Taken Quotes

I've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.

If I had better foresight, maybe I could have improved things a little bit. But frankly, if I had perfect foresight, I would never have taken this job in the first place.

Government has no resources of its own. Government can only give to us what it has previously taken from us.

The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it.

The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.

I've taken my cue from people here and from viewers, especially survivors-who said, 'When it's time to literally flip your wig, you'll know.'

But when you get into a situation where you can acquire a proven leader, a proven quality player, an unselfish player, a guy who taken a team to the Super Bowl, I think you do it.

That thing, multiculturalism, has basically taken over the curriculum, or what is taught in the public school system.

I wasn't taken to anywhere I would have gone if I was alone.

If one had taken what is necessary to cover one's needs and had left the rest to those who are in need, no one would be rich, no one would be poor, no one would be in need.

No pro football player should die of heatstroke, any more than cholera, in this day and age if the most basic attention is paid and precautions are taken.

A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay.

Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament.

You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You’ve got to show up and own it. If this is a man’s world, who cares? I’m still really glad to be a girl in it.

Taken with the archaeological data, we can say that the old hypothesis of an invasion of people - not merely their language - from the steppe appears to be true.

Knowledge is a burden--once taken up, it can never be discarded.

The people of Floridas 2nd Congressional District said, Steve, go up there and fight to change the culture in Washington. Ive taken their instructions very seriously.

The land and everything on it can be taken away, but no one can take away your knowledge or the degrees you earn

There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed in writing a body of work.

Camp is art that proposes itself seriously, but cannot be taken altogether seriously because it is 'too much.

You should know what is taken out of the ecosystem in order to give you a moment's sustenance.

Don't be taken in by the guff that critics are killing the theater. Commonly they sin on the side of enthusiasm. Too often they give their blessing to trash.

Eden Robinson is one of those rare artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of us decades to achieve.

Though are hands are chained like they are, they haven't taken music from us yet. So that's how I'll fight. People tell me don't quit like everyone else. I wont have no fear.

A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.

I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to spare others.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

When I was at school at Paris, I had special lessons from Mademoiselle Antoine, an actress at the Comedie Francaise, and I was taken to every sort of play. I felt very grand.

The Grutter and Gratz decisions, taken together, represent a sad and tragic chapter in American history.

So be my passing! My task accomplished and the long day done, My wages taken, and in my heart Some late lark singing, Let me be gathered in the quiet west, The sundown splendid and serene, Death.

Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.

You see, our hard-earned saving are always going to be taken away from us by someone - whether we have any or not.

There are certain times I don't want my picture taken. If my wife's stepping out of a car and it looks like it's going to come out an indecent picture, don't I have a right to object?

I've taken advantage of the laws. And frankly, so has everybody else in my position.

The money is with people who have taken advantage of every single break in the tax code.

It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.

I think it is possible to be friends with employees, but there has to be a respect level where you're not taken advantage of, either.

I'm not an exhibitionist in any way, shape or form. I don't even like having my picture taken!

Ive never taken for granted what weve had, not for one single game, not one single practice, ... Ive truly been blessed.

You could not turn off love- even the rather absent, sometimes taken for granted love- the way you'd turn off a faucet. Love ran from the heart and the heart had it's own imperatives

I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

Most of the films are only 60% taken, rest is a director's input.

I mean that at least 80% of the Russian people feel destitute. It's the people who had their past and future taken from them - they don't get paid - many of them face a wall. They have nowhere to go.

Artists are never complete people. But if it's art that completes them, then what is taken away?

It's better to have your blackness taken away than to stand there and lie about who you actually are. That's the trap.

No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.

I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.

Ten years ago, desalination was the crazy aunt in the attic. That's changed. It is now entering the mainstream and being taken seriously.

In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me.