On Giving Quotes

Give rejection the finger, and rejection gives it back.

I don't have anyone telling me to change things or giving me unwanted opinions. It's just me and my band making music. It's nice for a change.

Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable to protect us against the encroachments of government power.

its difficult to dislike a man who takes pleasure in giving away free beer.

Patrick Rothfuss gives us a fabulous debut, standing firmly on the main stage of the fantasy genre and needing no warm-up act. Jordan and Goodkind must be looking nervously over their shoulders!

Steve Nicol never gives more than 120 per cent.

In the context of your dreams,knowledge will always gives you enough reasons not to act. Act regardless and execute xceptionally

One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.

While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future.

People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

Always give your customer something.

I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.

We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students here in the Bay Area.

You say their stories, it is gift they give you.

I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift.

They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

I said, 'I'll give myself two years. If I can't support myself as an actress within two years, then I'll go back to choreography.'

I really believe it's the old cliché, the more you give the more you receive. I'm living proof of that.

I don't know if I'm supposed to be holding on or letting go. I don't want to give up, but if there's nothing for me to hope for, then tell me.

Give me a mirror.Or holy water. I'll drink it,even!" I gasped as someone threw water on the side of my face. "A little warning next time would be nice.

I don't accept the term 'political rapper' because I don't give a damn about either political party. I give a damn about the people.

Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not stand idle for long before the collapse of its earlier assumptions.

So I’ve seen my boys do that a hundred times with the neighboring pixy girls. Give her their favorite seed and be too flustered to tell her what it was.

I do like the idea of pulling in different producers to get new perspectives. That's what I did with Vows and I feel it just gives variety and makes for a more exciting journey for the listener.

Not only am I putting music out there, I'm giving part of myself away.

I believe that voices like Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em a chance.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

I was allowed to have an imagination rather than a need to be entertained all the time by television or computers or anything like that. So, I think it's helpful to try and give your kids.

I like to think that death gives life meaning. I like that philosophy.

I do kind of transcend the song and give it a different meaning.

So it's like the underground world no longer exists economically cause they're not giving money back to their supporting artists.

I like to take my time and not try to put too much pressure on myself, but it's hard. I think I forget every time - you give birth and you want your stomach to be flat again.

I want my music to feel like I'm giving something to someone else and not that I'm expecting something back.

I think that if you can butter writers up enough, they might give you a little.

Some women were talking about how I put out. And that's just not that case. I don't put out - unless I'm asked very, very politely, and that's not putting out, that's just giving in.

I just happened to have enough time to be able to take other parts between those first few Twilight films. But it wasn't about proving to people that I had something else to give.

She couldn't steal herself back from Randa only to give herself away again - belong to another person, be answerable to another person, build her very being around another person.

I don't have designer clothes in my closet. I just wear them once and give them back.

I've finally graduated from 'I don't give a hoot.

I always read the script, try to imagine myself in the role, then decide whether I have anything to give to the part. If you don't feel like that in the beginning, it is not going to go well.

It’s a promise ring,” he said solemnly. “The lady at the store said it’s what you give the girl you love. It means I want to marry you someday.

We women. as glue for the family. lead lives that are important and conflicted. What we women choose to give up for our families is important and valid.

You couldn't give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular powerful you?

Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.

I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.

When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and super performers at work - and all at the same time. That's stressful.

You get burned a lot as an actor. You give somebody, you give some guy real free reign and he just doesn't know how to edit it properly. It just comes out messed up.

I can see where influential people would like Maharishi better than Jesus. My God, if the Beatles and Mia Farrow went to Jesus, He'd tell them to give all their money away.

I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. The best idea in that apple, though, is making jazz.

So let's give another big tax cut to the super-rich. That'll teach bin Laden a lesson he won't soon forget.