Quotes about taken
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. Neil Postman
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. Marcus Aurelius
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? Marcus Aurelius
taken complaining harm
Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away. Marcus Aurelius
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. Marcus Aurelius
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 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. Sam Abell
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. Sam Abell
taken thinking photographer
Typically I see it with photographers who go to a place like India or Nepal, and everything's so colorful and exotic and they think, therefore, a picture's been taken. Sam Abell
taken photograph first-time
[In the late 80's] that's the first time I heard about that astonishing idea [that most photographs would be taken on telephones]. And now I've been watching the tsunami of images. Sam Abell
taken eye certain
Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot. Sadie Frost
taken gun people
Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way, they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away. Ryan Coogler
taken thinking years
There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few hits over the years for my sexuality, and for being honest about my life. In the end, it's the music that rules the roost. Rufus Wainwright
taken answers bills
The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive. Rowan Williams
taken thinking gun
I think maybe there could be some restrictions that there had to be a certain amount of training taken. Ronald Reagan
taken optimistic russia
I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles. Robert Kagan
taken years missing
I've taken Eco drink everyday for a year and I can tell you that it works!!!! I definitely can tell when I miss a day..... Robert Johnson
taken men long
Sometimes societies die and putrefy long before they are pronounced dead, and sometimes men die of corruption long before they have taken to their deathbeds. Robert Payne
taken health mind
To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration. Robert Owen
taken thinking feet
I think someone follows me. They do the most random stuff. I get a photo taken through a burger drive-through window and it's like, 'What?'. They always seem like they're six feet away. I don't understand. I'm walking around and I don't see anybody. Robert Pattinson
taken caring granted
Caring about what you are doing is considered either unimportant or taken for granted. Robert M. Pirsig
taken imagination strange
The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it. Robert Fitzgerald
taken electrical-power people
The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down. Vinton Cerf
taken keys people
Because I have become such a solitary, and not in the Aristotelian sense: not a beast, not a god. Rather, a loner troubled by longings, incapable of finding a suitable language and despairing at the impossibility of composing messages in a playable key--as if I no longer understood the codes used by the estimable people who wanted to hear from me and would have so much to reply if only the impediments were taken away. Saul Bellow
taken house way
No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. Tom Hanks
taken skins tough-skin
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin. Tia Carrere
taken cutting people
You hear a lot of jokes every once in a while about 'Silent Cal Coolidge.' The joke is on the people who make the jokes. Look at his record. He cut the taxes four times. We had probably the greatest growth and prosperity that we've ever known. I have taken heed of that because if he did that by doing nothing, maybe that's the answer. Ronald Reagan