Giving Quotes - Page 417

I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in the charts - I watch 'Come Together' (the flip side) because that's my song.

I'll give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind

Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.

The nature of the place...whether high or low, moist or dry, whether sloping north or south, or bearing tall trees or low shrubs...generally gives hint as to its inhabitants.

It hurts not the tongue to give faire words.

To give importance to trifling matters.

Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.

I've been surfing so many years and it's a pretty strong part of my life so I'm not gonna give that up.

Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.

Ask yourself, "When does this decision have to be taken?" and having answered it, defer the decision until then, in order to give yourself maximum pondering time.

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.

What you give to help others, builds them up enough that they are able to give to others. It's a cycle that can continue on long after you're dead and gone.

Everyone gets discourages...The question is: Are you going to give up or get up? It's a choice.

A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.

It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm.

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.

How to please the public - that's the test, But nowadays I find I'm in a fix; I know they're not accustomed to the best, But they've all read so much they know the tricks. How can we give then something fresh and new That's serious, but entertaining too?

Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

If a person forges ahead in the light and yet has lost his care for the others, the purpose of the light is wasted. God does not give us light for its own sake, but for the purpose of doing something in the light.

I'm really, really, really, really conservative with money. I got to give myself a lot of excuses to spend money, because I come from nothin'.