The story of ‘Prometheus’ is the idea that if you’re given a gift from the gods, do not abuse it, and do not think you can compete. – Ridley Scott
When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out. – R. Kelly
Sure, I got lost, which is an actor’s worst nightmare. But it is a gift as well, because great things come out of being lost and unsure, especially if you have a controlling side or a perfectionist side, which plenty of us do. – Rachel McAdams
When you’re young, you think you can do anything, and that was really a gift. That’s why I can never understand someone telling me ‘no’ today. ‘No’ just isn’t an option. – Sandra Lee
I’m not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who’s going to win, and I’m not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who’s going to lose. – Tim Kaine
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it’s more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area. – Susan Sullivan
There is a gift of the Holy Spirit that is given to both men and women in the New Testament. This is what makes the New Testament a New Testament rather than the Old Testament, in which women did not have such privileges. – Tony Campolo
We’ve all watched hundreds of movies from characters’ points of view that are not our own. That’s part of the gift movies give us. – Scott Derrickson
I do have a television over there – it was a gift – but I never turn it on. I’d rather read a book. – Sam Crawford
I’m not sure I have a natural gift. I think it’s just that some people have an easier time expressing their emotions, maybe because of the way they’ve been raised, and I’ve always been expressive. – Thomas Horn
The priesthood is not really so much a gift as it is a commission to serve, a privilege to lift, and an opportunity to bless the lives of others. – Thomas S. Monson
I like to keep most of my bats. I think I have about 250 bats, including my first – which cost Rs 2000 – a gift from my dad in 1998, when I moved to the hostel. – Suresh Raina
I think it better that in times like these a poet’s mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. – William Butler Yeats
Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had. – Walter Martin
Starting in ’98 when I was researching ‘Traffic,’ I got to meet really serious people in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of a great gift. And I really valued these guys; I stayed in touch with them, and I find their point-of-view quite interesting. – Stephen Gaghan
I’ve got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it’s all a gift from the Creator. – Wadada Leo Smith
What I thought at the moment was the worst thing that could happen was absolutely the biggest gift I’ve received. – Trey Anastasio
Israel knew that there was no greater gift than to be given God’s name, but that gift was a frightening reality that threatened to consume her. Israel, who would be tempted by the idolatrous presumption she possessed God’s name, rightly never forgot she could not say God’s name. – Stanley Hauerwas