218 Gifts Quotes & Sayings

Gaps in our lives drain the power needed to make a positive difference in the world. — Hyrum W. Smith

I always felt the gifts you need as governor were more suited for my personality. I'm a good team player, but I'm not a policy wonk. In Congress, you need 218 votes to make anything happen. When you're governor, you're the CEO of the state. You establish the vision and standards for the state. You're the leader. — Steve Largent

Any one who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, with extravagant enthusiasm. — Virginia Woolf

If you laughed earlier in the poem, and I bring you close to tears in the end, that's the best. — James Tate

Know we how many tomorrows the gods intend for our todays. — Euripides

Romance is a lie that gives people an excuse to act like fools and later blame it on the one whom they had bestowed their supposed love upon. — Quinn Loftis

You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films. — Keenen Ivory Wayans

The September 11 attacks were major atrocities ... This was a horrendous crime ... The primary victims ... were working people: janitors, secretaries, firemen, etc. It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to Palestinians ... It is also likely to lead to harsh security controls, with many possible ramifications for undermining civil liberties and internal freedom. — Noam Chomsky

Oh, don't cry, I'm so sorry I cheated so much, but that's the way things are. — Vladimir Nabokov

[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men ... succeeds nevertheless in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating the most obscure parts of [number theory], then without doubt she must have the noblest courage, quite extraordinary talents and superior genius. — Carl Friedrich Gauss