Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edmund Burke

Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection.

Emmylou Harris

I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.

Katie Holmes

He's the most incredible man. He's so generous and kind, and he helps so many people, and, um, he makes me laugh like I've never laughed, and he's a great friend.

Sir Edwin Manton was one of the most generous benefactors in Tate's history,

She was very generous, also. She had a very generous soul.

Medicaid is not a generous program in terms of who can receive services. We aren't a state that has a lot of fluff in the program in terms of who we cover.

There are generous people in this community. We have a pretty tight application process, we want to know where our money's going.

Donald Trump

America will be a prosperous, generous, and inclusive society.

have always been generous in reaching out to help others during times of need.

Dick Cheney

He's a good man, a man of generous instincts and high standards, ... Yesterday he said goodbye to his home state of Texas. Let us now welcome him to Washington as the next president of the United States.

The people here are so wonderful, generous and warm-hearted, ... They've given so much. I can never thank them enough.

He was just the greatest, wisest, strongest, most generous man.

Samuel Beckett

For why be discouraged, one of thieves was saved, that is a generous percentage.

Douglas Southall Freeman

What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

This was an extraordinarily generous gift of real estate.

I think the response to Katrina on one level the governmental level only reinforced our inability to come together to solve problems we see in society. What it did show is that the American public remained compassionate and generous people.

Mark Wright

It all looks like it's pretty much in line with what we're already doing. Our program right now is more generous than what they're talking about.

It couldn't be bigger? She is a great giver to other people. She's emotionally generous to the max.

Charlie Trotter

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

Wouldn't it be great if it was somebody down on their luck who got the $365 million? Hopefully, they would be generous and leave us a tip.

Oriana Fallaci

I must admit that I am not generous with weak people. It's not in my nature or in my personality. My parents were not generous with weak people, see?

Pierce Brosnan

Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of spirit.

We've made progress through the week and we have generous offers on the table.

Pat Gillick

We have a very generous budget, ... We have sufficient money to do the things we need to do. We have to be imaginative and allocate the money properly.

Ann Romney

You know, you should really look at where Mitt has led his life, and where he's been financially. He's a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person that is trying to hide things, or do things? No.

The university is very grateful for this generous gift.

It was opened up. Juan is a very generous player. He set up so many potential goals.

Dick Gephardt

So this is what the lobbyists and other wealthy individuals got for their money. They get their overly generous share of the tax bill.

Christian Camargo

Actors are the most generous people when it comes to sharing their technique. But if you grew up in a household of carpenters, and you're making a table, everyone would have a different way of doing it.

Roger Craig

There's not a more generous guy on the planet.

The townspeople have been very generous in supporting our fund-raising effort.

Steve Francis

Their two guys went to the free-throw line a million times and that set the tone for the night. It's tough to play a team that gets every single call. Those guys got too many generous calls.

CeeLo Green

I'm like Shrek. Shrek's a nice guy, but people keep alienating him, like they did with me in my younger life. I'm very loving and kind and generous - I'm a sweetheart!