Famous Quotes & Sayings

William S. Burroughs

(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.

William S. Burroughs

I have no message to give the politicians of the world. They're all completely addicted to promiscuous verbalization and I'm quite sure they would not be at all interested in hearing about cut-ups and hieroglyphics and still less interested to hear about silence.

William S. Burroughs

If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one person outside the machine to give the necessary orders; if the machine absorbed or eliminated all those outside the machine, the machine will slow down and stop forever.

William J. H. Boetcker

True religion is not a mere doctrine, something that can be taught, but is a way of life. A life in community with God. It must be experienced to be appreciated. A life of service. A living by giving and finding one's own happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

William Jennings Bryan

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.

William Jennings Bryan

If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.

Virginia Woolf

I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.

Virginia Woolf

Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders.

Woody Harrelson

I used to eat burgers and steak, and I would just be knocked out afterward; I had to give it up.

Woodrow Wilson

I am so glad that I am young, so that I may give my youth to you.

Saint Augustine

Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.

Saint Augustine

We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.

Saint Augustine

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

Saint Augustine

We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.

Yanni

You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.

Wiz Khalifa

Relationships are like drugs. They either kill you or give you the best feeling of your life.

Wiz Khalifa

I don't have much but I take all I got and that's what I give, what I get in return is the money I earn and the life I live.

Wiz Khalifa

The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.

Winston Churchill

If we could get out of this jam by giving up Malta and Gibraltar and some African colonies I would jump at it. But the only safe way is to convince Hitler that he cannot beat us.

Winston Churchill

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.

Wilma Mankiller

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

Will Self

When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to give it. But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism - you learn this as you go on.

Will Rogers

Give her a day, and then in return Momma gives you the other 364.

Will Rogers

So the question rises: How much liberty can you get away with? Well, you get no more liberty than you give!

Will Rogers

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

Will Rogers

The high income tax come pretty near passing in the Senate. Only lacked about six votes. So it won't be long now. Well, there is millions and millions that are not making it, that would be glad to give up 99 per cent if you would let 'em earn a hundred thousand or more.

Will Rogers

Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his life insurance.

Will Rogers

When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.

Warren Farrell

I define power as control over one's life. Pay is not about power. Pay is about giving up power to get the power of pay.

W. Eugene Smith

My photographs at best hold only a small length, but through them I would suggest and criticize and illuminate and try to give compassionate understanding.

W. Clement Stone

Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) — you will have hope and be made hopeful.

W. Clement Stone

Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.

W. C. Fields

Business is an establishment that gives you the legal, even though unethical, right to screw the naive-right, left, and in the middle.