Give Me Quotes - Page 7

• Give me one good reason why I should never make a change, baby if you hold me then all of this will go away.

  George Ezra

  Baby, Giving, Going Away

  Song: Budapest

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.

  Ray Kurzweil

  Opportunity, Giving, Doe

  "How Ray Kurzweil Will Help Google Make the Ultimate AI Brain". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. April 25, 2013.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• In my life I see no difference between making pots, cooking and growing vegetables. They are all so related. However, there is a need for me to work in clay. It is so gratifying and I get so much joy from it, and it gives me many answers in my life.

  Toshiko Takaezu

  Vegetables, Differences, Giving

  Toshiko Takaezu, Felice Fischer, Darrel Sewell (2004). “The poetry of clay: the art of Toshiko Takaezu”, ACC Distribution

  27 Copy quote

  Show source

• My dad was a really good surfer, and by the time I was 10, he was dragging me out on some good days at Bells. I'd reckon they were solid, 6-foot days, and he'd tell me to wait on the shoulder. I'd see him coming through the barrel, and he'd just scream at me to go. I'd drop in, and he'd give me a hoot from behind - I've always loved it.

  Xavier Rudd

  Dad, Good Day, Feet

  9 Copy quote

• I set my phone with motivational quotes to go off on random days and times. Like, 'You're stronger than you think you are.' I'll forget about it, then one will pop up and it'll give me a little boost.

  Shawn Johnson

  Thinking, Phones, Giving

  9 Copy quote

• But I, for one, am not interested in a harmless truth or a harmless God. Give me a truth that works, and a God who makes me tremble.

  Eric Ludy

  Giving, Not Interested

  Eric Ludy (2008). “The Bravehearted Gospel: The Truth Is Worth Fighting For”, p.61, Harvest House Publishers

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Advances in technology have opened up possibilities in the cultural realm throughout history. I'm intrigued by developments in technology - as an artist it gives me a new palette to explore.

  Janet Echelman

  Artist, Technology, Giving

  4 Copy quote

• I ask to become a faery because I love a faery queen, and because she deserves to have someone who loves her for who she is, not what she is. She needs me. There are people-good people-I love and I'm a liability to them because I'm a mortal. I'm fragile. I'm fine. I am in this world. People I care about, the woman I love, friends in all three of the courts This is where I belong. I just need you to give me what it takes to stay with them and be strong enough not to fail them.

  Melissa M

  Strong, Queens, People

  4 Copy quote

• I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. Im constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline.

  Maria Semple

  Character, Knowing, Giving

  5 Copy quote

• Give me a thousand Tennesseans, and I'll whip any other thousand men on the globe!

  Andrew Jackson

  Men, Giving, Thousand

  15 Copy quote

• If I see an orchid that's fantastically expensive, I'll buy it. It's worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure.

  Lee Radziwill

  Orchids, Giving, Reason

  94 Copy quote

• I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.

  Vijender Singh

  Heart, London Olympics, Giving

  6 Copy quote

• Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.

  Jerry Lewis

  Loyalty, Hands, Giving

  28 Copy quote

• ...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how you are. You give me great joy. And you make horrible coffee.

  John D. MacDonald

  Hurt, Coffee, People

  John D MacDonald (2013). “Travis McGee: Books 1-3: Introduction by Lee Child”, p.241, Random House

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm 53, and it's hard to get to the gym every day. If I know on Friday I'm going to be wrestling, then I don't want to look bad, so it gives me motivation. Plus, once you're in motion, it's a lot easier to stay in motion.

  Kevin Nash

  Friday, Motivation, Wrestling

  "Q&A with Kevin Nash, former WWE star wrestling in Hagerstown on Friday". Interview with Aaron Oster, www.baltimoresun.com. March 28, 2013.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• The city (regardless which one it is) does provide a certain degree of sophistication and intellectualism. It offers the challenge of professional matters. It throws new and interesting people in one's path. There is a dynamic and an energy in cities which is diametric to the life-forces of the forest.
  Still the cabin is the wellspring, the source, the hub of my existence. It gives me tranquility, a closeness of nature and wildlife, good health and fitness, a sense of security, the opportunity for resourcefulness, reflection and creative thinking.

  Anne LaBastille

  Good Life, Reflection, Opportunity

  15 Copy quote

• I remember going to him (Richard England) and saying, “You know, how come you don't give me any parts?” I did Raymonda and a couple of other nice parts, but mostly he was giving a lot of parts to the other girls. He said, “Those girls are short and they're not going to get into ABT, but I think you are going to get into ABT. I think you're going dance later, so I'm not worried about you.”

  Susan Jaffe

  Girl, Couple, Nice

  4 Copy quote

• I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.

  Earl Scruggs

  Giving, Tunes, Attention

  10 Copy quote

• I have good and bad days like everyone else. I just try to be positive and surround myself with great people. When I think about all the great things and people I have had in my life, that gives me confidence.

  Jessica White

  Bad Day, Thinking, People

  "Supermodel Jessica White shares her top beauty tricks!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. May 20, 2008.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• My hands are full when you give me your hand.

  Edmond Jabes

  Hands, Giving

  Edmond Jabes, Edmond Jabès, Rosmarie Waldrop (1991). “The Book of Questions: Volume II [Yaël; Elya; Aely; El, Or the Last Book]”, p.147, Wesleyan University Press

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't expect anyone to give me anything.

  Jamie Moyer

  Giving

  4 Copy quote

• It's like the little rat in the Skinner box who says, "I've got this psychologist under my control. Every time I press the bar, he gives me a food pellet."

  Jess Lair

  Giving, Bars, Modern Life

  9 Copy quote

• Rattle me out of bed early, set me going, give me as short a time as you like to bolt my meals in, and keep me at it. Keep me always at it, and I'll keep you always at it, you keep somebody else always at it. There you are with the Whole Duty of Man in a commercial country.

  Charles Dickens

  Country, Character, Men

  Charles Dickens (1867). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.101

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Giving, Helping, Bigger

  4 Copy quote

• I have Twitter so I can tell people what I want them to buy and they give me money.

  Louis C. K.

  People, Giving, Want

  4 Copy quote