Taking Quotes

#1. The meaning of a photo lies in the excitement and joy you feel when taking it.

Marie Kondo

#2. If somebody is really trying to take your head off with a baseball bat - I don't know how long you're supposed to stand there and turn the other cheek, so he or she can get a better angle at taking your head off.

Maya Angelou

#3. I love exercise, but I find it boring doing the same thing all the time, so I fluctuate between going to the gym, doing Pilates, and taking dance lessons.

Twiggy

#4. Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed.

Jodi Picoult

#5. Take your own route, not the route everyone is using or taking. Create your own way; there is always traffic on the common route.

Israelmore Ayivor

#6. Only by taking infinitesimally small units for observation (the differential of history, that is, the individual tendencies of men) and attaining to the art of integrating them (that is, finding the sum of these infinitesimals) can we hope to arrive at the laws of history.

Leo Tolstoy

#7. Art is a way of taking distance. The pathological or therapeutic aspects exist, but just as catalysts.

Sophie Calle

#8. The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and taking other people's lives.

Salman Rushdie

#9. I come from the best era of film I believe; when people were taking chances on films. It's time for us to bring more truth to the story and not necessarily carry a torch for every Black person in America; just tell a story, and a good one too.

Romany Malco

#10. I'll go get the horse and buggy," you'll say. And I'll say, "But I thought we were taking the hovercraft?

David Levithan

#11. Hard work is a muscle that you develop, as is taking risks.

Ted Alexandro

#12. Her body sighed, taking him in as if she'd been waiting for this her
whole life.
Perhaps she had.

Monica McCarty

#13. Admittedly, it's a little crazy. Grand, infinite God taking on the squalling form of a human baby boy. It's what some of the old-timers call a scandal, the scandal of the Gospel. But it is also the whole point.

Lauren F. Winner

#14. The truth is, when you have little to do, you do very little. But when you have much to do, you do much. So it should make sense that by taking on more than you can handle, you accomplish more than you ever dreamed you could. And so it is.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#15. I no longer complain about taking too much cream. I have made so many errors that unless I forgive myself and forget I will be in a helpless purple situation of self recrimination. The scorpio tail comes round to sting.

Hannah Weiner

#16. I have no interest in eliminating the tension between justice and forgiveness by taking justice off the table. Given the subtleties of sin and the persistence of evil, we would soon be living in moral anarchy and political chaos if there were no provision for justice.

Eugene H. Peterson

#17. I believe, sir,' said Richard Swiveller, taking his pen out of his mouth, 'that you desire to look at these apartments. They are very charming apartments, sir. They command an uninterrupted view of - of over the way, and they are within one minute's walk of - of the corner of the street.

Charles Dickens

#18. Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of others, whereas causes for taking life are rarer and more quickly destroyed.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#19. I'm taking a break from music ... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.

Melanie Laurent

#20. There has to be irony, both in design and in the objects. I see around me a professional disease of taking everything too seriously. One of my secrets is to joke all the time

Achille Castiglioni

#21. A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.

Frank Herbert

#22. It was a belt canteen of flexible synthetic divided into half-litre pockets. The weight was taken by shoulder straps and a tube ran up the left suspender, ending in a nipple near his mouth, so that he might drink without taking it off.

Robert A. Heinlein

#23. I was 10 years old, taking the train by myself to see Saturday matinees, something you'd never let a kid do now. I got very hooked on it.

Scott Rudin

#24. I think there's a growing courage among the younger generation of American writers. Because of the more superficial treatment of characters taking place in cinema, they have had to deal with that by digging deeper into who these people are.

Mohsin Hamid

#25. If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.

Silvio Berlusconi

#26. We do not like to be robbed of an enemy; we want someone to hate when we suffer. It is so depressing to think that we suffer because we are fools; yet, taking mankind in the mass, that is the truth.

Bertrand Russell

#27. A message came on the wireless for me. It said: '. So the time had come, I thought, Eighth Army was taking the offensive. The date was, I think, May18th,1942.

Vladimir Peniakoff

#28. Writing at its best is simply taking dictation from your soul.

Catherine Carrigan

#29. Can I have my knife back?' Meaning, can I have my knife back. I don't care whether this man seems like he only goes after age appropriate penis; I won't be taking any chances. And I won't be going any farther thank the juvie center parking lot with him either. I put the run in runaway.

Stacey Wallace Benefiel

#30. That's my personality - to end up taking the hardest road possible to get to the top. But I think I will get there.

Cub Swanson

#31. English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market.

Norman Spinrad

#32. There's something about seeing a guy's feelings written down, something about him taking that risk and committing that heart to paper, that means so much more than anything he could just say.

E. Lockhart

#33. I'm theatrically trained. Before Vine, before any of the social media, I was an actor. I was going to auditions; I was taking the classes.

King Bach

#34. Most theoretical work since the proposals of Hebb (1949) and Hayek (1952) has relied upon particular forms of dependent synaptic rules in which either pre- or postsynaptic change is contingent upon closely occurring events in both neurons taking part in the synapse.

Gerald Edelman

#35. I tell people it's like shopping for a car.People are taking candidates out for a test drive, seeing what they like.

John Thune

#36. Faith is taking God at what He says he is - because God is faithful!

David Wilkerson

#37. We carried bottled water and day packs and cameras, except for Fred, who said he didn't believe in taking photographs; he planned to store his memories in his head, an idea I found incomprehensibly radical. My impulse to record was almost on par with my impulse to travel

Elisabeth Eaves

#38. Historically, in India, the strange fact was that the equity owner was not taking as much hit as the lender. Therefore, if we restore the first principle of economics, that first the equity owner needs to take the hit and then the lender, we will get a good solution.

Uday Kotak

#39. I never minded flying cheap. I always said to myself, 'Taking this flight saves enough money to rescue four dogs, or six cats, or will let me make a difference to the one woman saving chimps in Cameroon.'

Elayne Boosler

#40. I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

Robert Quine

#41. Retribution is tricky ... The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch.

Candace Bushnell

#42. I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting.

Matt Smith

#43. When I'm taking a picture of Aya Sofia, what counts is the person passing by who stands for life

Ara Guler

#44. Taking my faltering as a sign of imminent emotional breakdown.

Andrea Cremer

#45. Photographers mistake the emotion they feel while taking the photo as a judgment that the photograph is good

Garry Winogrand

#46. Courtship is romantic. Marriage ... is an act of will," said Pippa, taking a sip of water. "I mean, I adore Herb. But the marriage functions because we will it to. If you leave love to hold everything together, you can forget it.

Rebecca Miller

#47. Old money in Southeast Asia is much more discrete and low key. It's about not wearing brand names. It's about being invisible, almost. The billionaire can be taking the bus with you.

Kevin Kwan

#48. I'm working hard and I think I'm where I should be at by now but I'm in no hurry at all, I'm taking one fight at a time, I want to win my fights. With the title shot I don't know yet but if I get the chance someday, I will be more than ready.

Alexander Gustafsson

#49. Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily, and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society.

Noam Chomsky

#50. Your guardian angel must have been working over time,' Penny laughed shakily.

Rose laughed as she put her arms around her sister and hugged her. 'More like the Devil taking care of his own.

Margaret Dickinson

#51. Londoners, with their noses pressed to cold windows, smiled, for a mid-summer storm was raging across England. Zues had blessed their land, taking away the bright happy sun and replacing it with gusty winds, lashing rain and utter misery.

Anya Wylde

#52. But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I've several friends just haven't made it by taking Prozac.

Bob Geldof

#53. My dad felt pretty strongly that I know about the basic workings of a plane and so he taught me how to read and set the instruments, as well as the basics of taking off and landing.

Leigh Newman

#54. I've always been into taking my photos, cropping them square, putting them through a filter in Photoshop.

Kevin Systrom

#55. He's quite horrible, Virek, I think . . ." Marly hesitated. "Quite likely," Andrea said, taking another sip of coffee. "Do you expect anyone that wealthy to be a nice, normal sort?" "I felt, at one point, that he wasn't quite human. Felt that very strongly.

William Gibson

#56. Oliver, calm down!" said Fred, looking slightly alarmed. "We're taking Hufflepuff very seriously. Seriously.

J.K. Rowling

#57. God's kingdom is coming in and through the work of Jesus, not by taking people away from this world but by transforming things within this world, bringing the sphere of earth into the presence, and under the rule, of heaven itself.

N. T. Wright

#58. Curiosity helps to create emotional distance in which people are able to "just notice" their internal states, without taking immediate action to try to shift these states.

David Emerson

#59. If anyone was to perform the classic folly of taking a midnight stroll among the murderous gentlemen with whom the hotel was probably packed, it was not going to be me.

Mary Stewart

#60. I don't even know how long she sobs. Time ceases to pass, and she cries, cries, cries. Clutches me and makes these sounds of a soul being ripped in two, the grief so long denied taking its toll. Fermented grief is far more potent.

Jasinda Wilder

#61. In my office, I have a very beautiful marble bust of Seneca. I always have my eye on him when I'm taking phone calls. He's one of the many philosophers I've always read and admired.

Brunello Cucinelli

#62. Market risk is like taking a plunge into a cool pool ... a lot of people are finding out right now what their risk tolerance is.

William J. Bernstein

#63. The good news is, being a digital citizen comes naturally to many of us once we get the opportunity - human beings have been taking things apart and putting them back together throughout history.

Mitchell Baker

#64. In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to attend university before taking part in wartime research projects.

John Pople

#65. Being born into this world involves taking on a conditioned view of identity - for a while at least. We are all conditioned from a very young age to believe that we are separate and incomplete, and that if we could only just get something additional then we will somehow become whole.

Dhyana Stanley

#66. Fear is temporary. Regret is permanent. Adventure is taking a chance because it's better than the question mark if you don't.

Dan Skinner

#67. Taking chances. Risking a little to gain a lot, fully aware that the word 'promise' defies definition. Outcomes cannot be predicted. There are too many variables. Sometimes you have to close your eyes to forecast the weather.

Ellen Hopkins

#68. I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter.

Kenzo Tange

#69. Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Robert Frost

#70. I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action
no matter what the action is
might help you feel better.

A. J. Jacobs

#71. The fear of the unknown was eclipsed by the gladness that came of taking action, of doing something rather than waiting, of following what seemed to be the call of my life.

Tracy L. Higley

#72. The first thing I tell clients is get off the couch! Just start making some small lifestyle changes such as walking to work instead of driving or taking the stairs instead of the lift. The small things you can change all add up.

Jessie Pavelka

#73. Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.

Jeannette Walls

#74. It took many years for me to see that hope doesn't take sadness away," Blue said sincerely. "But hope reminds you there's something good in spite of the sadness. There's joy still ahead, still yours for the taking.

Natalie Lloyd

#75. He walked backwards a few more steps and brought Brittany's hand to his lips without taking his eyes off me.
My hand tingled where he kissed her.
And the bastard knew it.

Gwen Hayes

#76. I've got a lot to learn, and I'm very blessed to work with such talented actors. I'm nowhere near my goal. It's all about applying yourself and taking time to work and train.

Kellan Lutz

#77. Gaining control isn't the exciting part. Sleeping with a minor isn't exciting because you get to boss them around. It's exciting because you're risking so much. And taking a risk is exciting because of the possibility that you might lose, not the possibility that you might win.

Eleanor Catton

#78. I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.

Jennifer Carpenter

#79. The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.

Laozi

#80. My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function.

Zola Jesus

#81. The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.

Bill Hybels

#82. Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner.

Charlotte Bronte

#83. Taking into account the public's regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.

Janeane Garofalo

#84. Authenticity is not a metaphysically distinctive way of being human; it is just a way of taking responsibility for what one has already been given.

Peter E. Gordon

#85. That's five friends, one each for Jesu's wounds, and Godric bears their mark still on what's left of him as in their time they all bore his on them. What's friendship, when all's done, but the giving and taking of wounds?

Frederick Buechner

#86. Love is that as well, I was forgetting: it is taking a huge gamble, staking your all on a single improbable throw, jumping off a cliff and trusting an unknown person to catch you before you hit the ground.

A.P.

#87. Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

Billie Jean King

#88. This is what divorce is: taking things you no longer want from people you no longer love.

Zadie Smith

#89. I think we all keep irritating situations in our head to long, until we finally realize it's taking up valuable space.

Ron Baratono

#90. All of us are taking the night off," Wrath said abruptly. "We need some regroup time."
Rhage snorted from across the table. "You're not going to make us play Monopoly again, are you?"
Yup." A collective groan rose up from the Brotherhood, one that Wrath ignored. "Right after dinner.

J.R. Ward

#91. Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.

Idries Shah

#92. Women have to embrace ambition if they want to. I had a lot of trouble taking compliments in the beginning, and it's really important for women to embrace their title.

Tory Burch

#93. Much of your strength as a woman can come from the resolve to replenish and fill your own well and essence first, before taking care of others.

Miranda J. Barrett

#94. I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about.

Sophie Kinsella

#95. I wish what I do was all real. Some of it's real, some of it's an illusion and I try to blur the line between both, but unfortunately I've got to be honest with you. Taking a $1 bill and turning it into a $100 - unfortunately it's not real.

Criss Angel

#96. As a kid, I remember taking apart whatever I could get my hands on.

Jonathan Ive

#97. What's a flange?" asked Marcia.
A what?"
A flange. It says here attatch piece Y to the long, upright D, taking care to align holes P and Q with the corrosponding holes N and O in the left-hand flange. I can't see a wrethed flange anywhere.

Angie Sage

#98. There is a stillness about the past, a clarity, the way it had been somewhat defined and dissected, in the rearview mirror; it was there for the taking, for the mining.

Carrie Brownstein

#99. It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#100. Life is a choice. Your choices each day determine what outcomes happen in your life. It is by choice, not by chance, that will determine your life. An Unstoppable Life begins by taking responsibility for your choices.

Thomas Narofsky