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Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die.

When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us.

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

In order to change unwanted habits and actions, it is important to take the time to get to know yourself.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do.

France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

Religions take donations and don't pay taxes.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.

At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

I'm giving life lessons and tips on how to take care of your emotional heart, because heart disease is the number-one killer in America.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

We journalists tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.

I'm old enough, by a long shot, to remember going to the library and spending days researching. If I was looking for a line from a poem or something else I needed, that would be the trip I would have to take.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

Leaving a great organization and a lucrative contract is not easy, but it allows me to take a deep breath and work on things that can make me a better driver and a better person.

I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing.