Lend Quotations

It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught me how to be myself. Because it's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.

If you look at Christmas movies, there are certain things in them that lend themselves to a 'Harold & Kumar' movie. In particular, the more out-of-this-world things like Santa Claus and flying reindeer.

I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country.

When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a conflict of awesome proportions was inevitable.

Now, many public libraries want to lend e-books, not simply to patrons who come in to download, but to anybody with a reading device, a library card and an Internet connection. In this new reality, the only incentive to buy, rather than borrow, an e-book is the fact that the lent copy vanishes after a couple of weeks.

Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?

When you get all this stuff on and you put on the guns and the hair, it has an effect on the actor. It tends to lend a certain something to the way you feel as you're just walking around looking that way.

Why borrow if you are not in need of it? You must lend feet to the maximum of your bed only, and not to borrow except in the case of necessity.

I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly.

If a natural disaster strikes your community, reach out to your friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. Lend a helping hand.

Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.

And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are always to be found men at the bar who lend their services most cordially to back and support these agents in their most desperate cases.

I've always tried to lend my support to worth while causes, and I feel you should use your celebrity to help with worldwide causes and help them gain exposure.

Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment.

On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our country's war effort by effecting at as early a date as may be possible this much needed restriction.

I am fortunate to have the ability to lend my name to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne. It will be a state-of-the-art facility to help heal the whole person - body, mind and spirit.

With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But the setting didn't lend itself to girls.

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar.

I never, never lend any of my own clothes for parts any more because you lose your clothes; they become the characters' clothes, and you can never wear them again.

I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over.

They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy.

I had a baby at 19 and was a grandmother by 39. Now, my children lend me their children to take them off to Brittany. It's divine. I'm quite exceptionally lucky. I've never had a week without having all three of my daughters on the telephone.

I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process.

When you can't lend or trade - and you can't invest with the leverage that juiced returns to support seven- and eight-figure bonuses - how exactly are you going to make money?

Hunger is a deep concern of mine, and I feel that no one should go without food in this world as long as there are caring people to lend a hand. I've had to struggle in my past and I know what it's like to go without, so I try to do as much as I can to help bring awareness to an issue that hits very close to home for me.

Banks need to continue to lend to creditworthy borrowers to earn a profit and remain strong.

I first read 'The Lord of the Rings' as an adolescent. It's a dense novel, a sprawling, complex monster of a book populated with a prolific number of characters caught up in a narrative structure that, frankly, does not lend itself to conventional storytelling.

One woman will rent out her RV for a family until they can find something more permanent here, ... Another couple said they will lend their duplex rent free for as long as it takes until they can get their feet on the ground.

Monetary policy expectations were the driving forces on the FX (foreign exchange) markets in most of 2005 and while we expect structural problems to come back to haunt the dollar in 2006 we expect monetary policy expectations to lend support to the greenback early in the year.

Monetary policy expectations were the driving forces on the FX markets in most of 2005 and while we expect structural problems to come back to haunt the dollar in 2006 we expect monetary policy expectations to lend support to the greenback early in the year.

No one will lend at a negative interest rate; potential creditors will simply choose to hold cash, which pays zero nominal interest.

Maybe after I get a chance to evaluate the film, it might lend itself one way or the other. I'd say right now it's pretty even.

Obviously from Governor Perry's standpoint, Texas is going to lend a helping hand and take care of those who have been devastated,

I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really have an earnest discussion with them. It's very easy to say whatever's going to appease them and then turn around and do whatever you want to do. It's difficult to be forthright with people, because the job does not lend itself to that.

If we continue to see policies that absolutely restrict the right of women and girls to be normal people, it will have an effect... on the ability of the international community to lend and to give assistance.

If the yield curve inverts, that is bad because banks will not lend money at rates lower than their borrowing costs. It's as simple as that and the economy will slow down naturally,

Many of the technologies we're bringing out lend themselves to managed offerings. They are, by definition, complex, and customers are looking for expertise from our partners.

Look up, and not down; Out and not in; Forward and not back; And lend a hand.

Lend America is extremely pleased to be a sponsor of the most rewarding, tradition-rich drag race venue in the world, NHRA. As a businessman, I look at NHRA and its demographic and know Lend America can provide a valuable home loan service to fit the needs of the audience. I think it's a win-win all the way around. Being a racer myself, I look forward to continuing our high-profile association with NHRA and the increased brand awareness through the maximum exposure that each national event provides.

Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom, no longer lend your stregth to that which you wish to be free from. Fill your life with love and bravery and you shall live a life oncommon.

Since these competitions can also lend themselves to television broadcasts, there is no reason to believe that we may not see more organized competitions in the future, ... If television can figure out how to make playing cards interesting, it should certainly be able to do so with video games.

Since we announced this campaign, there has been an incredible outpouring of support from the music and entertainment community, who want to lend their voices, performances or messages of hope to those in need. The affected area hit hard by Hurricane Katrina shares a rich musical and cultural heritage, so it's all the more meaningful that we try to support these massive relief efforts through music and encouraging our audiences to help any way they can.

Since we have to order things by the case at the restaurant, I tend to shop at the stores, just like everyone else. Many of the greens lend themselves to cooked dishes, not just salads.

Softer oil prices may lend some support across the board.

I wouldn't say I'm worried about it, but that's what training camp is going to lend itself to. It's going to allow me to see where it's going to come from.

There are still some countries out there that have yet to lend their full support.

I can't see in what sense it would lend momentum.

From our pre-district play we've learned that we have the talent to compete successfully in our district. We've established some playing patterns both offensively and defensively which should lend to our success.

From a financial point of view, this is a healthy development for the communities we serve and our shareholders. The bank will be able to continue to grow and expand, which allows us to continue to lend more money to families and businesses in our local areas. Our shareholders' investments should continue to increase in value in addition to providing a cash dividend.

He's a big fella. It just doesn't lend itself to the symmetry of the park,

Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, / The shooting-stars attend thee; / And the elves also,/ Whose little eyes glow, / Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee.

He was marginalized ... by the company's refusal to lend any semblance of truth to the economic reality that Reyes discussed.

We lost to them, but in times like this, you put all that aside. You want to help, just like everyone across America wants to lend a hand and help in any way we can.

I am happy that I can help make a difference in the communities, and blessed to be in the position where I am able to lend support.

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

If the Fed's concern has been about the overall level of stock prices, and it has also been about the multiplier effect of wealth creation, then clearly having a correction like this may well lend itself to their deliberations of what they will do next. At the end of the day, they may well bring in that quarter of a point, but even that's in jeopardy now.

He that doth lend doth lose a friend.

Imagine you're a bank. The corporate sector isn't interested in borrowing, so you can't lend to it. So where do you go? Well, mortgages. They pay a reasonable rate. They're seen as a safe investment. Load up on mortgage-backed securities.

There are several kinds of loans you can get: public and private loans. (The federal government) can give subsidies to encourage companies to lend money. Over the years, those competitive, free-market lenders found ways to take advantage of the law... . There were abuses in the system.

Hopefully, the two of us, we can lend a little advice and a little experience.

He's been impressive, and he's going to lend at least quality depth to the (center) position.

There is a strength in the system because it is not dependent on revenue from farmers to have money to lend to farmers. There's plenty of capital for new ventures.

There is a general attitude among the public that we're too big to fail. But the fact of the matter is that the dollars that we're sending out the door every day are so much more than what we're taking in -- it's exhausted our credit, the banks won't lend to us.

I was concerned with him losing attendance, because of the conflict of me doing my show, ... So I told him I would lend my name to the benefit, so we could advertise it as 'Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sitting In.'

Live/work units are more difficult to secure mortgages on because the proportion of the property given over to commercial use is typically much higher. However, they are a growing trend and lenders have to adapt. Halifax, for instance, says it is happy to lend on live/work units on a case by case basis.

That brings focus to the fact that there is such a need. If folks that are high-profile in sports lend their name and they care, then you should care, too. It's just a wonderful opportunity for us to partner with the Braves to help keep the spotlight on affordable housing needs.

Our nation's Head Start students deserve to be served by the very best organizations willing to lend a helping hand, and if those organizations are not faith-based, so be it. But if they are, the faith and values that motivate them to serve their neighbors should not be held against them.

I suppose I'm a bit mean. My face on camera doesn't lend itself to happy nice guys. I think it's just that my bone structure looks menacing.

I think there are a lot of good-hearted people in our community who can lend a helping hand to those people. I would definitely open my home to those who needed somewhere to stay,

People always ask what a book is about, as if it has to be about something. I don't want to write books that lend themselves to that sort of description. My books are more a kind of breaking-down.

My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero.

Jim Sensenbrenner is once again deciding to abandon his fellow Americans in their time of need. This proposal would simply allow those citizens wiped out by Hurricane Katrina to file for bankruptcy under the old law, making it easier for these families to get back on their feet after this disaster. Apparently, Congressman Sensenbrenner doesn't think we should lend a helping hand to these families.

Just because someone will lend money to you doesn't mean you should borrow it.

Most of the positions being outsourced are at the bottom of the totem pole, such as call-center jobs, but those jobs, in turn, lend themselves to automation, which means that the people doing them could themselves be replaced.

I suspect that most playgoers don't understand how inexact a science literary translation is. Even the simplest of lines may lend itself to multiple renderings.

It is an outrage for someone to solicit funds from well-meaning Americans eager to lend a helping hand to the victims of hurricane Katrina, only to funnel those donations to something that is nothing more than a racist hate site.

Overall, today's data lend tentative support to our view that the consumer spending slowdown has further to run.

Our system was spared from the damage that the southern cooperative received, ... That's the great thing about the cooperative network. We are always willing to lend a helping hand when a neighbor is in trouble. We have been on the receiving side of that assistance in the past and I know what a difference it can make.

It has been a beautiful thing to see, the flags draped on balconies and cars, faces painted, the red and green of our cloth everywhere, ... I hope the Portuguese can keep the spirit up and lend it to their everyday lives.

I was glad I could lend a helping hand.

It doesn't lend the correct appearance of independence.

It does lend itself to a guy who has tremendous quickness and burst. Coles ran it pretty well, too, but sometimes being quick enough to burst by a guy is the difference.

It has always been one of the primary goals of the FC Dallas organization to have our players stand out as positive role models in the communities in which they live and work. There is no greater cause than the education of children, and we are pleased to be able to lend our name and time to initiatives such as this one.

Trouble is, some accents lend themselves to comedy.

The Premier League, for the first time in three years, will have a title sponsor who will also lend support to the senior national team and the U nder-21 team.

We are disappointed that the provisions against the U.K. construction projects held back what would have been an otherwise very strong operating result. Lend Lease maintains a confident outlook for growth.

The Arab League would be wrong to lend its blind support to the Khartoum regime.

We have had a water shortage since the 50's. It's all a big joke. They should always be bugging other water districts to lend us water for stuff like this.

will lend to the healing process and not be something that will cause more divisiveness.

That you've essentially built a terminal exclusively for them, that's a problem. There is an old business saying that if you lend a little to someone, you are a creditor. If you lend a lot, you are a partner.

Who goeth a borrowing/ Goeth a sorrowing./ Few lend (but fools)/ Their working tools.

We've got some new faces and it might lend itself to a different brand of baseball. But until we get a chance to see it on a regular basis, we're not sure what we've got.

The only way we can overcome the tragedy of an immense disaster like this one is by pulling together as a nation and doing all we can to help out our fellow citizens in great need, ... The people of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are not alone. Like the rest of our nation, the people of Wachovia want to lend them a helping hand so they can begin rebuilding their lives and their communities.

We tried flipping our lines a little bit to lend maybe a little more balance. We're just trying to blend our experience, skills and youth a little better.

We're happy to lend a hand to this important program. Recycling continues to become a more and more important issue with each passing year and we hope that Ducks fans with old sneakers will be able to make the trip to our ballpark with their unwanted sneakers to help out a great cause.

There is a very flat yield curve globally for different reasons, even in some emerging markets. I really don't see where the easy money is. No matter how sophisticated you are, you can't get away from the basics of banking: Borrow short, lend long.

The only entity in the United States that has the personnel, the equipment, the training and the logistical capacity to lend support to the National Guard and other state entities in an emergency of this scale is the Department of Defense.

When you're running at that level and speed, anybody that can lend a hand is needed, even if they just pack boxes or stick on labels.

We are looking for more special pictures - ones that would lend themselves to a whole page - of people and unique settings.