Given Quotes · Page 100

Things, very strange things, happen in folktales and there is never much attention given to the whys and wherefores.

— Marisa Silver

Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.

— L. Frank Baum

Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter, and none of those instincts are given much play at the warehouse!

— Tennessee Williams

Love is not a given, it's a state that we work toward and experience gradually.

— John Pierrakos

Just to be able to release an album back in the day when I came out was very gratifying. Most people were…

— Keith Sweat

We try to 'self-medicate' ourselves against boredom with mobile phones in any given moment of free time.

— Alex Bogusky

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

— Maya Lin

I worry about what Trump will inspire in Canada, especially given incidents that have already occurred here since the election.

— Vivek Shraya

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process…

— Herbert Read

Train passengers may be astonished to learn how many working practices still seem rooted in the age of steam. For example, the…

— Simon Calder

No use to preach to the working-man courtesy & politeness when at the same time the working-man is not given working conditions…

— B. Traven

I grew up playing with kids from Hurt Village, playing with kids from other housing projects, Lamar Terrace, because my grandmother lived…

— Katori Hall

A horse that has made a positive change in his behavior needs an opportunity to 'soak', to concentrate on & digest what…

— Buck Brannaman

It is London fashion week, and once again I haven't been invited to any shows. This is upsetting given my well-known love…

— Arthur Smith

Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they,…

— Marcus Aurelius

If someone tied me down and made me answer the question, singer, actress, clothing designer, I most likely - it could change…

— Mandy Moore

A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given…

— Art Linkletter

And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward at the piano…

— Amy Tan

New York has arguably become the quintessential 1 percent city, a city that has been so given over to the rich that…

— Graydon Carter

Once a price move exceeds its median historical age, any method you use to analyze the market, whether it be fundamental or…

— Victor Sperandeo

Religious freedom is often referred to as America's first freedom. Our country was founded by religious exiles and built on the belief…

— Marco Rubio

There is no such things as God's word on earth. Or if there is it is not to be found in books.…

— James Frey

All doctrines relating to the creation of the world, the government of man by superior beings, and his destiny after death, are…

— William Winwood Reade

. . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in…

— Anatole Broyard

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

— Seneca the Younger

I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it's what fuels me.

— Tony Ferguson

Given a rich environment, learning becomes like the air—it’s in and around us.

— Sandra Dodd

We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

You can improve your talent, but your talent is a given, a mysterious constant. You must make it the best of its…

— Gore Vidal

The names of the plants ought to be stable [certa], consequently they should be given to stable genera.

— Carl Linnaeus

Yeah, it is particularly upsetting to be called, whatever it was, sneery, or a snob, given the background I have.

— Emily Thornberry

Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world…

— Samuel Johnson

Homeschooling has given us some wonderful flexibility and some great life experiences, especially with our son.

— Jodi Benson

Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.

— Anonymous

Life is serious, but I do think that God wants us to enjoy the things He's given us, like music.

— TobyMac

When I was first diagnosed with ALS, I was given two years to live. Now 45 years later, I am doing pretty well.

— Stephen Hawking

I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.

— Kate Clinton

Given enough time, I guess anything can look good. All it has to do is survive.

— David Sedaris

When you feel like you've given all you've got! You gotta take one more step!

— Eric Thomas