“Maybe you just can't protect people from certain specialized types of folly with any sane amount of regulation, and the correct response is to give up on the high social costs of inadequately protecting people from themselves under certain circumstances.” PeopleGivingCertainSocialTypeAmountCircumstancesCostProtectGiving UpResponseFollyRegulationSane Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“The human capacity for grief. It just isn't capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen in number. And it doesn't just level off - it just gives up, resets itself to zero.” GivingHumansLevelsNumbersGriefEmotionalGiving UpCapableCapacityResponseZeroDozenProvidingAdequateExceedResetJust Give UpHuman CapacityEmotional Response Book:Revelation Space Source: Revelation Space
“Several years ago, as I was transitioning from film finance to film production and writing again, someone asked me how long I would try to get back into filmmaking before I gave up? My response was "giving up" was not an option.” GivingWritingTryingYearsLongFilmGiving UpYears AgoResponseProductionsFinanceGet BackFilmmakingGave UpFilm Production Author:Gabriel Campisi
“No matter what responses you get from your work, you have to be determined not to give up on your dreams!” GivingMatterDreamGiving UpNo Matter WhatResponseDeterminedYour DreamsNot Giving Up Author:Coco Jones
“I think there is nothing that can replace your emotional response. The biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life are when people told me, "You really should produce this. It's a guaranteed hit." I would read the material and I would go, "I don't get it, but okay, I'll produce it." You're giving up that much of your life, your time with family and friends, to something that you're not really committed to - and they did not pan out the way everyone said they would, even though I worked just as hard.” PeopleThinkingGivingMistakeEmotionalGiving UpOkayResponseCommittedFamily And FriendsBiggest Mistake Author:Gale Anne Hurd
“Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response.” GivingWritingSometimesWonderfulGroupsStrangeGiving UpResponseEdgesAccommodateAdvocating Author:Mary Oliver
“Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.” GivingMatterMotivationBeliefGiving UpResponseQuittingReactionsMotivational SportsHelplessnessGreat Bodybuilding Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Good God, you don’t give up.” “Nope.” I laughed, couldn’t help it, and his smile spread in response to the sound. “I’m sure there are plenty of girls who want to go out on a date with you.” “There are.” “Wow. Modest aren’t you?” “Why should I be?” he shot back. “And I want to go out on a date with you. Not them.” WantGivingShouldHelpingGirlSoundGiving UpShotsResponseSpreadPlentyLaughedWowShould IModestDon't Give UpGood GodHis Smile Author:J. Lynn
“And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained in your behavior: Never give up.” GivingShouldMatterProblemSeemsMightSimplePositivePositive ThinkingGiving UpBehaviorResponseEncountersNever Giving UpInsurmountable Book:You Can Make It Happen Every Day Source: You Can Make It Happen Every Day