i gave a start as if goosed from behind

I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.

— Alice Walker

And I gave you my all, now baby be mine.

— Ashanti

How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They…

— W. Averell Harriman

“The Lord gave you a backbone because He wanted you to use it. So use it.”

— Nick Wilgus

Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here…

— Ken Mehlman

Just remember that when nobody was there for you, I was. And when nobody else gave a damn, I did.

— Anonymous

When we built Roomba, we explicitly designed it to not have a face. We didn't want to think it was cute; we wanted people…

— Colin Angle

Moses became America's true founding father because he evangelized action; he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty.

— Bruce Feiler

The first time I went to Abbey Road and put those headphones on, I discovered I had two voices. I no longer had to…

— Cilla Black

God gave me eyes so that I might see you, and God gave you eyes, so that I might see myself.

— Brad Brown

My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies…

— Joan Didion

I have a large watch collection, and classic watches are especially important to me. I had a silver Rolex, and I actually gave it…

— Nate Berkus

You may not believe me, but I gave you al I had.

— Anonymous

I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don't…

— David Byrne

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

— Voltaire