(1819 quotes found)
“We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by chance we think we have found one, it will not be long before we destroy him.”
Constantine Karamanlis
“The most abysmal advise ever given by the ignorant to the stupid.”
Tommy Armour
“Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.”
Kemal Ataturk
“I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording room. Weary, I would beg for a break, an intermission, time enough, let's say, to go to the toilet or take a breath of fresh air on the balcony. Nothing doing!”
Henry Miller
“I was disappointed over my dismissal, given that it was at a crucial stage of the game and I had worked very hard to get to that point,”
Ricky Ponting
“An economist is a man that can tell you . . . what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's too.”
Will Rogers
“Lessons are not given, they are taken.”
Cesare Pavese
“A gift long expected is sold, not given”
Italian Proverb
“You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared.”
Lotte Lehmann
“It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us.”
Walter Benjamin
