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Giving Quotes by Dorothy Parker
- If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much, but I shall stay the way I am, because I do not…
- I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't…
- If I don't drive around the park, I'm pretty sure to make my mark. If I'm in bed each night by ten, I may get…
- There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine. Oh,…
- She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw — I don't say she will, but she can.
- You don’t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an assistant…
- The ladies men admire, I've heard, Would shudder at a wicked word. Their candle gives a single light, They'd rather stay at home at night.…
- But I don't give up; I forget why not.
- Sometimes I think I'll give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day.
- But I give you my word, in the entire book there is nothing that cannot be said aloud in mixed company. And there is, also,…
- If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
- Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful. So you might as well live.
More Giving Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi