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Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway. -- Joey Adams
If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus. -- Emma Goldman
It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well. -- Jackson Pollock
All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take. -- Mahatma Gandhi
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. -- James Thurber
In marriage, it's always that give and take and rebalancing that we have to do in how we can help each other. But, I have been known at times by my sons, that is the name that they call me-the Mitt stabilizer. -- Ann Romney
It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give enough. -- Quentin Crisp
Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon. -- Nat Wolff
I'm a pretty laid-back kind of guy. What I've always wanted to do is set up situations in our company where if people who worked there needed help, we would try to help them, and at the same token if the company needed help from people, they would help us. A kind of give and take. -- Jerry Greenfield
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten -- Mark Twain
Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it. -- Henry Cloud
Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort. -- Tom Rath
When you find somebody who doesn't give and take, you go, 'Remind me never to work with you again.' -- Ciaran Hinds
What if love wasn't the act of finding what you were missing but the give-and-take that made you both match? -- Jodi Picoult
O who would trust this world, or prize what's in it, That gives and takes, and chops and changes, ev'ry minute? -- Francis Quarles
We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in. -- Criss Jami
In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town. -- Irving Paul Lazar
Networking is simply the cultivating of mutually beneficial, give and take, win-win relationships. It works best, however, when emphasizing the "give" part. -- Bob Burg
Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give. -- Cass Daley
I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take. -- Oliver Stone
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson
Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake; For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man Is blackened - Man's forgiveness give and take! -- Omar Khayyam
The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that's what I think it takes to make it through life-an understanding, a give and take. It saves an awful lot of resentment. -- Craig T. Nelson
The rhythm of life is give and take. It is necessary to put things back into the system. To not do that is to foul your own nest - to use up all the natural resources greedily. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Many of the forests of the world are being mowed down... But the rest of the world isn't going to say, "Okay, we'll save our forests, but you Americans can keep driving all your cars!" There has to be give and take. -- Thomas R. Pickering
For most part, the rule of thumb is pretty much you're going to race guys hard the last quarter of the race and for sure the last run of the day. You're still going to give and take until that last pit stop. -- Tony Stewart
A Kiss concert experience is like sex or anything else that's done with more that one person. It's the give and take that makes it so great. When the audience takes it to the next level, we can kick it up another notch. -- Paul Stanley
My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost. One of my earliest poems, 'Give and Take,' was about my Aunt Sugar, how I was losing her to her memory loss. -- Natasha Trethewey
I love scenes that are just emotional give and take. By the same token, action sequences are great to do. They have their own unique demands and requirements. So I take it as it comes, and hopefully you can get a good balance of all of that stuff. -- Stephen Lang
I like the relationship between the master and the student. Each piece has new problems, and each is different. They're all an indentured servitude. There's that subjugation that you have to put yourself under. It's a give and take. There is work involved, and during that time, the greatest things are revealed. -- Mike Bidlo
Very rarely I create things and feel like I don't want to recreate them in a live setting. It's a completely different world, but at the same time that's where I've always come from. Enjoying that give-and-take from a live audience, there's a large part of me that's looking forward to it, and creating that relationship again. -- Frank Iero
One of the great things about Silicon Valley is, irrespective of how competitive you might be with another company or how closely you might be working with that company, there's a great sort of give and take, and camaraderie from - between - some of the executives in the valley and some of the other investors in the valley. -- Dick Costolo
A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be more cheerful, imaginative, tolerant of dissent, and skillful at the game of give-and-take. A gathering of Republicans is more respectable, sober, purposeful, and businesslike than a gathering of Democrats; it is also likely to be more self-righteous, pompous, cut-and-dried, and just plain boring. -- Clinton Rossiter
Give love, take pride -- Benny Bellamacina
Better to give then to take. -- John Heywood
Never give nor take an excuse. -- Florence Nightingale
Take without forgetting, and give without remembering. -- Bryant H. McGill
We can always take but never give. -- Carl Sagan
To take offense is to give offense. -- Helen Schucman
You've got to give more than you take. -- Christopher Reeve
Give what you can, take what you need. -- George Whitman
If you would take, you must first give. -- Laozi
You should never take more than you give -- Elton John
Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes. -- Wally Lamb
You get 12 years of childhood, give or take. -- Colin Trevorrow
For government to give, it must first take away. -- Rush Limbaugh
Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. -- Jim Rohn
Give the enemy an inch, hell take a yard. -- Monica Crowley
I can make love for hours, give or take 117 minutes. -- Jarod Kintz
People want to give advice but can't take it themselves. -- Kathryn Hahn
Sometimes we all need to take time and give thanks. -- Lauryn Hill
Never give up and take nothing for granted in life. -- Dwyane Wade
It needs as much generosity to take as to give. -- Ivan Panin
Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself. -- St. Catherine of Siena
Nobody will give you freedom. You have to take it. -- Meret Oppenheim
True leaders don't give consoling answers, they take constructive actions. -- Amit Kalantri
War can't give life, it can only take it away. -- Edwin Starr
I give good advice. I do not always take it. -- Laurell K. Hamilton
I give 'em the hip, then I take it away. -- Jim Thorpe
Each Jew must either give or take tzedakah [charity] for Passover. -- Sholom Aleichem
Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation. -- Richard Dreyfuss
The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted. -- Michael Beckwith
When you give the government an inch, they take a mile. -- Matt Salmon
Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand. -- George Herbert
Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting. -- Elizabeth Bibesco
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It's so much easier to give advice than to take it. -- Chris Hardwick
It is better to take many injuries than to give one. -- Benjamin Franklin
The Gods give with one hand and take with the other. -- George R. R. Martin
No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly. -- Sathya Sai Baba
it requires a great deal more generosity to take than to give. -- Mary McMullen
Love needs the stiffening of respect, the give and take of equality. -- Winifred Holtby
You can't take my joy, because you didn't give it to me -- Monica Denise Brown
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. -- Tom Stoppard
Never take more out of life, than you intend to give back. -- Robert M. Hensel
Luxuries are easy to take up but very difficult to give up -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
No law can give or take away the choice to commit suicide. -- Maggie Gallagher
You got to learn to take what people are willing to give. -- Christina Baker Kline
I have no parting sigh to give, so take my parting smile. -- Letitia Elizabeth Landon
I'll take your breath any way you give it to me, Shura. -- Paullina Simons
You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. -- Sarah Dessen
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give. -- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give. -- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice. -- Eddie Murphy
Everybody knows that you've been faithful, give or take a night or two. -- Leonard Cohen
Love does not take away from one in order to give to another. -- Ruslana Korshunova
If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you. -- Roy Moore
Many relationships are give & take but the most successful ones are give & give. -- Mark Hewer
You should never take responsibility for more children than you can give attention to. -- James Redfield
Songwriting is a give-and-take process, and it can lead to some good, healthy debates. -- Richie Sambora
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. -- Arthur Schopenhauer
My father always told me: 'Give somebody a hand and he'll take an arm. -- Haruki Murakami
When the goal seems difficult to reach, take a break but never give up. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
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Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. -- Josh Billings
Give it to 'em!" Take 'em down!" First Aleran!" Kick their furry--" Assault formation! -- Jim Butcher
Give Ireland back to the Irish, don't make them have to take it away. -- Paul McCartney
Damnation seize my soul if I give your quarters, or take any from you. -- Edward Teach
God can give or take away, Well who would make such an awful rule. -- Josh Ritter
I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom. -- Jean Paul Gaultier
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. -- Abraham Lincoln
If we take, we lose. If we give, we get. It cannot be otherwise. -- Louise Hay
Make love, take love, but you should give love. And try to live love. -- George Harrison
When you let me take I'm grateful. When you let me give I'm blessed. -- Leonard Nimoy
[Believers] have joy and comfort-that joy that angels cannot give, and devils cannot take. -- Christopher Fowler
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it. -- Karl Ludwig von Knebel
If you're responsible, and you're willing to take responsibility, we'll give you a pass. -- Susan Estrich
Wealth is what you take from the world; worth is what you give back. -- Mark Goulston
Damnation seize my soul if I give you quarters, or take any from you. -- Blackbeard
Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting. -- Bernard Meltzer
Wear some mascara, give attention to your eyebrows, and also take care of your lips. -- Fei Fei Sun
I've already said you can't take anything from me that I wouldn't freely give you. -- Ted Dekker
If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered). -- Randy Pausch
The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it. -- Michael Mandelbaum
I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art. -- Anselm Kiefer
I couldn't give a s***! He just can't take it. Good old Jose, moaning again. -- Sam Allardyce
Just give the Italians a chance for drama and they take it with both hands. -- Ingrid Bergman
I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons. -- Howard Pyle
I'll give you the same advice I give my children: Never take advice from anybody. -- Robert Altman

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