giving

We're different, we're the same. You thought you'd never find a word to say to a woman who didn't fly airplanes. I couldn't imagine myself spending time with a man who didn't love music. Could it be it's not as important to be alike as it is to be curious? Because we're different, we can have the fun of exchanging worlds, giving our loves and excitements to each other. You can learn music, I can learn flying. And that's only the beginning. I think it would go on for us as long as we live.

Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended to be performed, at the same time that one is giving loud pledges of performance. The balking of the intellect, is comedy and it announces itself in the pleasant spasms we call laugther.

As long as we can keep our international relations in the realm of conference rather than open conflict, we are giving truth more time to vindicate itself. And what we ourselves need is more faith in the power of truth.

I'm sick and tired of black and white people of good intent giving aspirin to a society that is dying of a cancerous disease.

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies unshriven. [Giving his reasons for refusing to see a priest as he lay dying.]

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.