Tough Quotes

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.

But I'm not a tough guy or a street fighter for real. I'm just an actor.

I don't want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it's fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl.

It's not tough at all as long as the fans are yelling, screaming and hollering.

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something.

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

To act with a tennis ball and imagine it's a tentacle, or if you're in some kind of wilderness film and you go, 'Okay, we can't have a grizzly bear here, but imagine when you step over the rock there there's a grizzly bear.' I don't know. They're tough moments.

Mmm, well that whole thing about having to look tough has never left Australia.

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

My mother's mother is a very tough cookie. She buried three husbands. Two of them were just napping.

For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.

I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.

When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.

I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.

The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known.

In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough.

You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle.

Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return.

When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.

I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.

I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it's kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an acting class, which was very, very nerve-wracking... my stomach would just be in knots.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.

My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.