Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sinead O'Connor

I know that I have done many things to give you reason not to listen to me

Rajneesh

Zen is not morality, it is aesthetics. It does not impose a code of morality. it does not give you any commandments: do this, don't do that.

Rajneesh

I am here to destroy your personality, to give birth to your individuality.

Rajneesh

Only meditation, only silence, only transcending beyond your mind is going to give you contentment and fulfillment.

Sojourner Truth

What we give to the poor, we lend to the Lord.

Sojourner Truth

You have been having our rights so long, that you think, like a slave-holder, that you own us. I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up; it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again.

Snoop Dogg

When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something. 'Wet' is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin'.

Snoop Dogg

That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.

Snoop Dogg

Love goes unappreciated a lot of times, but you still gotta keep giving it.

Socrates

A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor knowledge of mind.

Socrates

Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give thought to wisdom or truth, or the best possible state of your soul?

Socrates

To give either to any public matter of interest or to any concern of my own, but I am in utter poverty by reason of my devotion to the god .

Merce Cunningham

I was told that I had to give grades to the students, which I wasn't particularly interested in doing.

Meredith Brooks

I have so many plans! Sometimes it's hard to keep up because at this point it's just been me and the little bit of help my label gives me.

Michelle Wie

You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.

Michelle Pfeiffer

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

Michael Shannon

If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable.

Michael Moriarty

If they want to talk about aliens and anything like that... that's part of the gift God gave us. That's what makes life exciting. We're pretty stuck, you know. What gives flight to our life is our imagination.

Michael Moore

I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

In your palms, I’ve placed my life, my secrets. I give you freedom to leave me at any time. I’m not easy to love. No one ever has. All I ask is that you always keep your silence, if not for me, then for the families of the others you’d destroy. (Nykyrian)

Theodore Roosevelt

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

Theodore J. Forstmann

I hope that by joining The Giving Pledge, it will encourage others to do the same.

Theodore Kaczynski

Never lose hope, be persistent and stubborn and never give up. There are many instances in history where apparent losers suddenly turn out to be winners unexpectedly, so you should never conclude all hope is lost.

Theodore L. Cuyler

When God says to us, " Give me your load, trust me, what you cannot do, I will do for you,"He puts our faith to one of the strongest tests. He never consents to carry our burdens unless we give them to Him.

Theodor Adorno

The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.

The Weeknd

You know me, but you don't know me. I give you what I want to give you. I relate to villains like that - but I'm not out to destroy the world.

Terry Jones

What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell on Afghanistan.

Margaret Mead

From a hundred cultures, [there is] one culture which does what no culture has ever done before-gives a place to every human gift.

Margaret Halsey

... giving up alcohol or cigarettes is a lead-pipe cinch compared to the renunciation of complacence by a former (self-appointed) elite.

Margaret Halsey

it is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give.

Marcus Brigstocke

And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don't enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time that could otherwise be spent performing.

Kina Grannis

Not only am I putting music out there, I'm giving part of myself away.

Kimora Lee Simmons

I love when people walk into my house and start grinning: "This is too much - this is so you!" Why give people brown cardboard when you can give them embroidered, crystal-flecked organza?