Annie Dillard Quotes

But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them.

I'm blessed, and people's responses to me have never been negative.

Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.

How powerful it is to surprise a total stranger with a really nice act: buy them a cup of coffee, pay their toll. It makes their day; it makes your day.

My husband, Howard Stern, is very good at giving gifts.

On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

There's not enough good things in the world.

I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It's a short letter - all she said was, 'Hey, since it's harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed, here $10 for a pizza.' I was like, 'Aww, she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!'

While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

I've been very lucky to work with people I think are funny and who are really awesome human beings.

I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.

It's nice to have money, but the first thing I did with money was buy my father a snow-blower, because my job was to shovel snow, and I wasn't there to do it any more, so I was able to buy him a blower.

I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.

My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.

There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.

As a child, I remember I always wanted to make my parents happy and give them everything in their lives.

I'm so touched that complete strangers will send me a script asking me to be in their film. That still amazes me - and sometimes for a lot of money too.

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.