#gift

He was seemingly born not only with a gift for language, but with a particularly nasty clock which makes him go crazy every three years or so. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#giftedness #mental-health #mental-illness #mental-illness

Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's? ↗

— King Abdullah II

#compromises #concessions #during #freedom #gifts

The worst gift that I ever gave a girl was a suitcase for Christmas. As in, 'I can't think of anything to give you, but here's a new suitcase.' Afterward, I was like, 'What were you thinking, idiot?' ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#christmas #ever #gave #gift #girl

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. ↗

— Aeschylus

#desire #does #gifts #gods #only

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift. ↗

— Aeschylus

#evil #free #gift #god #thoughts

I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#basis #company #gift #give #god

In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#i #i can #limited #real-world #terms

It doesn't matter what age you are. You can look sexy and feel great, and that doesn't have to be a gift only for the young. It can be a gift for any age, even the old, whatever that is nowadays. ↗

— Carol Alt

#any #even #feel #gift #great

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#fully #gift #go #human #possible

Each day provides its own gifts. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#each #gifts #own #provides