“The high income tax come pretty near passing in the Senate. Only lacked about six votes. So it won't be long now. Well, there is millions and millions that are not making it, that would be glad to give up 99 per cent if you would let 'em earn a hundred thousand or more.” IfsGivingWellsLongWould BeMillionsThousandTaxesGiving UpSixHundredVoteGladIncomePassingPassingsEmsSenateCentsIncome Tax Author:Will Rogers
“Liberty may be an uncomfortable blessing unless you know what to do with it. That is why so many freed slaves returned to their masters, why so many emancipated women are only too glad to give up the racket and settle down. For between announcing that you will live your own life, and the living of it lie the real difficulties of any awakening.” KnowsGivingMayRealLyingLibertyMastersBlessingGiving UpDifficultySlaveAwakeningGladSettlingUncomfortableSettling DownRacketAnnouncingLive Your Own Life Book:Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest Source: Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest
“It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be glad to have.” GivingGivenCoupleGiving UpTiredDecadesGladOur FamilyDon't Give Up Author:David Burnett
“Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you're glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.” GivingHas BeensNumbersCasesMagicSpecialActivityGiving UpGladZeroCould Have BeenCredibility Author:Bill Gates
“Keep reading and writing, learn how to revise, and push through rejections. My second book, Monsoon Summer, was rejected over 20 times and finally came out 11 years after my first book! I'm glad I didn't give up. Neither should you.” GivingShouldWritingYearsFirstsBookReadingGiving UpSummerGladRejectionRejectedReading And WritingMonsoons Author:Mitali Perkins
“Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother.” WayGivingLongFeelingsMotherGiving UpLong TimeDiedGladFeel GoodCuteThreateningHandfulLong Time AgoFestiveMother Died Author:Anne Lamott
“This is going to be murder," Fransic whispered to Mr. Trimes. "Pure murder." "I'm glad to see your confidence returning, Mr. Tucket. Just a few minutes ago you were ready to give up. Now you're talking about killing him." "I meant it the other way." "Oh.” WayGivingTalkingMinutesReadyPureGiving UpMurderKillingGladReady To Give Up Author:Gary Paulsen
“You cannot die of grief, though it feels as if you can. A heart does not actually break, though sometimes your chest aches as if it is breaking. Grief dims with time. It is the way of things. There comes a day when you smile again, and you feel like a traitor. How dare I feel happy. How dare I be glad in a world where my father is no more. And then you cry fresh tears, because you do not miss him as much as you once did, and giving up your grief is another kind of death.” IfsWorldWayGivingFeelsHeartKindDoeSometimesDiesFatherGriefBreakMissingCryTearsGiving UpDareGladChestsCan NotAcheTraitor Author:Laurell K. Hamilton