Given Quotes - page 8

I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership. (Blair Underwood)
Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken. View quote
Charlie Watts
It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. View quote
David R. Brower
My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else. View quote
Herschel Walker
Be cautious of playing your Queen in front of your King and in subjecting yourself to a discovered check. It is better when check is given to your King to interpose a man that attacks the checking Piece than with one that does not. View quote
Howard Staunton
Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills. View quote
Hugh Mackay
It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine. View quote
Immanuel Velikovsky
Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top. View quote
Jessica Savitch
Feelings are like a color chart that God has given us. View quote
Keith Miller
Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism. View quote
Linda Chavez
People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?' (Major Owens)
As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given. View quote
Mary Lou Retton
Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential. View quote
Michael Burgess
Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized. View quote
Mike Ditka
Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it serious economic implications. View quote
Peter Bart
A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture. View quote
Peter Bart
This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival. View quote
Penelope Spheeris
I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do that - whether it be film or television or theatre or whatever. I'm also still into music and recording. View quote
Richard O'Brien
The marvelous thing is that for thousands of years people have continued questioning and searching and ultimately concluding that reasons for certain occurrences are not given to man to know. View quote
Robert Vaughan
You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all. View quote
Sam Mendes
I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and every day. (Steven Cojocaru)
The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation. View quote
Steven Cojocaru
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. View quote
Vance Havner
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face. View quote
Venerable Bede
We need to thank all of our troops, and particularly those for whom we can never express enough gratitude for they have given their lives so that all of us may be free and that our democracy can be a shining light for the rest of the world. View quote
Virgil Goode