On Giving Quotes

In a two-hour interview last Friday, Bruce Jenner told ABC's Diane Sawyer, 'For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.' At which point, Joe Biden ran in and started giving Bruce a shoulder rub.

I'm on so late I'm definitely the last seconds of anyone's attention. So I just want to give them something dumb to laugh at, so they go, 'That's funny,' then fall asleep.

Iran said it will give up trying to make a nuclear weapon. But it got awkward when Iran said, 'But just for Lent. We'll start again on Monday.'

Honestly, I just want to keep people awake. Or at least give you one joke to go to bed with.

I suppose I like to give people something to talk and think about. I can just be the person that kind of put a message in the bottle to see where it ends up.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

I never liked the bar scene. I tried to like it. I would give it a try every three or four months. I'd think, tonight I'm going out. But I never met anybody in that circumstance.

We need to have faith in the people who are giving this movement direction to be smart enough to stay one step ahead of what's coming up next.

You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.

The cosmetics industry has much to answer for. It's a multi-million- pound confidence trick based on giving women endless hope, courtesy of overpriced little pots.

When I met you you were oh so sweet, now you give me the bread and you take all the meat.

The process of giving is without limits.

Darkness gives free rein to the mind's worst imaginings.

Just because fate had thrown another obstacle in my way didn't mean I had to give up my dreams.

You can be strapped to the most stable chair and still feel the world give way beneath you.

What could you give me," I ask, my voice shaking, "to make me forget ... that you forgot about me?

Maybe if God gives you a handicap, he makes sure you've got a few extra doses of humor to take the edge off.

I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love who do things wrong.

People change, but only if you give them room to do it.

God doesn't give people burdens they can't handle.

A good addiction is a contradiction in terms. Anything people can't give up or must have is not healthy, no matter what the activity.

Don't wait on approval, validation and likes from others - always give yourself the highest of approval ratings and work from there. Hold your head up and be fabulous no matter what!

You know why you have to give [Donald] Trump credit, whether you don't like him or not? He opened the door.Now there's a lot of talk about immigration. That's good. Nobody wanted to talk about it.

When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces.

Do not tell me your values​​. Just give me pocket money, I would say how much you are worth

You cannot give the vice president the authority to declassify specific information and then turn around and say he can just give carte blanche to an assistant of his to declassify whatever he wants.

Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor also brought balance to our highest court; most recently, as been repeated many times, when she cautioned about how war doesn't give a blank check.

People weep at music all the time, because music gives form to some abstract level of integration.

It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have to wait for the guy to finish shooting before he starts editing.

I'd give a hundred dollars for a cold beer.

Your characters get angry at you if you speak about them and stop you from giving birth to them on the page in revenge. Real writers sit down and write. Wannabe writers sit around and talk.

My God, it was like the Emerald City, and as you got closer you'd pick up your pace, and you'd give your tickets and go charging inside.

You loved me as hard as you knew how. I'd give anything to go back and love you better.

I got a pit bull from a shelter, so my whole life is centered on this dog, and I've been writing a lot of dog jokes. I should probably give up now, because I'm writing jokes about my dog.

If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them.

I think the Lord gives us everything we can handle, nothing more.

It's always good to give yourself the advantage.

Now get this: I was happy in the moment. As I'm happy, the next moment brings its own rewards. As I'm happy in that moment, it too gives birth to more joy.

If you become famous and you start making money, then people want to give you things. It's the exact opposite of how it's supposed to be.

Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

God's used me to help turn their life around or give them hope, you know? It's very rewarding

I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.

God has put people in your life on purpose, Don't live to get, live to give.

I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that.

The people God put in your life are not there by accident. Don’t get so busy that you just give them your leftover time.

I feel like when I stay focused on encouraging people, and giving them hope, and helping them live their everyday life, I think that's where I can have the most impact.

We deal with people that are going through divorces and that are facing life-threatening illnesses, and I'm giving them hope. And to me, I don't think there's anything "lite" about that.

Nobody trusts the industrial food system to give them good food.

I know what to do when they give me the ball. I know what to do to give this team a chance to win.

The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.