A brick could be broken—shattered—and then given as a gift, a jigsaw puzzle.
No one loses their innocence. It is either taken or given away willingly.
I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
If we're given a number of circumstances to deal with, the brain goes into this mode of trying to find a solution, and it's amazing how good we are at it.
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.
As much as I love art, there is no art as fine as the world we have been given.
Perhaps this was the secret to being at peace: want nothing but what is given to you.
What he would have given to be that plaything in her hands...
Given enough time and distance, the heart will always heal.
A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary footage of the President speaking to people.
No one does anything inappropriate, given their model of the world.
I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
Liberty was paid for by past sacrifices and given to us as a present gift.
They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.
The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.
I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.
All our media are given over to things that are better left unsaid.
I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.
Given a choice between goose egg and heartache, I would choose heartache.
