On Giving Quotes

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

Never give up, laugh a lot. Be good to others.

Can’t take a chance that one day, in one spot, somewhere, an exit might appear. We can’t give up. Ever.

I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem. Not a bad question to ask oneself.

You will surely smile with me when I say, 'Thank God one can still recognise self-pity as such and not give it any greater dignity than just that.

A miracle is changing someone's life. Freeing them from whatever bonds them. Giving them the gift of being able to live the way they dream of living.

My brain has always been wired in such a way that I'd rather communicate to a smaller audience who really get turned on by what I do than meet a wider audience and give them milk.

Well, if I'm only a result of past causes, then I'm a victim of those past causes. There is no deeper meaning behind things that gives me a reason to be here.

So when you consider the archetypal, historical, and cultural background of whatever you do, it gives you a sense that your occupation can be a calling and not just a job.

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office.

It's a very remarkable story." "Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away.

Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life.

The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst by novelists who maintain that they could do much better if only the public would let them.

Once you're a winner, you can give all sorts of reasons why you're a winner. Of course, you could all those same reasons to explain why a show fails.

Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused.

The best service that can be rendered to a Country, next to that of giving it liberty, is in diffusing the mental improvement equally essential to the preservation, and the enjoyment of the blessing.

The express authority of the people alone could give validity to the Constitution.

In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance

A distinction of property results from that very protection which a free Government gives to unequal faculties of acquiring it.

I just read history books. I read nothing but history books. They have so much to give; I wish I'd majored in history in college.

When people come to our show [Aladdin], I want them to forget about that for a little while and enjoy the moment. That's what I want to give them. I loved performing since I was a little kid.

None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events.

When its true, when it's right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can't get from any other experience.

It's okay, Ig." said Fang. "Just give it your best shot." Sometimes the Fangster is incredibly supportive, just not with me.

He gives my hand a tight squeeze, but that desperation, that urgency between us is gone. No insecurities. Max and Fang. Fang and Max. No longer a question. We just are.

Great, they give blind kids guns," I said, trying to lessen his horror. "I don't even let Iggy have a gun. Usually.

My choices were to either give in and let them kill all of us or fight back with everything I had. I chose the second one, ’cause I’m just funny that way.

Why would you let [the TV audiences] build a habit of going to the cable networks? So I think they've obviously smartened up now, and they're not giving the summer to cable anymore.

Just to give the audience a breath of fresh air is important.

If you can give your walls history, it supports the action that's happening in front of them.

You are never giving, nor can you ever give, enough service.

He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty.

You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not dare to take or give, Because we scowl and pass each other by, We do not live; we do not dare to live.

Give a man love, and he will be happy for a time. Teach a man how to love, and he will have joy through all eternity.

As an actor, that's the most important thing. You want to be able to let go and not hold onto anything, so that you can give an honest portrayal and performance.

Our customers want to give us more business and the key for us is to manage growing volumes properly.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

If you can feed your family, give them an education, then you are a success.

If you can't use dividends, it's not a bad thing to give it back to your shareholders. They'll use it somewhere else.

Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .

Jewish people have given me all the breaks you can possibly have. But of course, it's wonderful when you feel that your own nationality has made it. It gives you hopes.

I do really enjoy having a crowd of people out to see me. They really motivate me. I feel really lucky they've come down so I give it what I have got every time.

I think it's all a coincidence. I've pitched some poor games here and got a no-decision. But just give me the ball. I don't care where I pitch.

I don't expect anyone to give me anything.

God, why do I give interviews to 'the Guardian'? They always try to dissect you, and I don't really think about stuff in the way that you're asking me these questions.

So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

Give me faith, Lord, to know Your Presence as surely as I know the beating of my own heart. I've felt so far from You.

I believe.....this is my final word......I believe that I'm supporting the Constitution of the United States which does not give the right for any individual to own a handgun.

Giving a party is like having a baby: its conception is more fun than its completion; and once you have begun it, it is almost impossible to stop.