Takes Quotes

Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!

I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.

You do what it takes. It was on me to deliver.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards.

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win.

I think half the battle is just being comfortable in front of the camera - and I already am, doing so many videos and interviews, so then it just takes that extra step of trying to get into character.

It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.

It takes two men to make one brother.

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.

It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it.

I don't sleep much. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac but, when I fall asleep, I don't ever want to wake up.

Whatever it takes to win.

I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of not needing to tell them when to laugh. I love that about the show. There's no laugh track.

You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.

Even someone who works with me, like this girl who works with me, her name is Sue. She lives with me and holds the fort; she takes care of all these little things. She takes care of the money situation, and I would not be able to live without someone like that.

Cooking allows you to have travels, adventures and journeys without going anywhere. The running joke between my partner and me is that I'm not really concerned about how long it takes, or how much I destroy the kitchen, because I just have such a good time doing it.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing.

I've decided to lead in a way that takes people with me. It's the approach that I think will stand not only our party but also our state in good stead.

There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it.

The president of the United States, on Inauguration Day, takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws. Those are the laws that are passed by Congress.

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

When I came back from filming 'Abduction', I told my agent: I'm staying in London now. If it takes doing children's theater from the back of a van in Kilburn, that's OK. I need to be with my family. My job is to keep the family together and provide for them.

You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.

To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.