On Giving Quotes

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Torture will give a dozen pence or more To keep a drab from bawling at his door. The public taste is quite a different thing Torture is positively paid to sing.

I do give them to you," he announced. "Of my free will. Because this is my sword." He laid a hand on Arisa's shoulder. "And Weasle is my shield. What you hold are only pieces of iron.

What is meant to be, will always find its way. And when your down and feeling alone, just wanna run away, trust yourself and don't give up. You know you better than anyone else.

It's give-and-take and back-and-forth, that constantly allows you to grow as an artist and as a human being.

Money is simply a tool to give you choices.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.

One of the best investments we can make is to give our kids the ingredients they need to develop in the first five years of life.

I've always found credit isn't just something you take - it's something people give you when they see how hard you're working.

The USA won't be competitive or fair if we don't help more families give their kids the best possible start in life.

You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.

Knowing what to expect next gives children a sense of security.

They [parents] can resist the impulse to "prove" their love by showering children with things they do not need and give them precisous time and attention instead.

If companies try to leave our country to avoid paying their fair share, if they try to outsource jobs, they're going to have to give back every tax break they ever received in our country.

Let's fix what's broken about Obamacare, but let's not throw it away and give it all back to the insurance companies and the drug companies.

[Donald Trump] would give wealthy families 30 cents or 40 cents on the dollar for their nannies, and little or nothing for millions of hardworking families trying to afford child care.

The financial disclosure statements, they don't give you the tax rate. They don't give you all the details that tax returns would.

Does John Kerry have to give them [Iran] every little thing? You'll pass some sanctions for human rights and missiles, and I'll grudgingly sign on.

That's what it is to love someone: to give whatever you can while taking what you must.

You cant gain something, without giving something in return

Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.

Often thoughts are given to me with the sole purpose of giving them away.

Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.

Insignificant mortals, who are as leaves are, and now flourish and grow warm with life, and feed on what the ground gives, but then again fade away and are dead.

'T is fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.

Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.

The gods give to mortals not everything at the same time.

If we study Nature attentively in its great evolutions as in its minutest works, we cannot fail to recognize the possibility of enchantment - giving to that word its exact significance.

The blogosphere gives me my life, I am fortunate to have developed relationships with great websites who allow me to reach a whole ton of new people everyday.

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.

Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and whatever days fortune will give, count them as profit.

Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.

Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.

Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture! Both, if you can, but books at any rate!

In every governmental speech I give before state parliament, I say: Bavaria will remain Bavaria.

New Jersey gives us glue.

The guy who finally pulled the trigger on Osama bin Laden is not patting himself on the back. He's giving as much credit to his teammates who got him to that position.

And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollarSpend it fast as I can for a wailin' song and a good guitarThe only things that I understand, oh yeah.

whoever gives the common people food to eat is a good person whoever lets the common people starve is a bad person.

Humans are able to give very good feedback. You can't tell with an animal what they feel.

Nothing has ever opened my eyes like transcendental meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what’s a pretty chaotic life!

And so I'm still giving some thought. I will transition, hopefully, into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.

Sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on, and behind them all, the quiet, deadly ticking of a thousand hungry clocks.

Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like.

My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

Speak louder than the words before you, and give them meaning no one else has found. The role we play is so important.

Mostly, I hope that by having some fun with Shakespeare's style I'll encourage young people who are intimidated by Shakespeare to give him a try.