Took Quotes

5713 Took quotes by 3792 unique authors

It took me three weeks to stuff the turkey. I stuffed it through the beak. — Phyllis Diller
Mendanbar took a deep breath. You could stay here. At the castle, I mean. With me. This wasn't coming out at all the way he… — Patricia C. Wrede
I sat down to think things over a bit. While I was sitting there, a little kid about eleven or twelve years-old came bumming around.… — Carl Panzram
I was out there with the White House press squad, and after his helicopter took off, and the carpet rolled up...This wasn't a photograph that… — Annie Leibovitz
My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And… — John F. Kennedy
From the earliest colonial days [in America], local governments took responsibility for their poor. However, able-bodied men and women generally were not supported by the… — Thomas G. West
He was kind of a fringe NFL guy. Some people think in the right situation he might have stuck for a bunch of years. The… — Unknown Author
The car crash that took the lives of these two lovely people has been portrayed as a traffic accident caused by a drunk driving at… — Mohamed Al-Fayed
We covered so much ground on Thursday night that it took us half and hour. I'm not trying to look for excuses but that's the… — Unknown Author
It's a reality check. These other countries took it seriously. You have to realize that other countries play the game and that anything can happen… — Unknown Author
I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I… — Daniel J. Evans
My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push… — George Weinberg
In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking. — Ted Nelson
Add the hippie-rock-drugs atmosphere circa 1970, and you get Clinton's rechristened group Parliament, decked out in weird costumes, singing cosmic lyrics and laying down amazing… — Eddie Griffin
I was gearing up for it. I took some singing lessons. And I opened my mouth, and Atom promptly said, 'That's not going to happen.… — Colin Firth
I think that what's so interesting about her is that she took to an extreme her embrace of peasant life even though she was a… — Tom Jaine
What is this much repeated phrase 'active citizen' supposed to mean? The active citizens are the ones who took the Bastille. — Camille Desmoulins
If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage. — William McDonough
The common belief that coaches must be abusive to be successful is a myth. Research shows that if you find a task fun, you'll perform… — Ralph Nader
It took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in a few seconds. — Paula Scher
For a moment, off balance, was I annoyed? Anger is always fear, I thought, and fear is always fear of loss. Would I lose myself… — Richard Bach
You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when… — Laura Bush
So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever… — Eleanor Roosevelt
We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way… — Lilly Ledbetter
When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of… — Barbara Kingsolver

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