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Definition: Gives: third person present. Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone). Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure.
Number of Quotes: 35

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
John Adams

To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible.
John Quincy Adams

The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you're certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you're gambling is, say, your time or your embarrassment, then the more stuff you do, the more you give luck a chance to find you.
Scott Adams

There was no giving up. Trying and trying. That's what I'm all about.
Sonita Alizadeh

That the object of the Brahmins in giving up beef-eating was to snatch away from the Buddhist Bhikshus the supremacy they had acquired is evidenced by the adoption of vegetarianism by Brahmins.
B. R. Ambedkar

I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding.
David Antin

I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.
Babyface

Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes.
Melissa Bean

Do I believe in giving up? No, I don't.
David Boreanaz

The only real failure is giving up.
Scooter Braun

If there's no point, then there's no point giving up.
Charlie Brooker

I gave up coffee. It's almost worse than giving up a lover.
Sandra Bullock

We are all musicians, and we're not really good musicians. But we have this gracious gift that has been bestowed on us, and we don't want to disappoint. So I guess our biggest fear would be, just giving up.
Justin Chancellor

Forgive: Make a conscious decision to cease to harbor resentment, which includes forgiving a debt and giving up one's resolve to retaliate.
Clarris Pinkola Estés

Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much. But the cross is not as heavy as it appears to be. Through obedience, we acquire much greater strength to carry it.
James E. Faust

I've got my hardcore fans, and I thank them so much for being there for me and not giving up on me.
Jeff Hardy

Giving up something personal to the public, you are surrendering something.
Holly Hunter

I was 25 when I'd told my parents that I was giving up steady work as an electrician to become an actor. They couldn't have been less enthusiastic if I'd proposed starting a commercial newt-breeding operation in the bathroom.
David Jason

I have been accused of allegedly giving up my free-market principles in supporting some of Donald Trump's proposed policies.
Larry Kudlow

It was a phenomenon I noticed many years ago. Young people were just giving up every bit of information about themselves they could.
Rush Limbaugh

I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.
Jessica Lynch

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.
Melissa Mayer

Certainly, my many years working in the comics industry, creating products that I do not own, has made me rather fierce on the subject of giving up rights.
Alan Moore

A fascinating reaction of the human brain when we fail to meet a goal is that it tells us to throw caution to the wind and make things even worse, which ultimately leads to us giving up.
Fabrizio Moreira

I love the idea of giving up the vengeful nature that so many of us have.
Mandy Patinkin

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Marilyn vos Savant

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
Chuck Schumer

Those who are not giving up their nefarious activities even in the holy month of Ramzan, should their activities not be called unholy?
Rajnath Singh

I'm happy 'bout life. Still trying. I ain't giving up on life.
Leon Spinks

A huge problem we face when we're in need is giving up our intuition and blindly following instruction. Letting go works when we are following our hearts, but not so well when we are following a leader.
Tara Stiles

It is everyone's prerogative to retire. But it's like giving up on life as far as I'm concerned.
Roger Taylor

Giving up cannot be an option.
Greta Thunberg

Ageing doesn't mean giving up on style and individuality; it doesn't mean abandoning fashion and living in comfy slippers and flannel knickers.
Twiggy

I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop.
Shane West

Now I'm giving up a little in the week-to-week tournaments but reaping the benefits in the majors.
Lee Westwood

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