Given Quotes

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain.

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.

I accept the calling of my generation to give our children the America that was given to us, with opportunity for the young and security for the old - and I know that we are ready.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

James was my given name, but I was a junior; so I was Jamie as a kid.

Quiet people, people who aren't given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - they're also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting.

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.

What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.

When you lose something in your life, stop thinking it's a loss for you... it is a gift you have been given so you can get on the right path to where you are meant to go, not to where you think you should have gone.

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment.

People can get their news any way they want. What I love about what's happened is that there are so many different avenues, there are so many different outlets, so many different ways to debate and discuss and to inquire about any given news story.

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.

The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

I don't think anyone is qualified to answer questions of eternal fate definitively, much less pinpoint it to a given day.