Gave Up Quotes:

I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.

- Bill Joy

topic: Window, Gave Up, Code, Display

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

- Billy Sheehan

topic: Gave Up

I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it.

- Bob Wickman

topic: Athlete, People, Gave Up

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.

- Branford Marsalis

topic: Culture, Tonight, Gave Up

I gave up my childhood for a career.

- Brenda Lee

topic: Careers, Childhood, Gave Up

But I never gave up personal things to work, never.

- Catherine Deneuve

topic: Gave Up, Personal Things

There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart.

- Deidre Hall

topic: Gave Up

I gave up being a conventional person a long time ago. Things have been so much more exciting since I did.

- Dolores Hitchens

topic: Long, Exciting, Gave Up

There was a point when I almost gave up. I couldn't feed myself. I couldn't feed my pets.

- Eleanor Mondale

topic: Pet, Gave Up

I'm not Catholic, but I gave up picking my belly button for lint.

- Emo Philips

topic: Catholic, Buttons, Gave Up, Belly Buttons

I gave up what I can't keep for something I can never lose.

- Francine Rivers

source: Francine Rivers (2012). “A Voice in the Wind”, p.485, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

topic: Gave Up

...you are defined by how you live your life, not whom you live it with, and certainly not by what you gave up to be with that person.

- Greg Behrendt

topic: Live Your Life, Gave Up, Persons

What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.

- Harrison Ford

topic: Actors, Gave Up

If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he'd have two.

- James Carville

source: "James Carville stands by Obama comment" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. November 19, 2010.

topic: Two, Balls, Gave Up

I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

- John Calvin

topic: Christ, Found, Gave Up

I gave up shame a long time ago.

- John Lithgow

topic: Long, Shame, Gave Up

In the end, the difference between a published writer and an unpublished one comes down to one thing: The unpublished writer gave up, and the published writer didn't.

- Judy Delton

source: Judy Delton (1985). “The 29 most common writing mistakes and how to avoid them”, Betterway Books

topic: Differences, Ends, Gave Up

I am where I am because I believed and I never gave up...

- Kurt Warner

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Gave Up

I think it's about time we gave up religion and got back to God.

- Lenny Bruce

topic: Thinking, Religion, Gave Up

I gave up writing blurbs because you make one friend and 200 enemies.

- Leslie Fiedler

topic: Writing, Enemy, Gave Up, One Friend

He never gave up on me, I only stopped being matriculated.

- Mary Karr

topic: Gave Up

Ever since I gave up therapy, it's my only time with a captive audience.

- Noah Wyle

topic: Gave Up, Therapy, Audience

I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost.

- Omar Sharif

topic: Passion, Gave Up, My Passion

A saint is a sinner who never gave up.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Saint, Gave Up, Sinner

I decided not to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up.

- Rebecca Black

source: "Rebecca Black Talks Friday and Cyberbullying in First Interview" by Chris Lee, www.thedailybeast.com. March 17, 2011.

topic: Giving, Satisfaction, Gave Up

I gave up love and happiness a long time ago.

- Richard Ramirez

topic: Long, Happiness And Love, Gave Up

I gave up on ever trying to get 'my way.' I barely knew it existed.

- Roz Chast

topic: Trying, Way, Gave Up

I gave up before birth.

- Samuel Beckett

topic: Birth, Futility, Gave Up

I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.

- Sara Blakely

topic: Sexy, Aim, Gave Up

No, you won her over. Gave up everything for her. Maybe that's the only way to convince her you love her.

- Suzanne Collins

topic: Way, Gave Up, Convince

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

- William Hague

topic: Writing, Piano, Gave Up

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

- Willie Nelson

topic: Country, Gave Up

Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Dream, Gave Up, Dream Chasing, Chase Your Dreams, Listen To Yourself

I decided I needed to give up something, so I gave up teaching.

- Vera Rubin

source: Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

topic: Giving Up, Teaching, Gave Up

My mum gave up so much to have me, and now I want to repay her.

- Lauren Jackson

topic: Want, Mum, Gave Up

When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

- Frank Zappa

source: "Thicke of the Night" with Alan Thicke, April 28, 1984.

topic: Republican, Gave Up

He never gave up. And he does that for us

- Steven Spielberg

topic: Doe, War Horse, Gave Up

I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

source: Fyodor Dostoevsky (2016). “Short Stories”, p.185, Xist Publishing

topic: Caring, Problem, Gave Up

I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life.

- Tennessee Williams

topic: Too Much, Visiting, Gave Up

We gave up everything just to sit at your table.

- John Lennon

topic: Sacrifice, Tables, Gave Up

I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.

- Harry S. Truman

topic: Adversity, Gave Up, Setback

I gave up myself, but myself did not give up me; and so, I am still myself!

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

topic: Giving Up, Gave Up, Stills

I gave up on my looks a long time ago.

- Diane von Furstenberg

source: "DVF Up Close". Interview with Chuck Close, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 31, 2011.

topic: Long, Looks, Gave Up

My mom means a lot to me. My mom gave up everything. She moved with me and believed in me. She is awesome.

- Justin Bieber

topic: Mom, Mean, Gave Up

If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

topic: Gave Up, Nations, Ifs, Great Nations