Famous Quotes & Sayings

Piers Anthony

Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!

Nelson Mandela

I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

Nelson Mandela

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished

Nelson Mandela

Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness

Nelly

A great body is a gift you give yourself

Nellie Bly

I had, toward the last, been shut off from all visitors, and so when the lawyer, Peter A. Hendricks, came and told me that friends of mine were willing to take charge of me if I would rather be with them than in the asylum, I was only too glad to give my consent

Neko Case

Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance.

Neil Young

You have to be ready to give everything you have, and you have to make sure you've really got a lot to give. Because if ... you're not ready to give everything you have, ... then you're nothin'.

Rachel Scott

I had my ups and downs and I fell a few times, but I did not give. Don't give up...

Rachel Maddow

I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up.

R. L. Stine

Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.

Mike Huckabee

I'm from Hope, Arkansas, you may have heard of it. All I'm asking is, give us one more chance.

Mike Huckabee

John McCain will follow the fanatics to their caves in Pakistan or to the gates of hell. What Obama wants to do is give them a place setting at the table.

Mike Huckabee

You don't just give the executive branch unlimited resources, unlimited power. Our founders were very concerned about too much power being invested in any one, in any branch. The balance of power is fundamental to our system.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Delusion gives you more happiness than truth gives to me. For injuries ought to be done all at one time, so that, being tasted less, they offend less; benefits ought to be given little by little, so that the flavour of them may last longer.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.

Newt Gingrich

You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate.

Newt Gingrich

Give the park police more ammo.

Nhat Hanh

Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.

Noah Munck

I have been given much, and so I want to give as much as I can.

Noam Chomsky

Blacks have no rights - in fact they were three - fifths human according to the constitution to give slave owners more voting rights. So that's African Americans.

Noam Chomsky

If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship

Noam Chomsky

Descriptive grammar is an attempt to give an account of what the current system is for either a society or an individual, whatever you happen to be studying.

Noam Chomsky

If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you.

Noam Chomsky

Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.

Mike Myers

I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it.

Mike Pence

The Trump Foundation is a private-family foundation. They give virtually every cent in the Trump Foundation to charitable causes.

Joey Bishop

A salesman called on my wife the other day and tried to sell her a freezer. You'll save a fortune on your food bills, he promised. I can't tell you how much you'll save. It'll be tremendous. Said my wife: I'm sure you're right, but we're already saving a fortune with our new car by not taking the bus. We're saving a fortune with our new washing machine by not sending out the laundry. We're saving a fortune with our new dishwasher by giving up the maid. The plain truth is that right now we just can't afford to save any more!

Joey Ramone

Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam.

Joe Scarborough

Good rule to follow: never reward someone's incivility by giving them the headline they seek.

Joe Morton

If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them.

Joe DiMaggio

There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.

Jodi Picoult

Witness testimony is always flawed. It's better than circumstantial evidence, sure, but people aren't camcorders; they don't record every action and reaction, and the very act of remembering involves chosing words, actions and images. In other words, any witness who was supposed to be giving a court facts is really just giving them a version of fiction.