To cut the federal budget without cutting entitlements is like giving up chocolate-chip cookies and then deciding it's OK to eat the ones that don't have any nuts.

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.

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

After giving up rugby, I wanted to keep busy.

By the late '80s, I was already giving up on rap music.

I've just never liked giving up on anything.

I think that 'Straw Dogs' as a story is eminently re-makable. It can be modernized and Americanized without a problem and without giving up any artistic integrity.

To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up.

We are not giving up on repealing and replacing Obamacare.

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

The moment when you feel like giving up is right before your breakthrough.

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.

I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies.

I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.

What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves that they are honored to serve. It's not giving up your family.

There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly.

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

I kept giving up runs. It was, for sure, a rough road and a very rocky one. I enjoyed my time there, but not as much as I could have if I would have pitched well.

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.

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.