Quotes about taken
taken care would-be
He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself. William Graham Sumner
taken animal literature
Literature, taken in all its bearings, forms the grand line of demarcation between the human and the animal kingdoms. William Godwin
taken past my-thoughts
My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image.
taken soul laziness
The longer a soul hath neglected duty, the more ado there is to get it taken up. William Gurnall
taken climbing wind
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails William Arthur Ward
taken thinking blood
It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly. Voltaire
taken heart long
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. William Ernest Henley
taken color prejudice
Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be prejudice... If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself. William Pickens
taken given possession
Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given. William Powell
taken two fire
The four horsemen of the prairie are tornado, locust, drought, and fire, and the greatest of these is fire, a rider with two faces because for everything taken, it makes a return in equal measure. William Least Heat-Moon
taken family-and-friends world
The only times we are consciously aware of the authorship of a photograph, I would argue, are when we contemplate the photographs we ourselves have taken (or those of friends and family) or when we go deliberately to the photographers monograph or exhibition. The signed image - the appropriated, the owned image - is by far the rarest in this pullulating world of pictures. William Boyd
taken sleep moon
Where the wave of moonlight glosses The dim gray sands with light, Far off by furthest Rosses We foot it all the night, Weaving olden dances, Mingling hands and mingling glances Till the moon has taken flight; To and fro we leap And chase the frothy bubbles, While the world is full of troubles And is anxious in its sleep. . . . William Butler Yeats
taken men sacred
Avoid, which many grave men have not done, words taken from sacred subjects and from elevated poetry: these we have seen vilely prostituted. Avoid too the society of the barbarians who misemploy them. Walter Savage Landor
taken cities who-i-am
On the streets of the city They have taken my Who-I-Am As well as my What-I-Was And now I am desperate for them both Again Walter Dean Myers
taken thinking long
How long has it taken the democratic process to develop in the United States? Since it was founded. So, do you think that as regards democracy everything is settled now in America? If this were so, there would be no Ferguson issue, right? There would be no other issues of similar kind, there would be no police abuse. Our goal is to see all these issues and respond to them timely and properly. The same applies to Russia. We also have a lot of problems. Vladimir Putin
taken believe economy
Then, the specialists themselves, probably believe that in the course of EU expansion, for example, some elements concerning the readiness of some economies to enter the Eurozone have not been taken into account.
taken government russia
Russia has not taken part and is not going to take part in any actions aimed at removing legitimate government.
taken political politics
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. Winston Churchill
taken government giving
There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.
taken government giving
Government has no resources of its own. Government can only give to us what it has previously taken from us. Rick Scott
taken leader lessons
I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.
taken spirit
You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan Rick Riordan
taken remembers-you remember-you
Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you. Tracie Peterson
taken stronger care
With faith, I know that everything will be taken care of. Even the difficult times become learning experiences to help make my faith stronger. Torii Hunter
taken issues people
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues. Tony Snow
taken thinking giving
I used to think about giving my life up for things, but I didn't understand what 'giving your life' really was until it was right there, about to be taken from me Veronica Roth
taken views saint
Perhaps the first photograph ever taken, Niépce's view of the rooftops over Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, was a truly pure photograph. The second one he took, he was already comparing nature to the first photograph he had taken. Vik Muniz
taken independence granted
The gift of independence once granted cannot be lightly taken away again. Robert Graves
taken mixtures emergencies
Poetry is no more a narcotic than a stimulant; it is a universal bittersweet mixture for all possible household emergencies and its action varies accordingly as it is taken in a wineglass or a tablespoon, inhaled, gargled or rubbed on the chest by hard fingers covered with rings.
taken responsibility long
I'll keep working as long as I live because singing has taken on the feeling of joy that I had when I started, when my only responsibility was to sing well. Rosemary Clooney
taken management photograph
I was a consultant for Kodak back in the late 80's. There were engineers there who told me that in the future, most photographs would be taken on telephones. They weren't able to do anything with that. They were engineers, not management. Sam Abell
taken reality today
The class that I teach is called "The Life of a Photograph." It takes up the question, of the billion photographs that were taken today, how many will have a life, and why? So the new reality has made the question more pertinent, not less pertinent.
taken lifetime modern
What I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime.