Quotes about taken
taken achievement progress
First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement. Aberjhani
taken discovery may
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster A. R. Ammons
taken today wonderful
Thats a wonderful change thats taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.
taken stuff scripts
When I initially read the script, it goes inside and comes out different things even without commenting on any stuff. And then, those pieces are taken out and then spread out through the movie. A. R. Rahman
taken believe world
Oh, I'm not afraid of death! What have I got to live for after all? I suppose you believe it's very wrong to kill a person who has injured you-even if they've taken away everything you had in the world? Agatha Christie
taken house bottles
And, of course, afterwards -- one always hears these things afterwards, so much better if one heard them before -- we found out that dozens of empty brandy bottles were taken out of the house every week!
taken facts fit
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.
taken simple shoes
All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water. Adriana Trigiani
taken shots broads
I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad. Adam Lambert
taken idols work-out
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.
taken vision today
Our vision of a sustainable future will only materialize through action taken today. Achim Steiner
taken men animal
Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power, the utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God's creation. Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs. Abraham Joshua Heschel
taken thinking space
Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression "being points beyond itself" may be taken to denote a higher point in space. What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
taken years civilization
To the masses, the catchwords of Socialism sound so enticing... so they will continue to work for Socialism, helping thereby to bring about the inevitable decline of the civilization which the nations of the West have taken thousands of years to build up. Ludwig von Mises
taken luxury people
The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich people, only to become, after a time, an indispensable necessity taken for granted by everyone. Luxury consumption provides industry with the stimulus to discover and introduce new, things. It is one of the dynamic factors in our economy. To it we owe the progressive innovations by which the standard of living of all strata of the population has been gradually raised.
taken pride
I have taken pride in others, never in myself. Petrarch
taken versed
We're well versed in what collaboration takes. It has not been part of this process. Collaboration is what it would have taken to make this work. David Palmer
taken
I was never taken to a play or concert or church. Yet I was a show-off, a dreamer, a storyteller. Ralph Waite
taken wore
In the days when I wasn't being taken seriously, I wore long skirts - very conservative. But now, I dress any way I want to.
taken
Over the years, Forgotten Realms and gaming have taken me all over the world and made me all sorts of new friends. Ed Greenwood
taken
We over-passed with it. We just over-passed sometimes when we should have taken shots.
taken
Only the last two planes, I think, had any shot of being intercepted and taken down on 9/11. Richard Ben-Veniste
taken thinking games
I think that people who do enjoy my stand-up comedy and the people who get it and the people who are taken in by it, they see that I'm a guy that has love of the game. Dane Cook
taken liberty done
I work in waves, because I'm impatient. Because of a certain physicality, of lack of breath from standing. It has to be done and I do take liberties I wouldn't have taken before. Cy Twombly
taken thinking men
I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women. Curtis Sittenfeld
taken rights family-and-friends
Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening! Cyndi Lauper
taken mean government
People are increasingly frustrated that decisions taken further and further away from them mean their living standards are slashed through enforced austerity or their taxes are used to bail out governments on the other side of the continent. David Cameron
taken life-is infallible
The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us. Dave Eggers
taken grateful writing
I am starting to get tired of relying on words. They are full of meaning, yes, but they lack sensation. Writing to her is not the same as seeing her face as she listens. hearing back from her is not the same as hearing her voice. I have always been grateful for technology, but now it feels as if there's a little hitch of separation woven into any digital interaction. I want to be there, and this scares me. All my usual disconnected comforts are bieng taken away, now that I see the greater comfort of presence. David Levithan
taken order people
I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own.
taken thinking together
Because you think an explosion has taken place and you're looking at the shards and you say, 'Well, can we put this back together?' And by God, maybe you can put it back together. And maybe it won't be the same, but maybe it will be different, and maybe it can even be better in a different way. David Letterman
taken men years
Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone. David Gemmell
taken men people
Some people are born ugly. It's not their fault, and I for one have never held it against a man that he is ugly. but others and I count myself among them are born with handsome features. That's a gift that should not be lightly taken away.