Gritty Quotes
69 quotes by 68 authors
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
— Karen Armstrong
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He's a gritty hockey player, he's got good vision, he's an intelligent player.
— John Muckler
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In the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society offers the chance for greater…
— Vera Wang
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Getting down to the nitty-gritty, most people are motivated by unconscious motives most of the time.
— Richard J. Mayer
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I’m loving doing Outlander. We’ve got a great cast and we’re up in the Scottish Highlands. […] It’s big budget, they’re spending a lot of…
— Graham McTavish
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I believe that Manila can be a reflection of your state of mind. Being a city of extreme contrasts it's easy to see how it…
— Carlos Celdran
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A man can stand almost any hardship by day, and be none the worse for it, provided he gets a comfortable nights rest; but without…
— Horace Kephart
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Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an unusually accessible writing…
— Debby Applegate
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New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty.
— Pharoahe Monch
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Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month,…
— Chip Heath
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Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.
— David Miliband
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Visitation Street is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochoda’s voice recalls Richard Price, Junot Diaz, and…
— Dennis Lehane
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Emotionally, it was the hardest 33 days of my life, but it was worth it because the result is that this album is 100 percent…
— Christina Perri
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Being an entrepreneur is sexy... for those who haven't done it. In reality it's gritty, tough work where you will be filled with self doubt.…
— Mark Suster
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THREE DAYS TO DEAD is one of the best books I've read. Ever. Evy Stone is a heroine's heroine, and I rooted for her from…
— Jackie Morse Kessler
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I like Sergio Martinez. I think he's strong, he's gritty, he's got plenty of heart, he's not the fanciest guy you might have seen in…
— Bernard Hopkins
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Early on in your career, find someone better than yourself to run the business on a day-to-day basis. Remove yourself, maybe even from the building,…
— Richard Branson
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As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.
— Tahir Shah
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Merrie Destefano storms the world of urban fantasy with AFTERLIFE, breathing new life into the vast genre of the undead. Gritty, poignant, in the tradition…
— Tosca Lee
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I patterned the accent after this guy I was in a play with, but that was three years ago. Now I'm listening to Tony Head…
— James Marsters
Who Wrote These Gritty Quotes
68 authors contributed a total of 69 Gritty Quotes, led by these top contributors: