On Giving Quotes

You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level.

Wikileaks is a democratizing force. Its giving individuals access to decisions and thinking by their representatives and in a democracy that ought to be reflexive.

I'll bring a flower out there and then give them a peace sign and hopefully they'll make it happen.

We put our body and minds and lives on the line for being in that ring for the fans, that's why I respect fighters. Unless they don't respect me then I can't give any respect back.

Knowledge is a great gift, and the thirst to seek it even greater. Use what you know...Head and heart...You are not made to give greater weight to one than the other.

It takes a lot of spine and stomach to make yourself into something when no one gives you a foundation.

What did she say?" Eve asked when they got into the car. "Here's love, she said, to hold until next we meet and I give you more.

Happy Fuller: Somehow you always love in a special way the one who gives you the most grief.

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in.

Give them your brains, girl, never your guts.

Most men will go farther to give advice than to follow their own opinion.

I'm too ambitious to give another man credit, even if that other man is only myself in disguise.

Metaphysics notwithstanding, I also insert myself in my fictions for no loftier purpose than to give me pleasure: to see myself performing onstage.

If you can change style, why stick to one style? Style is a vanity because it gives you product identification.

Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars.

I understand that the results I've had in my career, or I'm having now, they are very good. And that gives me confidence, of course, but I do not feel invincible.

You have to make people understand that things cost something. Otherwise it seems like they have no value. I can't just be giving away rabbits. No. It costs five bucks, so make it work for you.

What if the beauty around us is meant as a reminder for the many gifts we have been given and our need to give thanks to them?

gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.

The stationmaster's whiskers are of a Victorian bushiness and give the impression of having been grown under glass.

What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are politics if you can't obtain mastery over people and give them noogies back?

Most of cooking is the labor of chopping. Give yourself a break. Pretend you're on a cooking show and have all your ingredients lined up for you.

The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.

Bears being sent through the mail should never be squashed up to make them fit. It gives them indigestion.

Give a pup a home and a little love and he will give you his heart forever.

Give me a labyrinth to walk and I can usually free my mind.

Opportunity only gives you knockers once.

I'm just a very creative and outgoing person and I love being around people and being around music. It just gives me energy.

Sometimes you're not in the best environment. Sometimes you're not speaking the same language and it's not a good place to work. It's a lot to give, actually. And for not a lot of money.

Terrorism is the price of empire. If you do not wish to pay the price, you must give up the empire.

It would be great to give back to this city and its youth brigade important lessons that will help them become future champions. I look forward to this opportunity.

The value of friendship and just deep human contact grows out of giving.

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

A dominant wolf's desire to protect was a strong instinct- Samuel was very dominant. Give him an inch, and he's take over the world- my life, if I let him. Mercy

It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.

I give you Mercedes Athena Thompson, our newest member." Much awkwardness ensued.

You should be home sleeping. What is the use of having a man in the house, if he cannot take care of you for a while?” “Mmm,” I said. “I give up. What's the use of having a man in the house?

What can you give a friend who has everything? Shelves.

The universe always gives you what you need to grow into the person you are destined to become.

The universe only gives you what you can handle, so trust that whatever is happening to you is exactly what you need. Just trust. Have certainty!

happy people have got something to give to the world.

You put a wage behind something, it gives the act a sort of respectability.

Give people a convincing reason and they will lay down their very lives.

I would love to play the President. Give me the suit, give me the power, give me the oval office. That would be really fun.

As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.

I wish I had a hundred years, she said, very quietly. A hundred years I could give to you.

If your name is getting too heavy, you should have Kvothe give you a new one.

I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket," Wil said. "And a ring of red amber that gives me power over demons. And an endless supply of cake.

If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one.