Gifts Presents Quotes

#1. Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#2. Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely
whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks it. But above all else
it presents us with the gift of ourselves.

Aberjhani

#3. In this city [Palermo] ... it's the souls of the dead who bring presents to the children ... We go to the cemetery to ask the dead for toys.

Gianni Riotta

#4. In the midst of the shopping and the wrapping and the arranging of presents under your tree this Christmas, may you not forget the gifts you cannot yet hold in your hands.

T.D. Jakes

#5. Open your eyes and see how many gifts there are to unwrap. Notice the presence of your presents. It's not your life that is disappointing: it's your mind.

Gregg Krech

#6. Why are you giving this to me?""well, for a lot of reasons. most of which i can't really explain properly. that's why people give presents, right? because they don't know how to express themselves in words, so you give gifts to symbolically explain your feelings.

Matthew Quick

#7. We all enjoy giving and receiving presents. But there is a difference between presents and gifts. The true gifts may be part of ourselves-givin g of the riches of the heart and mind-and therefore more enduring and of far greater worth than presents bought at the store.

James E. Faust

#8. Life isn't just a gift, it's an abundant series of more gifts (i.e. Feather Presents) than one can count

Jean Williams

#9. Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy pets and luxurious darlings, but imposes tasks when she presents opportunities, and uplifts him whom she would inform. The apple that she drops at the feet of Newton is but a coy invitation to follow her to the stars.

Edwin Percy Whipple

#10. A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents.

Taylor Swift

#11. Giving presents is one of the most possessive things we do, did you realize that? It's the way we keep a hold on other people. Plant ourselves in their lives.

Penelope Lively

#12. Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers, because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#13. The custom of giving presents on New Year's Day is as old as the time of the Romans, who attached superstitious importance to it, and thought the gifts brought them a lucky year.

P.H. Ditchfield

#14. {20:31} Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and silence their mouths, turning them aside from their task of correction. {20:32}

The Biblescript

#15. Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

Gabriel Byrne

#16. When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

#17. As you celebrate your special day I hope you are showered with priceless gifts of love, thoughtfulness, friendships, family, laughter and good times. These are just a few simple presents that money can't buy and that you absolutely deserve! Happy Birthday!

Carlos Wallace

#18. I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside.

Tommy Hilfiger

#19. Unexpected gifts were better accepted when they were presented by total strangers, I had learnt.

Vann Chow

#20. Smith, you don't realize it's a privilege to practice giving presents to others.' The way he did it was charming; there was nothing glittery and Christmasy about it, but almost sad, and sometimes his gifts were old beat-up things but they had the charm of usefulness and sadness of his giving.

Jack Kerouac

#21. A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions. A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding our hearts. A poet wraps words around our own feelings and presents them as fresh gifts to humanity.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#22. A broke man's lover doesn't feel 'loved' on her Birthday, Christmas, and, on Valentine's Day.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#23. Like everything else, holiday gifts escalate. The presents get better and better until one year you decide you don't need anything else and start making donations to animal shelters. Even if you hate dogs and cats, they're somehow always the ones who benefit.

David Sedaris