Quotes About Taking

Take of English earth as much As either hand may rightly clutch. In the taking of it breathe Prayer for all who lie beneath. Not the great nor well-bespoke, But the mere uncounted folk Of whose life and death is none Report or lamentation. Lay that earth upon thy heart, And thy sickness shall depart!

By entering the cave of mind and walking into fire. By making shadows bleed. You can feel life completely by taking it away.

I believe that people and places form each other . . . the touch of one returning the touch of the other. What we seek, I think, is tenderness in this encounter, but that goes both ways, too. I believe that places acquire their sacredness through this giving and taking. And with that ever-returning touch, we acquire something sacred from the place where we live. What we acquire, of course, is a home.120

Reading ought to mean understanding; writing ought to mean knowing something; believing ought to mean comprehending; when you desire a thing, you will have to take it; when you demand it, you will not get it; and when you are experienced, you ought to be useful to others.

Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.

Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future.

I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving, England is mine and it owes me a living.

The government is far more interested in taking, in regulated taking, than in promoting spontaneous generosity.

'Adbusters' is my favourite reading material, so as soon as you go there, the synapses start firing in a different way. You start taking on things that sometimes I feel are out of our control. That's what basically fuels my creative side.

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That was the way he had lived his whole life. To him things were simple. You reached out and took, and if you felt like it, you gave, with the intensity you wanted to give with.

Folly, however, has long been in the habit of taking a fancy to other people's houses, and once she's taken up residence, she's almost impossible to shift.

He's not good for you, Omio said. He wants too much. He is someone who takes. He does not give.

The growth of drug-related crime is a far greater evil to society as a whole than drug taking. Even so, because we have been seduced by the idea that governments should legislate for our own good, very few people can see how dangerously absurd the present policy is.

That's five friends, one each for Jesu's wounds, and Godric bears their mark still on what's left of him as in their time they all bore his on them. What's friendship, when all's done, but the giving and taking of wounds?

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.

You can't be a risk taker and expect to win each and every time. If you could control the future, then you wouldn't be taking any risks. And while failure leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, the sweetness of winning more than makes up for it, and you'll never win at anything unless you take a risk in the first place.

It is merely a trick of taking notice, sir. I assure you I am no better informed than another.

Death is the privilege of human nature And life without it were not worth our taking Thither the poor, the unfortunate, and Mourner Fly for relief & lay their burdens down.

Suddenly Taryn was furious. 'Why the hell are you always so careful?' 'What else should I be? Most of the good in the world is remedial. It's fixing things and caring for people. Taking care.

Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.

Think that I started taking emceeing very serious probably from the very beginning. Because I started as a battle rapper. It was something that I was doing hoping that I could hang with my older cousin.

I love the challenge of taking established, iconic comics characters and showing readers why they remain contemporary.

I made the miscalculation of taking Mr. Rubio at his word that he wouldn't seek re-election if he lost the presidential primary.