Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Saroyan

If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is no longer a thief.

William Saroyan

It is simply in the nature of Armenian to study, to learn, to question, to speculate, to discover, to invent, to revise, to restore, to preserve, to make, and to give.

William Shatner

We meet aliens every day who have something to give us. They come in the form of people with different opinions.

William J. Clinton

I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by whipping up fears on some of these things - if it's a reasonable Social Security proposal, a reasonable Medicare proposal. We've got to deal with these things. You cannot have health care devour the economy.

William J. Clinton

When we give what we can, and give it with joy, we don't just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.

William J. Clinton

We're [Clinton Foundation] trying to get rapid tests that give you results when you're right there on site at an affordable price. Ninety percent of the HIV-positive people in the world don't know they have the infection. An enormous amount of infections are being perpetrated by people who don't know they themselves are HIV positive.

William J. Clinton

Our paradigm now seems to be: Something terrible happened to us on September 11, and that gives us the right to interpret all future events in a way that everyone else in the world must agree with us. And if they don't, they can go straight to hell.

William J. Clinton

Work organizes life. It gives structure and discipline to life.

William J. Clinton

The purpose of politics is to give people tools to make the most of their lives.

William J. Clinton

The problem with any ideology is that it gives you the answer before you examine the evidence.

William James

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

William Friedkin

The digital process gives me total control over how I want the film to look. The films look like they did when I was first looking through the viewfinder.

William Gibson

The designers [of the 1930s] were populists, you see; they were trying to give the public what it wanted. What the public wanted was the future.

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 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.

William Ellery Channing

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

William Ellery Channing

Religion is faith in an infinite Creator, who delights in and enjoins that rectitude which conscience commands us to seek. This conviction gives a Divine sanction to duty.

Richard M. Nixon

I learned that the people who have the cards are usually the ones who talk the least and the softest; those who are bluffing tend to talk loudly and give themselves away.

Richard M. Nixon

You must never give up. You must remember that you have to take risks in order to achieve anything and sometimes you will suffer defeat. But the mark of any individual is to recover from defeat and disappointment and go on and give it his best shot.

Richard M. Nixon

Always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty.

Richard M. Nixon

I don't give a damn about the civilians.

Richard Selzer

Autopsies give us the facts but not the truth.

Richard Selzer

The liver, that great maroon snail: No wave of emotion sweeps it. Neither music nor mathematics gives it pause in its appointed tasks.

Richard Rossi

I enrich myself by telling others to give to me so they can bribe God to get what they want.

Richard Ford

The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being

Richard Gere

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.

Ricardo Semler

The best way to invest corporate profits is to give them to the employees.

Ricardo Semler

If you are giving back, you took too much.

Reba McEntire

Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking