we must feel love inside ourselves before we can give it to others.

Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.

Praise the invisible sun burning beyond the white cold sky, giving us light and the chimney's shadow.

Don't eat those nice green dollars your wife gives you for breakfast.

I eat quite healthily normally but, like everyone, have relapses and give in to the odd cake.

Our economy is creating jobs and giving businesses the conditions they need to invest and succeed.

The claim that somehow raw foods give you better energy, are more healthful, improve your immune system and all of that is simply not substantiated. And moreover, it's not biologically plausible.

There's something so glorious in giving control to the world. I think that's what I'm trying to do in my films-control the world but also let it be chaotic, let there be life.

I tell the actors that the biggest gift they can give me is to fail. And that the second gift they can give me is to surprise me.

There's one rule that I have on my movies, which is that anything that you want to do, you can do. But! There's a flip side to that, which is that anything I want you to do, give it a try also.

I have people that I'm close to that give me things to read throughout the season, and in particular in the playoffs and the postseason.

That's ridiculous. The only point in having enemies is so you can defeat them, kill them, brush them aside." "Or give them a chance to redeem themselves.

You be sure to throw the book at him, you hear me? I feel violated, Detective. Violated." "I'll throw this table at you if you don't give us the names we're looking for.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

O love, please give me a passionate red recycling bin. I will put my desire in it. I don't ever want to throw love away.

One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly.

Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus is for real. He does not give up on anyone, least of all on me.