"If you can't give me poetry, can't you give me poetical science?"
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"Don't give me what I ask for, give me what I need."
"Give me extension and motion and I will construct the universe."
"Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss."
"I love doing six versions of any joke, so if they'll give me six takes, I'd love to do it."
"He that gives me small gifts would have me live."
"Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!"
"Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad."
"Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.'"
"Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo (Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!"
"If you can't give me your word of honour, will you give me your promise?"
"Now I am here - now read me - give me a name."
"He can give me what you cannot. Death is not a lover. Oh yes, he is."
"Give me my sin again."
"If she gives me all her time it is because I have all her heart."
"Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around."
"Give me a lamp so I can find the day."
"Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding."
"All I want is the truth, just give me some truth"
"Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe."