All Quotes

I gave away 'Life in Hell' when it was a little 'zine, and sold it at record stores for $1, and I knew from the time that I first did it that I would continue to do it, because it was fun.
‐‐ Matt Groening

I gave away two dogs years ago because I felt guilty at not being able to give them the time and attention they deserved. I now regularly feed an army of squirrels and wild birds around our house.
‐‐ Mike Farrell

I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in shape after having a baby if I ran the New York City Marathon. I ran in it November 1986. I had just shot the 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue, so I was in great shape.
‐‐ Kim Alexis

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.
‐‐ Richard M. Nixon

I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
‐‐ Allen Iverson

I gave everything in my career so I have no regrets at all.
‐‐ Michel Patini

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.
‐‐ Janis Ian

I gave her life, I can take life away.
‐‐ Mary Beth Whitehead

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.
‐‐ C. S. Lewis

I gave in to the idea of paying attention to what you like and letting it help you make better stuff.
‐‐ Lia Ices

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.
‐‐ Debbie Reynolds

I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.
‐‐ Phil Jackson

I gave Joss Whedon and Judd Apatow their first writing jobs, as well as many other untried writers who went on to great success.
‐‐ Roseanne Barr

I gave life, and that is beautiful.
‐‐ Celine Dion

I gave Mitt Romney some donations for his campaign because he was a friend, and friendship came first. I've always been a Democrat, and I've had different views than Mitt Romney. I'm not Mitt Romney, and I think people will realize that when they meet me out there.
‐‐ Stephen Pagliuca

I gave my all.
‐‐ Bryn Terfel

I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.
‐‐ Alice Walker

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.
‐‐ Brigitte Bardot

I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.
‐‐ Esther Williams

I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs.
‐‐ Marquis de Lafayette

I gave my heart to the Lord, and I remember the incident vividly. The Lord spoke to me. I know that sounds funny. It was not an audible voice or anything of that nature.
‐‐ Jimmy Swaggart

I gave my last concert in 1976. For 32 years, I had given everything I had. I wanted to stop. My last big debut was in Russia in 1973. After I retired, I didn't have to worry about going out in bad weather. I could stay up late.
‐‐ Renata Tebaldi

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
‐‐ Richard Bach

I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.
‐‐ Elia Kazan

I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12.
‐‐ Chuck Norris

I gave my parole once, and it has been shamefully violated by the British Government; I shall not give another to people on whom no faith can be reposed.
‐‐ Christopher Gadsden

I gave my voice to poetry.
‐‐ Juan Felipe Herrera

I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not.
‐‐ Bob Woodward

I gave myself a year to be a supermodel. And I said, 'If it doesn't happen, I'm going back to school.'
‐‐ Tyra Banks

I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.
‐‐ Francois Hollande

I gave myself permission to feel and experience all of my emotions. In order to do that, I had to stop being afraid to feel. In order to do that, I taught myself to believe that no matter what I felt or what happened when I felt it, I would be okay.
‐‐ Iyanla Vanzant

I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.
‐‐ Jane Gardam

I gave myself two months to book a job. One month later I was cast on 'Modern Family.'
‐‐ Sarah Hyland

I gave myself until I turned 25 to make it. And if it didn't happen, I thought I'd just try to find a nice husband.
‐‐ Katy Perry

I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad.
‐‐ Douglas Wilson

I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there for her every need for three years might have looked codependent but it wasn't because it was what I wanted to do.
‐‐ Melody Beattie

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.
‐‐ Billy Sheehan

I gave up bread, and I've lost a bunch of weight, which is very good because I'm diabetic.
‐‐ David Crosby

I gave up coffee. It's almost worse than giving up a lover.
‐‐ Sandra Bullock

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.
‐‐ Branford Marsalis

I gave up my childhood for a career.
‐‐ Brenda Lee

I gave up my struggle with perfection a long time ago. That is a concept I don't find very interesting anymore. Everyone just wants to look good in the photographs. I think that is where some of the pressure comes from. Be happy. Be yourself, the day is about a lot more.
‐‐ Anne Hathaway

I gave up on my looks a long time ago.
‐‐ Diane von Furstenberg

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world.
‐‐ Russell Baker

I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out.
‐‐ Anne Rice

I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
‐‐ Rabih Alameddine

I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.
‐‐ Damien Hirst

I gave up shame a long time ago.
‐‐ John Lithgow

I gave up so many things. It wasn't that I was out of control - it was just years of eating anything I wanted. I wouldn't eat a whole pizza, but if I wanted pizza two or three times a week, I didn't think to limit myself. So I just cut out all the stuff that I viewed as unhealthy.
‐‐ Jerry Ferrara