On Giving Quotes

I like to give opinions, not suggestions

Congress in the immigration law gives the president the power to restrict or suspend the entry of people he may deem appropriate.

I owe one thing to my public - the best performance I can give.

I love the idea of changing my look. I think one owes it to the audience, to go out there and give them something different each time, so as not to bore them to death.

You have to experience grace to be one who knows how to give it.

God gives enabling grace to go on.

You can't touch the world by giving up a Starbucks...We've dumbed it down.

If God gives you a platform where you're influencing others, you need to steward it well.

You're never more like Jesus than when you're giving.

Influence is not the same as authority. Authority can be abused by influence gives.

Lord, give us a ministry where the sun will never set.

Any moment you're willing to give up your fig leaves, which you think are covering you, God will give you His righteousness, which will really cover you.

Integrity gives. It is not a taker.

I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

We all have days where we can't pronounce things or give it the emotion it deserves.

The pressure to give A grades is intense. It comes from the students and increasingly from their parents as well.

There's a quote that says, 'If you know yourself and you know your opponent, you shouldn't fear the results of 100 battles.' Just really being prepared gives you a lot of confidence.

Don't ask for love when you are not capable of giving it.

If I make a dollar and out of every dollar I’m taxed at 50, half, at 50 cents, I have to give, isn’t that like enough?

What always gives me peace of mind is that the best are the best. People who float to the top will always float to the top.

I love paying tax so much, the sight of a gritter lorry gives me an erection.

For me, there's still a lot of room to grow; I'm just happy that I have so much more to give.

If you're going to give people 20 minutes of news satire, you've also got to give them Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or you're going to have rioting in the streets.

And try as I might, I am having difficulty giving a f**k.

We could overcome the baser aspects of our nature... and give this planet the kind of caretakers it deserves.

At the end of your life, do you give a concession speech?

Although to be fair, cherry picking isn't quite what we do. Cherries are sweet and delicious. What we do is more turd mining. And I'll thank you to give our work the respect it deserves!

The more you socialize the costs of personal liberty, the more license you give others to regulate it.

Luckily with animation, they give you a lot more leeway than a live-action show.

In public, Barack Obama's giving the simple version of his beliefs for the mass public. In private, he can discuss it at a really high level.

You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.

A boxing contest is a brain-damage contest. Who can give out more brain damage and who can absorb more of it?

I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement.

If you get something for nothing, part of you may be pleased, but part of you moves your hand to give something back.

As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.

To get people to compromise, you have to give them stuff.

A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity.

Everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep empathy. There is no better use of a life than to be attentive to such needs.

Literature was the only religion her father practiced, when a book fell on the floor he kissed it, when he was done with a book he tried to give it away to someone who would love it.

It is unrealistic to think you can have an inflexible identity that never has to give or take or make compromises.

Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before.

With a whirl of thought oppressed I sink from reverie to rest. An horrid vision seized my head, I saw the graves give up their dead.

Careful observers may foretell the hour (By sure prognostics) when to dread a show'r. While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o'er Her frolics, and pursues her tail no more.

I'll give you leave to call me anything, if you don't call me spade.

Forgiveness has its comforts, but it can never give you back what you've lost.

You can give me 400,000 hostile people and I won't even break sweat. If you give me 200 adoring people, my mouth will dry out.

I lost my daughter at 21. I had to give her up because I was broke, no place to take her, no money to take her. That was very traumatic.

My passion is for playing music and although everyone needs a break sometimes just to keep things interesting and fresh, there's no way I would ever give that up.