Gift Quotes - page 16

Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it. Obviously, it's a challenge - but if you're not taking the bull by the horns, I have no patience for you. You're just taking up space. (Melissa Rosenberg)
It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be. View quote
Nolan Ryan
Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me. View quote
Nancy Sinatra
I feel like before I came to the planet I asked God for the gift of music. I didn't want to come here without the gift of music and God granted it to me. View quote
Narada Michael Walden
Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have. View quote
Peter Garrett
I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour. View quote
Peter Wright
A tea set is good for a newborn girl. It is a gift that instantly makes the room a girl's room. View quote
Phoebe Cates
Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving. View quote
Paulina Porizkova
I've never used chat-up lines; I don't have the gift of the gab. View quote
Ricky Whittle
I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going. View quote
Robin Trower
The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn. (Robin Trower)
We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift. View quote
Rose Schneiderman
Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life. View quote
Roy Ayers
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have. View quote
Ralph Marston
Despite living in an increasingly digital world, there are a few things I still like to keep as physical reminders. So every time I see an exhibition, I make a pit stop at the museum gift shop to buy a postcard of something that inspired me. View quote
Ruzwana Bashir
I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way. View quote
Randy Owen
The people of the United States don't recognize it, but the oil industry has given the greatest gift to the people of the nation, and that gift is the low cost of energy. Bottom line is this enables the country to be very competitive manufacturing-wise and in the world economy. View quote
Ray Lee Hunt
I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift. View quote
Septima Poinsette Clark
I would like to go back and spend a Christmas with my family and myself when I was five years old and just see what that dynamic would be like. Observe it. I think it would be a magical gift. View quote
Sharon Lawrence
I'm always being asked if I watch 'The X Factor,' and I do from time to time. I know it makes for great TV and that Simon Cowell has a real gift. View quote
Shirley Bassey
I never had worked in high fashion before, had never experienced it when I was a model before. I appreciate it, being able to work with such talented people; it feels like a gift now. I think for everyone everything happens at the right time, and this is my time. (Saskia de Brauw)
I'm an avid shoe fan. I got my first pair of Louboutins as a birthday gift from Jami Gertz. View quote
Toks Olagundoye
President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office. View quote
Tom Allen
I just think it's a blessing that I was able to have the gift of words and to be able to put them into music. I was given a great gift all the way around. I didn't ever have to really go out and look for songs, you know. View quote
Teena Marie
I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic. View quote
Vince McMahon