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Giving Quotes (page 182)

So soon as I hear that such or such a man gives himself out for a philosopher, I conclude that, like the dyspeptic old woman, he must have "broken his digester. Herman Melville
The time comes when each of us has to give up as illusions the expectations which, in his youth, he pinned upon his fellow-men, and when he may learn how much difficulty and pain has been added to his life by their ill-will. Sigmund Freud
The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma. Abraham Lincoln
Steve Irwin quote: "Where I live if someone gives you a hug it’s from the heart."
Where I live if someone gives you a hug it’s from the heart. Steve Irwin
Samuel Johnson quote: "Nature has given woman so much power that the law cannot..."
Nature has given woman so much power that the law cannot afford to give her more. Samuel Johnson
Gloria Steinem quote: "Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier..."
Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect. Gloria Steinem
...asked by his wife whether he wants to have his bowling shoes laced over or laced under, Archie Bunker answers the question: "What's the difference?" Being a reader of sublime simplicity, his wife replies by patiently explaining the difference between lacing over and lacing under, whatever this may be, but provokes only ire. "What's the difference" did not ask for difference but means instead "I don't give a damn what the difference is. Paul de Man
Perhaps I need some shattering experience to awaken and inspire me, or at least to give me some emotion to recollect in tranquility. But how to get it? Sit here and wait for it or go out and seek it? . . . I expect it will be sit and wait. Barbara Pym
John Randolph quote: "All of us have two educations; one which we receive from..."
All of us have two educations; one which we receive from others; another and more valuable; which we give ourselves. John Randolph
John Steinbeck quote: "You was always too busy pullen' little girls' pigtails when I..."
You was always too busy pullen' little girls' pigtails when I give you the Holy Sperit. John Steinbeck
With her foot on the threshold she waited a moment longer in a scene which was vanishing even as she looked, and then, as she moved and took Minta's arm and left the room, it changed, it shaped itself differently; it had become, she knew, giving one last look at it over her shoulder, already the past. Virginia Woolf
JEANBoy, would I like to see you give some old harpie the three in one! COLONELDon't be vulgar, Jane. Let us be crooked, but never common. Preston Sturges
Charles Dickens quote: "Mr. Dick, give me your hand, for your common sense is invaluable."
Mr. Dick, give me your hand, for your common sense is invaluable. Charles Dickens
I would like to achieve a state of inner spiritual grace from which I could function and give as I was meant to in the eye of God. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Norman Douglas quote: "If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving..."
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things. Norman Douglas

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