#receiving

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. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#complained #deserve #entertaining #heroism #i

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#footsteps #i #illustrious #men #people

The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don't deserve. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#blessings #deserve #god #gospel #grace

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#elbow #giving #himself #lives #man

Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take. ↗

— Barney Frank

#based #broader #compensation #country #decisions

When you start thinking about taking pictures, sending an e-mail, receiving an e-mail, speaking into your phone and have it transcript voice into text and then sent as an e-mail, it's mind-boggling. ↗

— Steve Largent

#e-mail #into #mind-boggling #phone #pictures

Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their lives. They're more comfortable expressing the need for support and receiving it. ↗

— James Levine

#big issue #comfortable #expressing #family #friends

Most of us would never consider getting our car repaired without first receiving an estimate of the charges, but this is exactly what we do when we need to go to a hospital for treatment. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#charges #consider #estimate #exactly #first

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. ↗

— George MacDonald

#giving #life #receiving

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving. ↗

— Trevor McDonald

#any #being #embarrassed #finer #give