Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

- Edmund Burke

Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

- George Washington Cable

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that.

- John Legend

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

- John Naisbitt

People in the know say 'The Giver' was the first young adult dystopian novel.

- Lois Lowry

I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.

- Lois Lowry

It's interesting that so many books now are published as the first in a series. It never occurred to me. Although 'The Giver' does have an ambiguous ending. I've heard about that from readers over the years.

- Lois Lowry

'Snowpiercer' is a little bit more experimental, I think, and crafted for a slightly different audience. 'The Giver' is more about teen angst.

- Marco Beltrami

I think when you're very dedicated to something and you're engaged fully, you become a giver.

- Russell Simmons

In marriage, someone has to be a giver and someone a taker. I am a taker who married a giver.

- Robert Preston

I love to give. I've been a giver all my life.

- Tyler Perry