Famous Quotes & Sayings

Will Eisner

I want to point out to adults that there is a world of good material available to you now in comic form - in this medium - and learn to give it your support because the more you support it, the better the material will be as it comes out.

Sarah Rees Brennan

One of the lambs fixed its attention on Jared. “Baa,” it flirted. “Boo,” said Jared. “Oh my God, Jared. Don’t tough-talk the lambs.” "It was giving me a funny look.

Sarah Chalke

I love acting, and it was really important to me to give it a real shot.

Sarah Brightman

I am not a composer of music; I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces I want to record.

Sara Zarr

The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.

Sarah Addison Allen

I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

Sara Bareilles

True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

Samuel Fuller

If your first scene doesn't give you a hard on, throw it out!

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poetry gives most pleasure when only generally and not perfectly understood.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

O lady! we receive but what we give And in our life alone does Nature live.

Samuel Goldwyn

Ill give you a definite maybe.

Samuel Beckett

Estragon: What about hanging ourselves? Vladimir: Hmm. It'd give us an erection.

Sally Ride

The best advice I can give anybody is to try to understand who you are and what you want to do, and don't be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that.

Salman Rushdie

Unless, of course, there's no such thing as chance;...in which case, we should either-optimistically-get up and cheer, because if everything is planned in advance, then we all have a meaning and are spared the terror of knowing ourselves to be random, without a why; or else, of course, we might-as pessimists-give up right here and now, understanding the futility of thought decision action, since nothing we think makes any difference anyway, things will be as they will. Where, then, is optimism? In fate or in chaos?

Salman Rushdie

I've always thought that one of the things that the Internet and the gaming world permits as a narrative technique is to not tell the story from beginning to end - to tell stories sideways, to give alternative possibilities that the reader can, in a way, choose between.

Ryan Sheckler

Don't ever give up. You gotta keep trying, and never give up.

Ryan Seacrest

We meet no ordinary people in our lives. If you give them a chance, everyone has something amazing to offer.

Ryan Reynolds

I love doing six versions of any joke, so if they'll give me six takes, I'd love to do it.

Ryan Reynolds

I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.

Wesley Snipes

You give Frost a message from me. You tell him it's open season on all suckheads.

Wendie Malick

Every time you get something, give something away.

Give the FBI unchecked domestic spying powers and instead of focusing on preventing terrorism, it will revert to doing what it does best - monitoring, harassing, and intimidating political dissidents and thousands of harmless immigrants.

Wangari Maathai

It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over them would not then occur…so, protecting the global environment is directly related to securing peace…those of us who understand the complex concept of the environment have the burden to act. We must not tire, we must not give up, we must persist.

Wangari Maathai

Those of us who witness the degraded state of the environment and the suffering that comes with it cannot afford to be complacent. We continue to be restless. If we really carry the burden, we are driven to action. We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

Wangari Maathai

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

W. S. Gilbert

If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham. Each little fault of temper and each social defect In my erring fellow creatures, I endeavor to correct.

W. S. Gilbert

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

Virginia Postrel

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.

W. H. Auden

A shilling life will give you all the facts.

W. H. Auden

The condition of mankind is, and always has been, so miserable and depraved that, if anyone were to say to the poet: "For God's sake stop singing and do something useful like putting on the kettle or fetching bandages," what just reason could he give for refusing?

William Cohen

We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in order to have more security.

William Cobbett

Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches.

William Cobbett

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.