Given Quotes

If God had intended us to fly he would have given us railways.

There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.

What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a "neural correlate of consciousness"?

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

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.

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.

The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh.

The God-given ability that you're given to use, it speaks as much about who and what I was and was around, and the crowd of people that I chose to live my life with, as it does about me.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all parts of the world. Even if we gave Him no name at all, He would still be there, within us, waiting to give us good on this earth.

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.

Marijuana you can give up, Iv given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.

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

Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do.

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

As you get older and wiser you realize that when people are given anything without having to earn it (unless they are physically or mentally utterly incapable of earning anything), they become ungrateful and lazy. They also become less happy.