Famous Quotes & Sayings

Luc de Clapiers

We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.

Louis Menand

Public circulation is what renders something a quotation. It's quotable because it's been quoted, and its having been quoted gives it authority.

Louis Sachar

You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.

Louis Sachar

Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you.

Louis Pasteur

I give them experiments and they respond with speeches.

Lord Byron

The mind can make substance, and people planets of its own with beings brighter than have been, and give a breath to forms which can outlive all flesh.

Lord Acton

Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.

Jim Valvano

Never give up...never ever give up.

John Ciardi

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

John Ciardi

The constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

John Coltrane

The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.

John Connolly

This life is filled with threats and danger, David. We face those that we have to face, and there will be times when we must make the choice to act for the greater good, even at risk to ourselves, but we do not lay down our lives needlessly. Each of us has only one life to live, and one life to give. There is no glory in throwing it away where there is no hope.

John Cleese

A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.

John Barnes

Useless people are not improved by giving them the impression they are useful.

John Barnes

Marti wasn't the type to give up without a fight, especially not if she was very afraid - some people are like that. They lean into the fear.

M. Scott Peck

An essential part of true listening is the discipline of bracketing, the temporary giving up or setting aside of one's own prejudices, frames of reference and desires so as to experience as far as possible the speaker's world from the inside, step in inside his or her shoes.

M. Scott Peck

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.

M. Scott Peck

The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. When we love another person we give him or her our attention; we attend to that person's growth.

Lurlene McDaniel

I wanted to show what it's really like for 98 percent of the world's population [in the third world]. Plus, I also see there are an awful lot of young people out there doing good things, and I wanted to give them a platform.

Lurlene McDaniel

Forgiving's a choice you make—a gift you give to somebody even if they don't deserve it. It costs nothing, but it makes you feel rich for giving it away.

Lurlene McDaniel

Nobody gets to pick what life gives them

Lupe Fiasco

Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.

Luis Gonzalez

I prefer to give a dollar to a thousand people.

Louise Brown

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

John Cena

Thank you guys. Thank you for never giving up on me.

John Cena

Seriously, I grew up a fan of Hulk Hogan, and I think I bring some of his best values to the ring... the values of a superhero. Always do your best. Never give up... I think kids want to believe in that, and they should believe in that.

John Bingham

Trying harder doesn’t always equal more success; it leads to more frustration, less satisfaction, and giving up.

John Bevere

God doesn't author hardship but uses it to strengthen us for greater conquests. He never leads us into a storm that He doesn't give us the power to overcome.

John Bevere

Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.

John Arbuthnot

Unjust force can never give any just dominion.

John Archibald Wheeler

The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.

Rod Brind'Amour

You can't win giving up that many no matter how well you play offensively. You have to shut other teams down. We're erratic, too erratic, I think.

Dave Tippett

You can say simplify, but then you get into having your head down and giving it away. What you have to do is recognize the situation when you have to move it.