Given Quotes · Page 142

Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped.

— Stuart Rothenberg

As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I never really marketed myself, so each job I was given was a new marketing tool, and that would be the way…

— Jane Curtin

There should be a vaccine against Adam Black. And all women should be given it at birth.

— Karen Marie Moning

Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.

— Saint John Chrysostom

“But it is never about who has given what. That is not the way of gifts. This is not a business we…

— Ann Patchett

I'm here, and every day now is an extra day. I've been given an extra day so I've got to make the…

— George Lucas

Amazon can't be all good or all bad. I don't think that everything they do is evil; they've given a lot of…

— Scott Turow

To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved.…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given…

— Vincent de Paul

Belief is desecrated when given to unproved and unquestioned statements for the solace and private pleasure of the believer . . .…

— William James

It is a given that we will all make some mistakes in life. It is a given that you will make inappropriate…

— Iyanla Vanzant

Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few:…

— Pope Francis

I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not.…

— Alice Walker

Given cognitive vulnerabilities, it would be convenient to have an arrangement whereby reality could tell us off; and that is precisely what…

— Rebecca Goldstein

If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against…

— George Best

The individual man, in introspecting the fact of his own consciousness, also discovers the primordial natural fact of his freedom: his freedom…

— Murray Rothbard

'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands…

— John Archibald Wheeler

I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think,…

— Paul Simon

I am so lonely without you, Aedan," Jane said simply. "You truly want me?" "More than anything. I'm only half without you."…

— Karen Marie Moning

The Wikks are regular kids given a Galactic size challenge. Readers will follow Oliver, Tiffany, and twins, Mason and Austin as they…

— Wayne Thomas Batson

I have studied the enemy all my life. I have read the memoirs of his generals and his leaders. I have even…

— George S. Patton

You cannot make a man worth a given amount by making it illegal for anyone to offer him anything less. You merely…

— Henry Hazlitt

As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" The skull howled with laughter. "You just got your ass handed to you by a…

— Jim Butcher

While Japan has traditionally lagged in digital uptake, COVID-19 has given Japan a chance to leap-frog its digitization efforts.

— Fumio Kishida

If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, he would have given man a moon.

— Krafft Arnold Ehricke

There is no truth which cannot be given in fifty words; the truth is always concise.

— Barry N. Malzberg

Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security

— Bruce Schneier

The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it-right or wrong-may be given.

— Susanne Katherina Langer

Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon our shoulder and this brief message will be given: "Come home.

— Billy Graham

You know what the ideal dove gun for any given day is? Your other-the one you left at home.

— Gene Hill

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.

— Sidney Sheldon

I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to…

— Christine Baranski

Treat every moment of your life with Divine respect. Love passionately your God-given miraculous life.

— Robert Muller

It has never been given to a man to attain at once his happiness and his salvation.

— Charles Peguy

The dignity of man into your hands is given; Oh, keep it well, with you it sinks or lifts itself to heaven.

— Friedrich Schiller

It is only as powerful as it is relevant in a given scenario. I think we need to be clear it is…

— Chris Asplen

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

— Martha Beck

[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good…

— Barack Obama

“Sometimes it is given to us. One moment of clarity. One word laid down, cold and clattering, beside another. Ribbon of wet…

— John Gilmore