So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born. Edward Dahlberg
How many, once lauded in song, are given over to the forgotten; and how many who sung their praises are clean gone long ago! Marcus Aurelius
We are given over to absolute solitude. No one can speak with us and no one can speak for us; we must take it upon ourselves, each of us must take it upon himself. Jacques Derrida
A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived. Vanessa Redgrave
America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious. Goldwin Smith
Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel. Huge portions of what is loosely termed "the squirrel brain" are given over to one thought: food. The average squirrel cogitation goes something like this: I wonder what there is to eat. Kate DiCamillo