Tough Quotes

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.

I eat as healthy as I can. It is tough.

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.

If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.

You know, I'm the tough guy with taste, good friends, you know, describe me that I'm the tough guy, period, the way others do. But, you know, I'll tell you, I'm a complete wuss when it comes to my own kids.

I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you have to set priorities. And our priority is education.

I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough.

When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical.

It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Avenue where it ran into the Harlem River, but we weren't far away.

If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good.

We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.

I wore a thong and a bra and a wig. Those things hurt. I mean, thongs? Like, they dig in. It takes a tough man to be a woman.

Last year, the surgery was a tough decision, but I had to make a decision based on my career. It was a decision to get healthy, and start over with a new team at 100 percent.

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.

Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.

I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy to get missed the first time around.

I'm just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don't want to lose.

I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight.

As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore.

When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time.

Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit if a history regarding Pakistan.

I'd like to do things to make money to save myself but right now I can't do nothing. If they want to put me in jail, they can do that. It's kind of tough.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

The thing that you're faulted on today is not that you are too tough, or not that you aren't careful. It's that you might have been too soft. People want that red meat now because you have to keep up with the mood and the mood today is harsh. It really is.

Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.

It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.

Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.