Taking Quotes

My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.

I feel like we have to keep our eyes on the road. Being nostalgic is like taking an offramp and getting a sandwich - and then you get back on the highway. I don't want to be spending the rest of my life at the gas station.

What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

I'm taking Viagra and drinking prune juice - I don't know if I'm coming or going.

Unfortunately, the food industry has not yet faced this situation and begun taking measures to avoid exploiting our weakness for not knowing when we have had enough.

Only by taking responsibility for oneself, to the greatest extent possible, can one ever be free, and only a free person can make responsible choices - between right and wrong, saving and spending, giving or taking.

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.

Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.

I didn't defraud the government by taking money that was not mine.

But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful.

I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

If you have an impulse, not if you're going to ruin someone elses' scene, if you have an impulse of a funny little add-on or taking something in a weird direction, try it.

I'm taking memory power boost tablets to help me every day and doing the puzzles to help me stay focused.

I have always stuck to my guns about what I want from the work and what interests me. I've never been seduced down the evil path. The path of taking the money.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid.

I'm taking my rats. Those are my friends for the tour. Thelma and Louise. They're so cute.

I've been taking longer to write stories lately.

I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me.

I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper.

I'm equally comfortable in getting out there and taking a stand when I have to take a stand.

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market.

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.

Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into electricity. 10 percent of American electricity comes from decommissioned warheads.

I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950's, once I had made some money on tour.

To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I'm adding up the evidence on either side, and I'm seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.