Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

It takes a good car for anybody to be good, but it takes a good car and a special driver to achieve greatness.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Captain Yoo Si Jin is most similar to me. He takes his job very seriously, but in his free time, he's playful.

My goal is to teach what chocolate is. I don't think my customers understand what it takes to make chocolates.

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose.

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

I started at the bottom and worked my way up. I think that shows hard work pays off. A good thing takes a while.

You need to be aware, educated, and willing to do whatever it takes to remain healthy and keep the body healthy.

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Believe me, it will be enough.

I want to be, like, a fertility minister. Like, someone who takes you by the hand and tells you that it'll be OK.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

It takes courage to come forward, and I don't want any victim of sexual harassment to think twice about doing so.

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

I am kind of being a little selective in what I do, so it takes a little bit longer, but it's worth it in the end.

You don't want to throw out a good idea and have nobody get excited about it. It takes the wind out of your sails.

Luxembourg has a track record of being successful when it takes risks. You need to take on risks to be successful.

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.

The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.

People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

It takes the same effort to think small than to think big. But to think big frees you from the insignificant details.

Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

I'll dive on loose balls. I'll get the winning rebound, hit the winning shot. I'll do whatever it takes to win a game.

Give Good Face is about keeping an air of confidence on the outside and showing everybody that you have what it takes.

The thing with me is if I feel disrespected I won't hesitate to fight. But it takes a lot to make me feel disrespected.

I am starting to hate airports and the whole business of getting onto the plane. It all takes so long I want to scream.

It takes a long time, I think, to get to the place where you realize you may love the hairstyle that somebody else has.

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

It takes so much strength to say to your ego, 'You know what? You're going to keep me lonely, so I have to ignore you.'

The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.

Every good business story has a conflict and triumph at the core and a turning point where a transformation takes place.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

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