Given Quotes

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we've been given, that's kind of how it's evolved in certain ways.

Perhaps I have a wider range than I'd given myself credit for.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

I don't trust what this life has given me.

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.

Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly.

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.

Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.

I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.

Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.

I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace.

Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.

Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.

What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.