Famous Quotes & Sayings

Honore de Balzac

The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.

Ice Cube

We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.

Ice Cube

There's rumors in the Twittersphere. If I find out that any of my officer is giving out drug and alcohol I send their ass to prison with a snorkel duct-taped to their mouth and me s***ing down that Snorkel

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are never so generous as when giving advice.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.

Francis Quarles

Afflictions clarify the soul; And like hard masters, give more hard directions, Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.

Francis Quarles

Though virtue give a ragged livery, she gives a golden cognizance; if her service make thee poor, blush not. Thy poverty may disadvantage thee, but not dishonor thee.

Francis Quarles

O who would trust this world, or prize what's in it, That gives and takes, and chops and changes, ev'ry minute?

Ian McDiarmid

That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.

Ian MacKaye

When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.

Ian Mcewan

...the world she ran through loved her and would give her what she wanted and would let it happen.

Ian Mcewan

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Ian Fleming

I would stay away from him and leave him to go his own road where there would be other women, countless other women, who would probably give him as much physical pleasure as he had had with me. I wouldn’t care, or at least I told myself that I wouldn’t care, because none of them would ever own him—own any larger piece of him than I now did.

Hugh Hopper

Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact with them, musically or personally, I never assume that anything wonderful will happen.

Hugh Laurie

I think classical music tuition is, well, was when I was a child, was an abomination. I think in some ways it is one of life's great tragedies for everybody who gives up an instrument.

Hugh Jackman

We have far more ability than we give ourselves credit for,

Horace Walpole

At last some curious traveller from Lima will visit England, and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul's, like the editions of Baalbec and Palmyra.

Horace

In giving advice I advise you, be short.

Homer

'T is fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

Homer

By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

Homer

Insignificant mortals, who are as leaves are, and now flourish and grow warm with life, and feed on what the ground gives, but then again fade away and are dead.

Homer

The gods give to mortals not everything at the same time.

Homer

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

Homer

Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.

Homer

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things.

Homer

The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe.

If I can do that during the season without giving up the home runs and stuff, I'm happy. I look for one- or two-pitch outs. I don't like to strike people out.

If I didn't have good teammates like them, I wouldn't be giving my best.

I feel like Mayor Dill should be giving this proclamation,