Famous Quotes & Sayings

The fangs of a bear, and the tusks of a wild boar, do not bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose-quill sometimes; no, not even the badger himself, who is said to be so tenacious of his bite that he will not give over his hold till he feels his teeth meet and the bones crack.

James Joyce

Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it.

James Russell Lowell

The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with anothers need; Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.

James Russell Lowell

Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.

James Russell Lowell

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

James Russell Lowell

He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty.

James Russell Lowell

Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us.

James Gunn

My brain has always been wired in such a way that I'd rather communicate to a smaller audience who really get turned on by what I do than meet a wider audience and give them milk.

James Hansen

Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions.

Laurence Sterne

We may imitate the Deity in all His attributes; but mercy is the only one in which we can pretend to equal Him. We cannot, indeed, give like God; but surely we may forgive like Him.

Larry Flynt

Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.

Larry Hagman

Marijuana you can give up, I've given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.

Larry Hagman

Before I tried LSD, I'd been going to a psychologist for a couple of years. I found out about success that you have to fight for it a lot, then when you achieve it, you can't give up the fight.

Larry Hagman

I often ask people if they would like to give their organs when they pass on, and they say "Well, I'm not so sure, I don't know." And I said, "Well, would you accept one if you needed one?" "Well, yeah, sure." And I say "Well, there you go - where do you get them from?".

LaMarcus Aldridge

I feel like half the battle is not giving up and staying positive. If you don't have anyone in your corner or anyone in your ear, being positive helps you believe that you can get through it.

Kurt Sutter

All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended.

Liberace

I don't give concerts, I put on a show.

Liane Moriarty

Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen Polly show more than a passing interest in strawberry jam, although now, of course, she was always catching her standing at the open fridge, staring at it longingly. The power of denial.

Libba Bray

Simon, would you still care for me if you discovered I was not who I say I am?" What do you mean?" I mean would you still care for me, no matter what you came to know?" What a thing to ponder. I don't know what to say." The answer is no. He does not need to say it. With a sigh, Simon digs at the fire with the iron poker. Bits of the charred log fall away, revealing the angry insides. they flare orange for a moment, then quiet down again. After three tries, he gives up. I'm afraid this fire's had it." I can see a few embers remaining. "No, I think not. If..." He sighs, and it says everything.

Leslie Stephen

When I ceased to accept the teaching of my youth, it was not so much a process of giving up beliefs, as of discovering that I had never really believed.

Gary Chapman

The in-love experience does not focus on our own growth or on the growth and development of the other person. Rather, it gives us the sense that we have arrived and that we do not need further growth.

Gary Chapman

Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.

Gary Chapman

Nobody has the power to make you miserable . . . unless you choose to give them that power. Choose to enjoy every drop of today!

Friedrich August von Hayek

[T]hose who are willing to surrender their freedom for security have always demanded that if they give up their full freedom it should also be taken from those not prepared to do so.

Friedrich Schiller

Eternity gives nothing back of what one leaves out of the minutes.

Friedrich Schiller

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

Friedrich Schiller

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

Friedrich Schiller

Never the grave gives back what it has won!

Friedrich Schiller

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

Frederick W. Smith

Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us.

George Gilder

Capitalism begins with giving.

George Foreman

I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.