G Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with G. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Generosity should begin lightly and deepen later, fro when it is first rich and then lessens, people forget the kindness. Authority should begin strictly and loosen up later, for if it is loose first and then strict, people will resent the severity.”
“Generosity should never exceed ability.”
“Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.”
“Generosity was an art, it seemed, that needed honing, cultivating---like floriculture. But just now she'd been blunt as borage. Austere as thistle. But perhaps sweetbrier, too, during in order to heal?”
Source: The Apothecary's Garden
“Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.”
“Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.”
Source: But Will it Sell?
“Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.”
Source: Evelina
“Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.”
“Generosity won't happen unless you make it a priority. The best way to make giving a priority is to make it the very first check you write every month. Before the mortgage. Before groceries or clothing. Before saving. Whatever the amount, do it first.”
“Generosity, generosity, generosity, must be the beginning and ending of our life”
“Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.”
“Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.”
“Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.”
Source: The Letters of Pliny the Younger: Literally Translated with Notes, Melmoth's Translation, Revised by Bosanquest
“Generous gestures yield the most when that isn't their purpose.”
“Generous in spirit, richly poetic, and packed with memorable characters.”
“Generous listening is powered by curiosity, a virtue we can invite and nurture in ourselves to render it instinctive. It involves a kind of vulnerability - a willingness to be surprised, to let go of assumptions and take in ambiguity. The listener wants to understand the humanity behind the words of the other, and patiently summons one's own best self and one's own best words and questions.”
Source: Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
“Generous people are likely to receive more respect from their peers.”
Source: The Stress Solution: Using Empathy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Anxiety and Develop Resilience
“Generous people aren't selfless. Their kind hearts know how to balance between giving and taking. They know that they can't take without giving and without giving back.
A generous soul can see the whole picture, the more significant aspects of life, and the true nature of being a human.
Generosity is an action loved by God and people.”
“Generous souls
Are still most subject to credulity.”
Source: Dramatic Works of William D'Avenant
“Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the undesirable side effect of raising the natural rate of unemployment.”
Source: CourseSmart E-Book for Macroeconomics: A PDF-style E-Book
“GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Genes and family may determine the foundation of the house, but time and place determine its form.”
“Genes are a play within a play, not the interior monologue of the players.”
Source: How the Mind Works
“genes are an image of the ruling class as it sees itself.”
Source: Lysenko Is Right
“Genes are biochemical recipes written in a four-letter alphabet called DNA.”
Source: The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
“Genes are born knowing. Some of us have to learn the hard way.”
Source: The Complete Book of Aspen
“Genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc.”
“Genes are little items that are found in every living thing except Sen. Alfonse D'Amato.”
“Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result of stupendously complex gene-environment interactions, and environment is likely to remain the more important influence by far.”
“Genes are overrated...
Genes never helped anybody pick the right foods or hit the gym floor at 6 am. Its you as a person; its always been YOU!”
“Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies.”
Source: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping - Now Revised and Updated
“Genes are very important at the individual level but these differences tend to cancel at the national level.”
“Genes do make a contribution to the IQ score - but a flower needs soil. The environment for poor people is so overwhelmingly powerful, it washes out the genetic effect. There is a genetic contribution to IQ, but you can't detect it when you're living in a deprived environment.”
“Genes don't carry dreams, not hereditarily that is, determination does.”
Source: Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“GENES
G raft of yourself
E endowment
N ew generation
E volution
S urvival
Kamil Ali”
Source: Profound Vers-A-Tales
“Genes manipulate the world and shape it to assist their replication.”
Source: The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
“Genes which allow females to be less inhibited leave fewer copies of themselves than genes which persuade them to remain highly selective. Among males, the best strategy is exactly the opposite one. The maximum advantage goes to those males with the fewest inhibitions. "Love 'em and leave 'em" is not so much a nasty peice of male chauvinist piggery as an accurate reflection of biological reality.”
“Genesee beer. The great outdoors in a glass.”
“Genesis 1 logs God's commitment to excellence when it says, "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good" (v. 31). Christians should always do good work. Christians ought to be the best workers wherever they are. They ought to have the best attitude, the best integrity, and be the best in dependability.”
“Genesis 1...was designed to reflect God, both to reflect God back to God in worship and to reflect God into the rest of creation in stewardship.”
“Genesis 50:20 applies to every area of life.”
“Genesis 8:22 As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease. I believe [without evidence] that is the infallible word of God and that's the way it is going to be for his creation. The earth will end only when God declares its time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood.”
“Genesis 9 is where the animals went wild, and God gave them wildness. After the flood, that's when he made animals wild. Up until that time, everybody was vegetarian.”
“Genesis began with the Father losing His family. Revelation ends with Him getting them back. Is there nothing to be learned from this sad cycle? Truly, family is the legitimate theme of holy text.
pg vi”
Source: Song of Songs: The Book for Daughters
“Genesis fans are a religious group!”
“Genesis was not intended to offer a scientific explanation for how non-being was transformed into being, how nothingness exploded into galaxies. The point is to tell us God was in charge, he had us in mind from the start, and we are to value the great gift of his amazing creation, and of each other.”
Source: Where True Love Is: An Affirming Devotional for LGBTQI+ Individuals and Their Allies
“Genesus 12:1”
“Genet raised his hand, and I squeezed my eyes shut, sure I would be receiving the worst backhanded slap of my life. Genet froze and whimpered, but didn't back away. "Oh, ho," said a familiar voice. "That was close !" I opened my eyes as North's free hand - the one that hadn't caught Genet's wrist - gently pulled my arm free. I pushed myself away from both of them. "You interrupt my business ?" Genet sputtered. "Do you know what this wench just accused me of being ?" "A filthy pig," North said good-naturedly. "But there's only one filthy pig allowed in her life, and the position's been filled.”
“Genetic adaptation processes may be triggered in sea level adapted humans that spend prolonged time at high altitudes.”
“Genetic algorithms (GAs) are defined as search procedures based on the mechanics of natural selection and genetics, and we think we know what innovation is - at least in some sort of qualitative way - but what does one have to do with the other?”