Given Quotes

I've been spoiled by this project. I was given the script and went in to read, realizing that this was a powerful story and one that wasn't told very often.

So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.

Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.

People who get involved with the success of something have to be given at least some share of that success.

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.

God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.

Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.

I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace.

Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.

Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we've been given, that's kind of how it's evolved in certain ways.

Perhaps I have a wider range than I'd given myself credit for.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.

Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly.

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.