Giftie Giftie Quotes & Sayings

O, wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion. — Robert Burns

Whatever begins to exist has a cause. — Glenn Meade

Matt, he say that a giftie makes a person like you best of all." Kira sighed in exasperation. "No, that's not the way it is. A gift - " She gave up. "Never mind. Tell us where he went." "He be getting you some blue!" "Blue? What do you mean?" "Dunno, miss. But Matt, he said it. He be saying they got blue yonder, and he be getting you some. — Lois Lowry

When the doors begin to close, the mind begins to open. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

You can't make people laugh for more than half an hour and be consistent. — Hal Roach

The only limit to the oppression of government is the power with which the people show themselves capable of opposing it. — Errico Malatesta

I look away, but we've caught each other. And I know this wasn't just a ghost story to him, even if it was to the others. — Jennifer Walkup

[T]he commitment of time, money and man power necessary for a capital case is enormous and it takes from other cases. But I think what bothers me most is that it offers to the families of the victims and the survivors a false sense of closure. — Richard Brown

I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me. — Lil' Wayne

Oh would some power the giftie gie us, To see ourselves as others see us. — Robert Burns

We use the same consonant and vowel sounds but have never said them to each other before, and somehow that makes them all new again. — Mindy McGinnis

Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the law of grace. In our effort to combat legalism we land ourselves in the worst kind of legalism. The only way of overcoming this legalism is by real obedience to Christ when he calls us to follow him; for in Jesus the law is at once fulfilled and cancelled. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art. — Alan Dean Foster

Think think think until you blink — Ganeshsaidheeraj

Think of your girlfriend or boyfriend or whomever you want to. — Eugene Ormandy

One should not be assigned one's identity in society by the job slot one happens to fill. If we truly believe in the dignity of labor, any task can be performed with equal pride because none can demean the basic dignity of a human being. — Judith Martin