Giving Quotes - Page 663

The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to minority players.

Wit is a pleasure-giving thing, largely because it eludes reason; but in the apprehension of an absurdity through the working of the comic spirit there is a foundation of reason, and an impetus to human companionship.

It is the steady and merciless increase of occupations, the augmented speed at which we are always trying to live, the crowding of each day with more work than it can profitably hold, which has cost us, among other things, the undisturbed enjoyment of friends. Friendship takes time, and we have no time to give it.

Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong.

One does not give birth in a void, but rather in a cultural and political context. Laws, professional codes, religious sanctions, and ethnic traditions all affect women's choices concerning childbirth.

We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

For this is wisdom: to live, to take what fate, or the Gods, may give.

Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.

I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.

Until I'm over the hill and over the hump; I'm gonna let my music bump and give the people what they want.

No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you. And, oh yes, if you wanted, he would give you a haircut and pull your tooth while he was at it.

The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up their slaves.

The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.

My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.

Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question...awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.

Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.

I was trained at a conservatory school, and they usher you into the business by giving you a showcase. I was so lucky that I met with an agent, and he sent me on an audition for a TV pilot, and I happened to book it. It was like complete luck that it happened.

I don't want to beg or promise you things I can't give you. There isn't much of me to give, but what I have is yours. This is all up to you, Sadie. If you want me, I'm yours. If you can't do this, then I'll walk away and leave you alone. I swear.

I've noticed in my life that as you work on more things with more people, you spend less time hanging out with other people who are artists, creative people who give you a sense of family.

A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

Happiness is like a kiss, in order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else.

When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future.

The main reason for people's lack of success is their willingness to give up what they want most of all, for what they want right now!

When we give it all, we can live with ourselves - regardless of the results.