Giving Quotes - Page 586

Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.

The fact that the president (Michelle Bachelet) was out giving minute-to-minute reports a few hours after the quake in the middle of the night gives you an indication of their disaster response.

It's actually technically impossible for a woman to argue against feminism. Without feminism, you wouldn't be allowed to have a debate on a woman's place in society. You'd be too busy giving birth on the kitchen floor, biting down on a wooden spoon so as not to disturb the men's card game, before going back to hoeing the rutabaga field.

Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is best.

One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up.

I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't get the upper hand. No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time...The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give up.

The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear.

The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.

Im very clear that everyone in the world loves me. I just dont expect them to realize it yet.

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

It gives me vertigo to watch TV dramas.

I'm always being accused of being a Hollywood Republican, but I'm not! I have just as many Democratic ideas as Republican ones. If they could build three fewer bombs every month and give the money to foster care, that would be great.

If you catch him, just give me four seconds with Saddam Hussein.

Some guys they just give up living, and start dying little by little, piece by piece.

I thought I might have to give up art, but I couldn't think of anything else to do.

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

This is my fault. Give me the ball.

Unlike conventional jocks, who tend to sell aluminum siding and give canned speeches to parochial-school athletic banquets in the off-season, race drivers never shuck their image when they leave the stadium. They are supposed to be zany, nomadic soldiers of fortune who are involved in wild endeavors during every waking moment.

I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes.

My mom said giving birth was the most excruciating thing she's ever gone through in her life. So...if [a cesarean] doesn't happen, I'll be like, `Epidural, please!' Hopefully my athletic abilities will take over.

We get a ton of email; everybody does now. It gives us a kind of a pulse that you can feel. What we hear people saying is thank you for being fair; thank you for being balanced.

When I take on a character, it's a sacrifice. There's something that you give up every time. I want to become these characters, and I want to be mysterious, but if you know too much about me, it's not going to be too much fun watching me play a character, because it's just going to be me with a mask on, instead of you believing what the mask is.

If you start pandering to young people, you're going to get accused of simply giving people what they want.

I work with people who come up with an idea and people throw money at it. They say, "Geeze, can I give you some money? Can I get a piece of that?" So, if your concept is good everything else becomes much easier. If your concept is unclear, then everything else is harder

Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, ever give up.