The press gave me a voice too quickly, and that could have unsettled a man who had every right to feel he should be in control of the thing he had created.

- Alison Moyet

They took away time, and they gave us the clock.

- Abdullah Ibrahim

For years, the West supported Mubarak and gave aid for what it hoped was stability - but was actually stagnation - in the Middle East.

- Ahmed Zewail

When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write.

- Ang Lee

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

- Antony Gormley

I always want to give more than I gave yesterday.

- Allyson Felix

There is no country that has made as many concessions as Israel. Since 1967, we gave up territory that is three times the size of Israel. We showed willingness.

- Avigdor Lieberman

I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out.

- Anne Rice

I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I got my first movie, and I gave it my best. Before I was done with that movie, I was offered my first feature film.

- Adam Beach

I used to try and do backflips a lot, but I used to bang my head more often than not, so I gave it up.

- Antony Starr

The same Source that gave you the idea, will give you the means to see it through.

- Alan Cohen

I had done a bunch of stuff before I even went to Disney. I'm so grateful for what Disney gave me and the experiences that I got, but at the end of the day, I can do so much more than what I did on that channel and in those movies.

- Ashley Tisdale

And I gave this directive to them, that if they free our assets in the United States, that would be a sign of goodwill. I have the same idea this time.

- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

What 'Twilight' gave me was years to consider how I wanted to work otherwise.

- Ashley Greene

For me, my films are not like my children. They are like my ex-wife. They gave me so much; I gave them so much; I loved them so much; we part ways, and it's OK, we part ways.

- Alfonso Cuaron

They gave us the freedom just to play and have fun.

- Anthony Anderson

I'm so grateful for what Disney gave me and the experiences that I got, but at the end of the day, I can do so much more than what I did on that channel and in those movies.

- Ashley Tisdale

Anyone who was tempted to draw comparisons between my father's 'Dave Robicheaux' series and my first book quickly gave up.

- Alafair Burke

'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.

- Abbi Glines

In Evita I wasn't really hugely involved with it. I gave a little bit of help but they needed a bit of technical help on the movie and so some of my music people went in at the end of the movie and helped out with it.

- Andrew Lloyd Webber