Quotes about taken
taken action chance
Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance. Andre Maurois
taken home men
TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were: "Sir Thomas Holt hath taken a cleaver and stricken his cook upon the head, so that one side of the head fell upon one shoulder and the other side upon the other shoulder." The defendant was acquitted by instruction of the court, the learned judges holding that the words did not charge murder, for they did not affirm the death of the cook, that being only an inference. Ambrose Bierce
taken writing thinking
Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons. Anthony Holden
taken men taking-things-for-granted
When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'
taken men drawing
I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow. Alison Bechdel
taken want
I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be. Alicia Keys
taken men long
Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men Abraham Lincoln
taken mean years
I don't know if most people have truly taken on board what this says about our place in the natural world. It doesn't mean that humans are dominating the Earth, ruling over all of nature. In fact, it is a reminder that we are only a tiny part of nature, at the mercy of a system whose operations predate us by billions of years, and will continue billions of years after we're gone. Annalee Newitz
taken order america
The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia. Anna Wintour
taken plans
I’ve never taken a selfie and I don’t plan to start now,
taken thinking needs
I think there needs to be more care taken for the actor. You know, we are not props! Anika Noni Rose
taken apples creative
I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the designers had taken. Andy Hertzfeld
taken thinking apples
Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it would take for me to stay? I said, maybe if I could work on the Mac project, which Steve had just taken over from Jef Raskin.
taken thinking fine
Like Cammie is fine," Macey said, then glanced at me. "No offense." "None taken," I said. "I think. Ally Carter
taken eye feel-better
Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven or an afterlife. For Carl, what mattered most was what was true, not merely what would make us feel better. Even at this moment when anyone would be forgiven for turning away from the reality of our situation, Carl was unflinching. As we looked deeply into each other's eyes, it was with a shared conviction that our wondrous life together was ending forever. Ann Druyan
taken cowboy want
Canada has become trouble recently ... It's always the worst Americans who go there ... We could have taken them over so easy. But I only want the western part, with the ski areas, the cowboys, and the right wingers. They're the only good parts of Canada. Ann Coulter
taken america my-family
Freedom was taken away from my family until we landed in America and it was given back to us. Andy Garcia
taken clouds black
Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression. Amy Winehouse
taken average people
So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough. Amanda Bynes
taken world misery
I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries. Jane Birkin
taken acceptance giving
As the acceptance of democracy brings a certain life-giving power, so it has its own sanctions and comforts. Perhaps the most obvious one is the curious sense which comes to us from time to time, that we belong to the whole, that a certain basic well being can never be taken away from us whatever the turn of fortune. Jane Addams
taken mrs-bennet wife
Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently. Jane Austen
taken ideas confusion
She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and made everything bend to it.
taken vegas road-trip
I have never taken a road trip. Unless you count Los Angeles to Vegas. Jamie-Lynn Sigler
taken scary special
Special effects movies have taken over the universe. That and scary movies. Jami Gertz
taken civilization bridges
When people come to play music as they do to play bridge, civilization will have taken the longest stride forward since the beginning of time. Jascha Heifetz
taken talent effects
The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has. Janis Ian
taken thinking views
Biography is the medium through which the remaining secrets of the famous dead are taken from them and dumped out in full view of the world. The biographer at work, indeed, is like the professional burglar, breaking into a house, rifling through certain drawers that he has good reason to think contain the jewelry and money, and triumphantly bearing his loot away. Janet Malcolm
taken responsibility missionary
How seriously have you personally taken the Lord's charge to share His gospel? It is a lifelong responsibility ... to be addressed differently according to the various seasons of your life. Richard G. Scott
taken simple facts
The simple fact is, offense is taken, not given, Ricky Gervais
taken walking-away should-have
Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right. Brian Clough
taken type
All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day. Bret Michaels
taken together rules-of-attraction
The seeds of love have taken hold and if we won't burn together, I'll burn alone. Bret Easton Ellis