Takes Quotes
7738 quotes by 5075 authors
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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a…
— Aristotle
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It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.
— Isaac Asimov
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I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That's…
— Chinua Achebe
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It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
— Red Auerbach
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully in positive ways.
— Diane Ackerman
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It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.
— Roger Babson
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I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.
— Kevin Bacon
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Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.
— Kevin Bacon
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I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story…
— Kevin Bacon
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I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where you need to…
— Erykah Badu
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It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But…
— David Bailey
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When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people can be dramatic, as they…
— Russell Baker
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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
— James A. Baldwin
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It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm…
— Dave Barry
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Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.
— John Barrymore
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It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.
— Bruce Barton
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Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in which, after having abused it for so long, you are…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.
— Martha Beck
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