Famous Quotes & Sayings

Imre Lakatos

Intellectual honesty consists in stating the precise conditions under which one will give up one's belief.

Ina May Gaskin

Squat 300 times a day, you’re going to give birth quickly.

Ina May Gaskin

We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But let's stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.

Idries Shah

If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

Gregory Maguire

at least i'm talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder

Gloria Vanderbilt

I do spend money. I like to spend money, on houses - on furnishing houses. And I love to give presents to people. It's just in my nature to be that way. I always spent money I had. And I always spent what I made. I'm not stingy.

Gloria Steinem

Don't listen to me. Listen to yourself ... People often ask me at this age, 'Who am I passing the torch to?' First of all, I'm not giving up my torch, thank you! I'm using my torch to light other people's torches. ... If we each have a torch, there's a lot more light.

Gloria Steinem

Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.

To give is to receive...

The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.

Geraldine Ferraro

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

Geraldo Rivera

Give Hamas 90 days to pick a lane, then react.

Harry Mathews

You make something. You give up expressing and start inventing.

Harry Reid

I am convinced that I do not want to give up more power to the White House, whether it's George Bush or Barack Obama. And I'm going to fight as hard as I can against President Obama on these earmarks and my Republican colleagues who hate to vote for them, but love to get them.

Harry S Truman

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

J. P. Morgan

Giving debt relief to people that really need it, that's what foreclosure is.

J. L. Austin

Are cans constitutionally iffy? Whenever, that is, we say that we can do something, or could do something, or could have done something, is there an if in the offing--suppressed, it may be, but due nevertheless to appear when we set out our sentence in full or when we give an explanation of its meaning?

J. L. Austin

Faced with the nonsense question 'What is the meaning of a word?' and perhaps dimly recognizing it to be nonsense, we are nevertheless not inclined to give it up.

J. K. Rowling

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.

J. K. Rowling

Hermione, will you please —” “Don’t you tell me what to do, Harry Potter!” she screeched. “Don’t you dare! Give it back now! And YOU!” She was pointing at Ron in dire accusation: It was like a malediction, and Harry could not blame Ron for retreating several steps.

J. K. Rowling

Everyone queue up!' Malfoy roared to the crowd. 'Harry Potter's giving out signed photos!

J. K. Rowling

I can't give a Professor love!

J. K. Rowling

Hide them all, then. Keep her – them – safe. Please.' And what will you give me in return, Severus?' In – in return? Anything.

J. K. Rowling

Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others.

J. K. Rowling

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

H. L. Mencken

No form of liberty is worth a darn [sic] which doesn't give us the right to do wrong now and then.

H. L. Mencken

One yearns unspeakably for a composer who gives out his pair of honest themes, and then develops them unashamed, and then hangs a brisk coda to them, and then shuts up.

Guillermo del Toro

You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.

Grace Hopper

I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me.

Grace Helbig

I imagine 'Daily Grace' as, like, your awkward older sister who tries to give you advice.

Grace Helbig

When life gives you lemons, you exchange them at the store for something more edible.

J. Tillman

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

J. R. Moehringer

Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take.