Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gerald R. Ford

Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion — or you shall learn nothing.

Jim Jarmusch

Specific music starts feeding my imagination and gives me a landscape that corresponds somehow, in some abstract way, to the world I'm just starting to imagine.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.

Jeremy Paxman

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.

Jenny Lawson

A house should look lived in, and I consider it clean as long as I don't stick to it and it doesn't give me cholera.

Grant Morrison

We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.

Glenn Beck

I could give a flying crap about the political process We're an entertainment company.

Glenn Beck

Look, calling somebody in a wheelchair handicapable doesn`t all of a sudden give them the power to climb stairs or the ability to grab Ho-Hos off the top shelf.

Glenn Beck

To keep a man a slave you do much the same as the cruel circus masters did to the elephant around the turn of last century. Clamp heavy chains around their legs and stake them to the ground. Then beat and terrorize them. After a while you no longer even have to stake the chain; the elephant gives up and just the mere rattle of the chain convinces the elephant there is no hope, so they give up and do whatever it is the circus requires.

Glenn Beck

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable.

Gillian Anderson

You're only given as much as you can handle at any given time. Whether it's true or not, it gives you the strength.

Gillian Anderson

The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive.

Russell is one of the most mature, thoughtful, giving teenagers I have ever met. In my 6 1/2 years here, nominating and selecting the individuals, he has to be the most outstanding youth of the year we have selected.

Paul Ryan

I give out Atlas Shrugged as Christmas presents, and I make all my interns read it.

Paul Greengrass

Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.

Paul Hawken

Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.

Paul Goodman

Not to teach the whole curriculum is to give up on the whole man.

Paul Anka

You know, my grandmother used to say, 'While I'm down here planning, God's up there laughing.' I guess the thing with most things that are worthwhile is that you can't give up easily. You've got to hang in.

Paul Arden

The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you will become stale. If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish. Somehow the more you give away the more comes back to you.

Paul Auster

I'm generous. I give good tips. It's just - the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don't want anything. I'm not a consumer. I don't crave objects.

Patrick Kavanagh

A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.

Patrick Henry

Give me liberty or give me gout?! Ok, who's been messing with this?

Patrick Henry

Give me liberty, or give me death! While we're at it, I would also like a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Patrick Henry

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

Pat Buchanan

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

Pam Brown

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

Julia Quinn

You are always looking at people like this.” And then she made a face, one he couldn’t possibly begin to describe. “If I ever look like that,” he said dryly, “precisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me.

Julia Quinn

I would give the world to have one more person for whom I would lay down my life.

What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities.

Judd Apatow

Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people.

Joseph Simmons

Never give up just because it gets hard

Joseph Sobran

Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats' ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.