Generous Quotes

889 quotes by 706 authors

I'm generous. I give good tips. It's just - the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don't want anything. I'm not a… — Paul Auster
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your… — P T Barnum
A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man. — Cyrano de Bergerac
Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. — Mortimer Adler
The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge,… — Annie Besant
I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure. — Kenneth Branagh
The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people… — Anthony Bourdain
My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents. — Tony Abbott
People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way. — George Aiken
Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived. — Albert Brooks
Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate. — Harry Browne
Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which… — Edmund Burke
Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanahu made it real clear. They're willing to be generous on some other concessions but not on the border issue. And I… — Herman Cain
I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think… — Anne Campbell
People say, 'You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous.' Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural… — Helena Bonham Carter
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. — Geoffrey Chaucer
Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands.… — Jennifer Chiaverini
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. — Margaret Cho

Who Wrote These Generous Quotes

706 authors contributed a total of 889 Generous Quotes, led by these top contributors: