Quotes about taken
taken feelings consumers
Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride. Larry Craig
taken color play
When I adjust materials of different kinds to one another, I have taken a step in advance of mere oil painting, for in addition to playing off color against color, line against line, form against form, etc., I play off material against material, for example, wood against sackcloth. I call the weltanschauung from which this mode of artistic creation arose 'Merz.' The word 'Merz' had no meaning when I formed it. Now it has the meaning which I gave it. The meaning of the concept 'Merz' changes with the change in the insight of those who continue to work with it. Kurt Schwitters
taken hands political
If we may say that the Age of Andrew Jackson took political life out of the hands of aristocrats and turned it over to the masses, then we may say, with equal justification, that the Age of Television has taken politics away from the adult mind altogether. Neil Postman
taken communication two
America was founded by intellectuals, a rare occurrence in the history of modern nations We might even say that America was founded by intellectuals, from which it has taken us two centuries and a communications revolution to recover.
taken fighting artist
Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and exorcism and all the rest of it. Not to be obsessed with quail-fighting or other crazes like that. Marcus Aurelius
taken asking firsts
As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first.
taken men hunting
One man is proud when he has caught a poor hare, and another when he has taken a little fish in a net, and another when he has taken wild boars, and another when he has taken bears ... Are these not robbers?
taken complaining harm
Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.
taken opinion harm
Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.
taken college years
I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did. Marc Maron
taken challenges safe
The transfer is guaranteed to be safe and secure, everyone knows that the transfer has taken place, and nobody can challenge the legitimacy of the transfer. The consequences of this breakthrough are hard to overstate, Marc Andreessen
taken exercise men
Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men. Thomas a Kempis
taken discovery medicine
Nineteen hundred and three will bring great advances in surgery, in the study of bacteria, in the knowledge of the cause and prevention of disease. Medicine is played out. Every new discovery of bacteria shows us all the more convincingly that we have been wrong and that the million tons of stuff we have taken was all useless. Thomas A. Edison
taken college men
When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a 'good man' before they are all taken. Sheryl Sandberg
taken thinking taken-for-granted
I think women are often taken for granted. Sheila Johnson
taken garden roots
I’ll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical plants like caution and common sense. Still, though, hope does not flourish in every garden, and I feel thankful it has taken root in mine. Sharon Kay Penman
taken should-have class
A cardio-funk class - I should have at least taken one of those. But it's always terrified me. I'm never one to be a dancer on the dance floor, even at a bar or a club. Neil Patrick Harris
taken angel thinking
If I didn't have that, fear and projections over what was coming next could have taken over. But it was tough. Don't think I was an angel. It was hell. Natalie Goldberg
taken risk artistic
If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences. Natalie Portman
taken judging long
As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.
taken years justice
The killing of Osama has taken place nearly 13 years after the terrorist bombings in Nairobi that led to the death of over 200 people, in an act believed to have been masterminded by Osama. His killing is an act of justice to those Kenyans who lost their lives and the many more who suffered injuries. Mwai Kibaki
taken blessing giving
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. Tallulah Bankhead
taken sleep sea
Conrad placed on the title page an epigraph taken from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene: "Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please" This also became Conrad's epitaph. Joseph Conrad
taken passion self
The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of. Joseph Butler
taken people up-to-you
I've still kind of maintained a low profile but people still kind of recognize you and will come up to you, and that's taken a bit of getting used to. Leona Lewis
taken wish age
You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older. Leila Josefowicz
taken light capacity
The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account. Leland Stanford
taken home perfect
I've always looked for the perfect life to step into. I've taken all the paths to get where I wanted.But no matter where I go, I still come home me. Layne Staley
taken heart gun
There was a time when you would have taken my heart with stake or gun. Now you have taken it with these delicate hands and the scent of your body." - Jean-Claude Laurell K. Hamilton
taken order cities
Anyday, one can walk down the street in a big city and see a thousand people. Any photographer can photograph these people - but very few photographers can make their prints not only reproductions of the people taken, but a comment upon them - or more, a comment upon their lives - or more still, a comment upon the social order that creates these lives. Langston Hughes
taken party school
I loved school. But when I started 'Party of Five' in the fifth grade, I was taken out of school and tutored on the set. Lacey Chabert
taken students sat
I'd never taken an SAT prep course. They were for weaker students. John Katzman
taken men should-have
A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world. John Keats