Quotes About Takedown

#1. When I came to New York as a writer, I was taken with the idea that you're only getting in on bridges and ferries and through tunnels. The idea behind 'Takedown' is that it would be very hard to get out.

Brad Thor

#2. Nikki didn't believe him but was applying another rule of jujitsu: When you're closing in for a takedown, don't get faked into a sucker hold.

Richard Castle

#3. The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.

Garry Trudeau

#4. The Olympics is not really about the sport, it's about the story behind the person. You keep the sport relatively simple to understand - let the fans understand that a takedown is 1 point, a turn is 2, a pin and the match is over. Keep it simple, and keep the story on the individual.

Kurt Angle

#5. One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.

Desmond Tutu

#6. I am not certain I liked you referring to my brother as a monster." There was a trace of humor in Mikhail's voice.
"You should hear what I call you behind your back," Gregori said, even as his arms spread to accommodate the wings forming.

Christine Feehan

#7. He climbed into the bed behind her and spooned his body to hers, pulling the covers up over them both. "Sleep, sweetheart." Brushing her tangled hair off her face, he whispered a promise against her ear. "You're safe.

Julie Miller

#8. What drives me? In every mission I'm on, the thing that drives me most is the desire to find my limits-and extend them.

Richard Marcinko

#9. It was M-m-moe and Shorty," I said. "Damn, I can't stop
shaking."
"Adrenaline burn-off," Ranger said. "It's normal."
"Why aren't you sh-sh-shaking?"
"I'm not normal.

Janet Evanovich

#10. Mental simulation is not as good as actually doing something. But it's the next best thing. And the right kind of a story is a simulation.

Chip Heath

#11. Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.

Leo Tolstoy

#12. In life, more than in anything else, it isn't easy to end up alive.

Roman Payne

#13. The man was irresistible. What's with that? she thought. It was like wanting to bake cookies for the spawn of Satan.

Janet Evanovich

#14. Serve God and be cheerful, look upward, beyond, beyond the darkness of masks, the surprises of dawn, in the deep green grasses of the blood-stained world.

Bob Dylan

#15. I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concentrate on words.

Charlie Bewley

#16. After he tipped his hat and left, Jillian watched him stride down the hallway. Yeah, Big-brotherly overprotection aside, fortysomething looked good on the police captain from this view, too.

Julie Miller