Quotes with present-giving

Quotes 521 till 540 of 561.

  • William Goldman Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.
    William Goldman
    American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1931 - 2018)
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  • Alberto Giacometti Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away.
    Alberto Giacometti
    Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker (1901 - 1966)
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  • Kin Hubbard Why doesn't the fellow who says, ''I'm no speechmaker'' let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Bob Knight Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
    Bob Knight
    American basketball coach (1940 - )
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  • George Eliot With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of the present: it is not a repented error shaken loose from the life: it is a still quivering part of himself, bringing shudders and bitter flavors and the tinglings of a merited shame.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Blake Mycoskie With TOMS, I found a way to create sustainable giving and consistently help those who are in need.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Bil Keane Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
    Bil Keane
    American cartoonist (1922 - 2011)
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  • Al Hirschfeld You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested in the present.
    Al Hirschfeld
     
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  • James Newman You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you felling otherwise.
    James Newman
     
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  • James R. Cook You are never giving, nor can you ever give, enough service.
    James R. Cook
     
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Amy Carmichael You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.
    Amy Carmichael
    Missionary in India (1867 - 1951)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Les Brown You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Robert Collier You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Dale Carnegie You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Carl Sagan You have to know the past to understand the present.
    Source: Cosmos (1980) 62
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Henry David Thoreau You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Ramana Maharshi You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
    Ramana Maharshi
    Indian Hindu mystic and guru (1879 - 1950)
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  • Caitlin Fitzgerald You never stop thinking about technique, but really, the reason we're actors is because of the sheer joy of those few moments you get every now and again where you're totally present. The rest is just struggle and misery.
    Caitlin Fitzgerald
    American actress and filmmaker
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