I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

I’ve given no thought to moving to America at all.

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.

If God existed, and if He cared for humankind, He would never have given us religion.

The queen and I always got on well, still do; I uphold everything Her Majesty represents, has given up her life for. It’s her duty. For her country, she’s selfless to the grave.

Freedom is never given; it is won.

Hindsight can be merciless. People of any given era often look back in time and wonder how their predecessors could have been so dimwitted.

I’ve never been given a ticket by a police man.

If inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

If I were a customer, and I was given a dish with peppers, I would hate it. I also don’t like blood sausage.

When I sit down to write, I don’t think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.

The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race.

I’ve never read for a movie, I’ve always been given them.

I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns...

Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given...

If you’re going to have a heart attack, mine was the kind to have. I’m thankful that it hasn’t affected my output or my capacity to perform. And it has given me a lot to...

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I’m given a shirt that’s too clean, one that’s completely white, I immediately start having doubts.

These wars appear also to have given its death blow to colonialism and to imperialism in its colonial form, under which weaker peoples were treated as possessions to be economically exploited. At least we hope...

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

People want to come to Pakistan but are not given visas. We wish for visas to be given to those people who want to come to Pakistan.

It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I’m not someone who likes to be in the limelight.

President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.

I’d like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.

I’ve never lost anything, but I have given some things up.

I don’t think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five men he’s been given.

France has been very good for me. It has given me a very worldly-cool attitude.

I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I’ve given everything that I’ve got.

Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed.

I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.

What do you do with what you’re given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?

Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.

One must put things in perspective – I’ve been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country.

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer ‘This can never end up in a book.’ And it never does.

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

I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that… we have got to force them to comply, and we are...

If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given.

One of the series I like is D.M. Cornish’s ‘Monster Blood Tattoo,’ in which he creates a whole language. Kids who are reading that are building a language in their heads. There’s no real cognitive...

People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the rights, privileges, and immunities of an American citizen under the Constitution.

On average, spending time with your boss is consistently rated as the least pleasurable activity in a given day.

Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord.

After all, it’s not every day a woman is given a kingdom of dreams.

The most abysmal advise ever given by the ignorant to the stupid.

It’s a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.

I like to mumble when I act, ’cause I think it’s more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a Mexican gangster.

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true.

Nothing has been given to me.