Great gifts are the fairest, and often the most dangerous, fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang on the weakest branches, which easily break.
Want to know the best thing about teaching? Seeing that moment when a kid discovers his or her gift. There’s no feeling on earth like it.
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it.
One must have consideration for those less gifted than oneself.
Every day is a gift, Jake. Of course sometimes it’s a really horrible gift that you don’t want.
Do not be afraid; our fate. Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.
Beware of defense attorneys bearing gifts.
Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad.
