Tough Quotes

A tough will counts. So does desire.So does a rich soft wanting.Without rich wanting nothing arrives.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

As a mama and a grandma, I appreciate, understand and absolutely believe in the sanctity of life. But I recognize that there are those tough situations where heartbreaking decisions have to be made.

There are so many tough opponents out there and tough competitors so I've never liked to look ahead.

Times are tough in the music industry, and now more than ever we need people like the team at Paste looking out for artists on the fringe of the mainstream.

And I have to tell you, as tough as farming is, the idea of farming when you’re losing money year after year... that’s not life even, that’s like death. That’s eternal damnation.

Every boxer is tough for me. I don't think any opponent is better than any other. Every opponent is the same for me.

I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project.

Byron is one tough guy and he can play through just about anything. I know he will be ready to go on Sunday.

But I'm not a tough guy or a street fighter for real. I'm just an actor.

I don't like having feelings," Eric said coldly, and he left. That was a tough exit line to top.

You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions and to lead people.

No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.

I'm a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets.

In these tough economic times, everybody has to cut back. I am down to three tabs of ecstasy a day.

I think America needs lots of tough people. Not just me. I think America needs to get tougher, all of us.

You need a strong, tough leader to restore America's greatness. This is the best person to do that.

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.

I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.

Sitting presidents are very tough to beat.

If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.

It's easy to be a tough competitor and still be the kind of person with whom people love to compete.

Having the right perspective is tough when you’re alone. Surround yourself with people who will help you see things you cannot readily see.

As they say in the rodeo business, he just drew a tough one. There were a lot of positives for Jason to take out of this. He put us in a position to win.

Earlier today, President Bush said Kerry will be a tough and hard-charging opponent. That explains why Bush's nickname for Kerry is math.

People are saying that Rick Perry is really tough because he has executed over 200 people. And that was just while he was on vacation in Florida.

Tough Olympic news for the Romneys. Ann Romney's horse Rafalka did not advance to the Olympic finals. Apparently it was beat by a smooth-talking socialist horse from Kenya.

I've tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and 'American Idol' and FOX, they've just been making it really tough for me to do that.

Every year, you try to be more consistent. It's a long year and it's tough to do. But those great players do find it. That's something that I try to do.?

The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough.

When I'm looking for hot button answers to tough questions, I don't look to congressman or my mayor. I say, 'What would Miss U.S.A. have to say about this?'

Everybody is going through the same thing. The way the schedule is, it's tough down the stretch.

It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.

My mother was really loving and wonderful and tough as hell.

My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his family told him, "You're never going to make it; it's too tough out there."

Later on, towards the end of their lives, I thanked her. I said, "Mom, you were really tough." She said, "I wasn't tough! I always believed in you."

The movie I've seen the most times, boy, that's a tough one. It would have to be a toss-up between Apocalypse Now and the first Star Wars. I think the first Star Wars.

I want people to know that I am tough on illegal immigration and we are working to provide needed border security.

It was a tough press conference for President Bush. He spent the first ten minutes trying to pronounce Fallujah. ... Bush insisted that Iraq is not Vietnam. Of course not, he avoided Vietnam.

When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher.

Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.

I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.

Writing a column, a weekly column for the New York Times, is really tough, and I wasn't prepared for the demands that that involved.

А weekly column is really tough.

A lot of times it's tough to make the decision on your own. You know what you want to do and it always helps to have someone to rely on to help you out.

It'd be hard to be a lead actor if I didn't have lips. Those are tough to graft back on.

As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in.

A good name for a gang would be The Uneducated Idiot Tough Guys.

The docks were said to be quite tough, but there were pubs you didn't go into if you were a respectable... but um, I never felt a sense of danger in Liverpool.

A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.