Famous Quotes & Sayings

Milan Kundera

Fidelity gives a unity to lives that would otherwise splinter into thousands of split-second impressions.

Marat Safin

Never give up. Last year I was trying to give up but I couldn't.

Marat Safin

I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

Marcel Proust

I drank a second mouthful in which I find nothing more than in the first, then a third which gives me rather less than the second. It is time to stop; the potion is losing its magic.

Marcel Proust

Having a body is in itself the greatest threat to the mind... The body encloses the mind in a fortress; before long the mind is besieged on all sides, and in the end the mind has to give itself up.

Marcel Proust

The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist.

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Oh, it is wonderful to know that our Heavenly Father loves us—even with all our flaws! His love is such that even should we give up on ourselves, He never will. We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever. Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won’t, for He sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

There is no defeat except for those who give up.

Joseph Addison

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.

Joseph Addison

True religion and virtue give a cheerful and happy turn to the mind, admit of all true pleasures, and even procure for us the highest.

Joseph Addison

Health and happiness give rise to each other.

Joseph Addison

Flying would give such occasions for intrigues as people cannot meet with who have nothing but legs to carry them.

Joseph Addison

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

The success of everything depends on intuition, the capacity of seeing things in a way which afterwards proves to be true, even though it cannot be established at the moment, and of grasping the essential fact, discarding the unessential, even though one can give no account of the principles by which this is done.

Jose Saramago

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up.

Jose Padilha

I like to give dimension to shots inside action scenes. It's demanding because you have to rehearse a lot of things happening at the same time and frame all those things in a shot. But I feel like when you accomplish that then you've got a cool action scene.

Jose Marti

To beautify life is to give it an object.

Jose Mourinho

So when they have Mourinho and Benitez joining the Premiership they should say it's good for us, maybe these guys have something new to give.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation.

Jorge Valdano

Iker Casillas is a legend, a myth, and myths do not give up just like that.

Jorge Luis Borges

I ask of any God, of any gods, that if they give immortality, I hope to be granted oblivion also.

Jonny Lee Miller

Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input.

Joni Eareckson Tada

When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.

Joni Eareckson Tada

The Bible isn't quick to give answers; it mainly gives the Answer.

Joni Mitchell

My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didnt mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But its good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable.

Jonathan Tropper

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

Jonathan Swift

Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest.

Kevin Rudd

People are happiest when they are giving, they are saddest when they are just taking. And that is the core message of community.

Kevin Spacey

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

Kevin Spacey

We've learned the lesson that the music industry didn't learn: give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, and they'll more likely pay for it rather than steal it.

Kevin Barry

It is nothing, to give one’s life for Ireland. I’m not the first and maybe I won’t be the last. What’s my life compared with the cause?

Kevin Brooks

It's not easy-living in a void, living and dying inside your head…wanting what you want so much that you'd give everything else to get it- but the time still passes, the days go on…and as long as there's still a tomorrow, there's always a chance.