Top 1200 Gave Up Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

You're awake," he said. "Phresine is not," pointed out the queen. "Oh?" "You gave her lethium." "She gave it to me first.

A saint is a sinner who never gave up.

I gave up ballet when I was four because I was so shy.

God gave me the same power He gave Jesus. I ask myself daily, Why do I waste such a priceless gift?

As a former Commander, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. As a state senator, I gave that same oath. As a Congressman, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution. There are some things that are not negotiable: Faith, my family, and the Constitution are dead center. It is nonnegotiable to me.

I gave up on my looks a long time ago.

He never gave up. And he does that for us

People don't realize all the stuff I gave up growing up. I could have gone to parties and had fun at adventure parks with friends on weekends and things like that. But I went out and worked my butt off for eight hours playing golf.

I signed up for eHarmony once, and it took three hours to fill out that online form - so many personal questions. Then I clicked on submit, and instantaneously they responded and said, 'We are sorry, but there is no one any where in the world that is appropriate for you.' So that was it - I gave up.

I gave up what I can't keep for something I can never lose.

I gave up my whole life to my career.

Well, Congress gave us a billion dollars to dig the hole, this gigantic hole. Bigger, much bigger than the hole in Geneva, Switzerland. Then they canceled the machine and gave us a second billion dollars to fill up the hole. Two billion dollars to dig a hole and fill it up. That is the wisdom of the United States Congress and it really makes you wonder: Is there intelligent life on the Earth? Certainly not in the United States Congress.

I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.

Growing up in New Orleans and just being in a poverty-stricken neighborhood gave me that same fire that Eazy had to separate himself from what could have ended up being such a bad situation.

Once you gave a thing a name, you gave it life.

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to somebody who hadn't shared the experience; they gave me their papers, they gave me their diaries. I found people constantly opening up to me. And I think they did because I had shared that experience with them.

Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done.

My one ambition was to go to Broadway, and I never gave up on that dream.

I gave up the desire for money to be there for my daughter.

The only business owners that fail are the ones who gave up.

Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.

After I lost my hearing, I gave up.

God gave me the ability, so why not? Go out there and play for Him. Maximize the talent He gave you.

I gave up my bread and butter to be an actress.

The Lord gave me 'Sojourner,' because I was to travel up an' down the land, showin' the people their sins an' bein' a sign unto them. Afterwards, I told the Lord I wanted another name 'cause everybody else had two names, and the Lord gave me 'Truth,' because I was to declare the truth to people.

I gave up shame a long time ago.

My mother gave me a disappointed look. Then I gave her one back. Mine was for everything, not just the sandwich.

My favorite quote is Thomas Jefferson`s "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time." Well, he was a slave-owner. But these institutions, while they weren't perfect at the time, did allow people to prosper and to continue to struggle and build toward them. That's what you need, is good institutions and I think people will eventually live up to them.

I'm not Catholic, but I gave up picking my belly button for lint.

I grew up falling in love with kind of story, amazing, wonder tale of the East, which if you're a child growing up in India is all around you.And I think one of the gifts it gave me as a writer was this early knowledge that stories are not true.

I basically gave up my dream of becoming a mom.

Forget the conspiracy theories! God gave us the right to vote, and He gave the United States, and all of its citizens, freedom through democracy.

I used to be a virgin, but I gave it up because there was no money in it.

We gave you a perfectly good language and you f***ed up.

He never gave up his search for the Door into Summer.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching

I gave up hunting a long time ago.

I always had aspirations to be the champion. I never gave up.

I was in Kashi to take the holy dip, and when you go to Kashi you have to give up something that you enjoy the most. I gave up shopping, particularly sarees, from thereon. I now only buy the essential items.

I gave up soccer. But I don't think I can ever stop running.

I was always a good athlete. I just gave up on football.

I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.

... God gave you just one mouth but He gave you two ears, so you should listen twice as much as you speak

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

I'm not a natural comic, I don't think. That's why I gave up stand-up. It was hard. It involved a lot of death. Dying. Dying on stage. But it's one of those jobs you can only learn by doing it.

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

There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - we're talking sixth grade here - that I strongly considered a future writing and drawing comic books. I have been making stuff up ever since.

I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.

It was like being given a maths problem when your brain's exhausted, and you know there's some far-off solution, but you can't work up the energy even to give it a go. Something in me just gave up.

I gave up fishing in England. It got too crowded.

Miami gave me an opportunity to grow. I wanted to see if I was really a one-team guy, or if I picked up my suitcases and set up shop somewhere else, would I be able to make the team?

My opponents are the people who gave up our borders.

I gave my whole heart up, for him to hold.

When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

Protestants believe that the sacraments are like ladders that God gave to us by which we can climb up to Him. Catholics believe that they are like ladders that God gave to Himself by which He climbs down to us.

I never gave up, and for that, I can be proud of myself.

I kinda don't do guilt. I gave it up for Lent years ago.

We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.

Caro: "Bite me." Ruby: "I gave that up in kindergarten.