Giving Quotes

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

Those who devote their lives to serving our country, children, and neighborhoods are giving back. They have answered the call to serve.

I'm giving life lessons and tips on how to take care of your emotional heart, because heart disease is the number-one killer in America.

Nothing spooky or terrible happened on set, but we were told to say it had. We were giving a press conference and the writers were going on about these terrible things that supposedly happened while we were filming.

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.

Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

A lot of them want to come and play for Manchester United. They want to play because Alex has a record of giving youth a chance and we have the history and heritage of Manchester United.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

I took the role because it's rare to read a script that makes me laugh and cry, and it spoke to my own religious feelings, as well as giving me a chance to draw on my experience as a parent. Accepting it was a no-brainer.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition.

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

I like the idea of giving workers control and putting their money into their personal accounts.

Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.

Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market - I have so many vintage pieces from there it's unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules.

Governor Romney has said nothing about preschool. I think that giving the poorest kids in America wonderful preschool, and three years of it, starting when they are two-and-a-half, is absolutely crucial.

Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in.

I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.

What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.

Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world.

I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general.

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

I'm notorious for giving a bad interview. I'm an actor and I can't help but feel I'm boring when I'm on as myself.

I've not got a girlfriend at the moment. Somebody said, 'Do you worry girls are just giving you attention because of who you are?' I was like, 'I'm 17, it's wonderful.'

To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.