G Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with G. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Give me some mud off a city crossing, some ochre out of a gravel pit and a little whitening and some coal dust and I will paint you a luminous picture if you give me time to gradate my mud and subdue my dust.”
Source: The Elements of Drawing
“Give me some mud, and I will paint you a woman's flesh.”
“Give me some of that rizz, my dude!" -Ezra”
“Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.”
Source: Nice Guys Finish Last
“Give me some sugar.”
Source: Simply Irresistible
“Give me some sunshine,
Give me some rain!
Why the hell am I asking you,
When I'm the steward of my own reign!”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Give me someone I can look up to, show me someone I can love.”
“Give me someone who was born elsewhere yet clearly demonstrates he wants to get involved over someone who was born here yet believes he/she has a right to the money you and I have worked so hard for”
Source: 100 Common Sense Policies to make BRITAIN GREAT again
“Give me something huge to fight, — and I should enjoy that — but why make me sweep the dust?”
Source: Daily Thoughts (EasyRead Large Edition)
“Give me something interesting to play and I'm happy.”
“Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around.”
“Give me something to dance about and I'll dance it.”
“Give me something to do and you will make me happy.”
“Give me something to go on, here. What kind of black magic are we talking? Elphaba,Wicked Witch of the West-type stuff or Slytherin-type stuff?”
Source: Hard Bitten
“Give me songs to sing and emerald dreams to dream and I'll give you love unfolding.”
“Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please.”
“Give Me Strength This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows. Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service. Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might. Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles. And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.”
Source: Gitanjali - Song Offerings
“Give me strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.”
Source: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
“Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as the setting sun, my spirit may come to you without shame.”
“Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world.”
Source: The White Lady
“Give me such shows - give me the streets of Manhattan!”
Source: Walt Whitman: Selected Poems 1855-1892
“Give me ten beings who burn for the people, and I'll give you a world of the future.”
Source: Either Reformist or Terrorist: If You Are Terror I Am Your Grandfather
“Give me ten brains, hearts and spines, I'll give you a planet primed with peace.”
Source: The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology
“Give me ten conscientious youth from each nation, and I'll change the course of human progress.”
Source: Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty
“Give me ten lovers who value love over tradition, and I shall give you a world without discrimination.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.”
“Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.”
“Give me that man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear him in my heart's core, in my heart of heart, as I do thee.”
“Give me that mouth again, babe, then get outta here.
"Is the word 'please' in your vocabulary?"
"No, but you throw more attitude at me before givin' me your mouth, tonight, that word is gonna be in your vocabulary and I'm gonna make you use it often”
“Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend to; for a taste in his music is a mark of caste among musicians, and should be worn, like a tall hat, by the amateur who wishes to pass for a true Brahmin.”
“Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I want to get lost in the rock and roll, and drift away.”
“Give me the benefit of your convictions, if you have any; but keep your doubts to yourself, for I have enough of my own.”
“Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing.”
“Give me the Black Death over a Victorian prude any day. At least the dying screw like it's their last day on earth.”
Source: GoneGodWorld, Episode One
“Give me the book of memories that makes stars at night.”
“Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and animated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy.”
Source: Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence: Or, The Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity
“Give me the centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights.”
Source: The Complete Works of Charles Sumner
“Give me the character and I will forecast the event.”
“Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner - and then to thinking! ... I begin to feel, think, and be myself again. Instead of an awkward silence, broken by attempts at wit or dull common-places, mine is that undisturbed silence of the heart which alone is perfect eloquence.”
Source: Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
“Give me the comma of imperfect striving, thus to find zest in the immediate living. Ever the reaching but never the gaining, ever the climbing but never the attaining of the mountain top.”
“Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.”
“Give me the control, don't ever come on the set, and I'll show it to you when it's cut.”
“Give me the D. You know you want to.”
Source: Him
“Give me the death of my soul. Intoxicate me with self-love.”
Source: The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Anathema of Zos, the Book of Pleasure and the Focus of Life
“Give me the discipline to get rid of the stuff that's not important, the freedom to savor the stuff that gives me joy, and the patience not to worry about the stuff that's messy but not hurting anybody.”
Source: Simple Acts of Moving Forward
“Give me the effing phone, Strider grumbled, opening his palm and waving his fingers. Effing? William laughed with genuine amusement. You ever realize how polite you get when you're hammered? And you know what they say. A man's true charactor is revealed when he's toasted. So you gotta face facts, man. You're a closet gentlmen. Loser! The heck I am! Even Paris laughed at that.”
“Give me the enchilada with the pickle sauce shoved up between the donkey's ass until he can't come anymore.”
“Give me the end of the year an' its fun
When most of the plannin' an' toilin' is done;
Bring all the wanderers home to the nest,
Let me sit down with the ones I love best,
Hear the old voices still ringin' with song,
See the old faces unblemished by wrong,
See the old table with all of its chairs
An' I'll put soul in my Thanksgivin' prayers.”
“Give me the facts and I will determine my own truths.”
“Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.”