Quotes about receiving, page 3
God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out.
quote by Arthur Koestler
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If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
quote by Billy Sunday
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Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.
quote by Joseph Heller
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Giving opens the way for receiving.
quote by Florence Shinn
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
quote by Ambrose Bierce
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No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.
quote by John Adams
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Who gives sell, sells dear, if the receiver be not a churl.
Italian proverbs
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One who eats the remains of a meal without first obtaining permission.
Xhosa proverbs
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I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.
quote by Alain Delon
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Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
quote by Thomas Aquinas
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O.d. Receiver
Heartbeat
I can't see you
Heartbeat
I can hear you
I feel you pumping just beyond my door
I know exactly
What you've crawled here for
Cringe down lower
You're all dressed in grey
Me, i'm still breathing
It's just not your day
I hear you whisper like an open grave
O.d. receiver, i am all you crave
You're dying, crying, i can hear you fall
Your bony fingers scratching on my wall
O.d. receiver
I hear you screaming, well at least you try
Me, i'm still smiling but i don't know why
I'd call a doctor if i had the time
But i'm so busy with this fix of mine
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song performed by Gary Numan
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Participation is easily obtained with Latin chant.
quote by Richard Morris
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Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
quote by Carla Bley
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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
quote by Buddha
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When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.
classic quote by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
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The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it.
quote by Peter Davison
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It is the responsibility of the sender to make sure the receiver understands the message.
quote by Joseph Batten
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Helping as gratitude depends
Helping as gratitude does not depend
Upon the amount of help you received
Earlier from a person;
It depends upon how much the receiver deserves it,
Depends upon the character he possesses!
poem by V.K. Kanniappan
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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
quote by Petrarch
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Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness.
quote by Gregg Easterbrook
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