Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad.

Here's a reminder on accepting Christmas gifts from vendors: don't.

I’m going to have to be real careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because they will think they have bought my respect.

. . . gifts have a way of coming to those who do not desire them

It is possible to give wedding presents, birthday presents, and Christmas presents without any thought or affection at all: they can be ordered by post card; but the unbirthday present demands the nicest care. It is therefore the best of all, and it is the only kind to which the golden rule of present-giving imperatively applies — the golden rule which insists that you must never give to another anything that you would not rather keep for ourself, nothing that does not cost you a pang to part from.

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

I believe you should never give people what they want. Give them something a little more than what they want and that way they grow up.

The present is far from gift-wrapped.

And not until then did she remember how fatal it is said to be to accept a gift from a demon. Buy, or earn it, but never accept the gift.

Citizenship is not a gift we can afford to keep giving away.

If someone is giving us something, that’s because we’re incapable of getting it for ourselves.

I have to buy Hanukkah presents. It's mandated by Jewish law. The God of the Jews is an angry God. And very gift-oriented.

I think you know grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents that are walkin' on their pants with their cap on backwards, listenin' to the Enema Man and Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dogg and they don't like 'em.

According to Manu Smriti, “By Accepting gifts the divine light in the person gets extinguished.” Manu warns every individual against accepting gifts for the reason that it places the acceptor under an obligation in favour of the person who gave the gift and ultimately it results in making a person to do things which are not permitted according to law.