Best 628 quotes in «tough quotes» category

"I tell you," he [Milosevic] continued, "Izetbegovic has earned Sarajevo by not abandoning it. He's one tough guy. It's his". These words were probably the most astonishing and unexpected of the conference.

I think a lot of women are incredibly tough and they're just really admirable. Especially the way that, given what they've got, they just manage to carry on.

I think even with women who come across with a tough exterior, the interior is the same. I think you'll find this with women around the word: some women, because of their circumstances, are forced to be tougher, forced to cultivate tougher exteriors.

I think it's a legend that Lars von Trier is such a tough person to work with. I really didn't experience any of that. Of course, he's difficult in the sense that what he asks for is difficult. For my part in Antichrist, I suffered a bit. But it was the part - it wasn't him. He wasn't cruel. On the contrary, he was very kind. You know what you're up for when you read the pitch.

I think just the music industry sometimes is a very tough business. But still, if it's just something you just love dearly, you really can't just put it down.

I think Jesse Eisenberg is such a great writer. He was a great director and really tough.

I think that you have to prepare yourself mentally for show business, because it is such a tough world. You don't realize how hard it is until you're actually in it and you're actually on the show.

I think the big thing would be maybe the death of my brother. That was the hardest thing for me to take. It was very tough because that's natural and he saw a certain potential and he would say, don't ever have a drink. Now, I don't carry that far with people. I never had a drink.

It's actually good when the performers are nervous, because it kind of sharpens up your brain and a little bit of adrenaline is good. Initially it's really tough.

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

It is tough being patient when you are more than a half million dollars in debt.

I think we're in store for a presidency [of Donald Trump] even more unlike any that people have been imagining. I think it's gonna be tough to predict this and to analyze it, certainly in contemporary, traditional terms.

I thought: to be tough is to be fragile; to be tender is to be truly fierce.

It's a great sense of accomplishment when you can take something and really think it's really tough, and then all of a sudden you conquer it. That makes you feel pretty good.

It's always difficult when someone close to you passes away. But it's really tough when they're on top of you.

It's amazing to see there aren't boundaries around gender. My menswear business has changed over the years as far as what men are daring to wear. And women, too. Men wanted to look tough, but now they realize you don't have to look like your granddad or dad. You can show a more feminine side.

It's a skill that I worked all my life, and it's been taken away. That's kind of tough to take.

It's a tough life if you don't weaken.

It's a tough world out there, and women can't afford to be weenies.

It's a tough marketplace right now... It is very compressed... A turnaround is likely to happen quicker than before.

It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.

It's easy to be a tough competitor and still be the kind of person with whom people love to compete.

Life is tough and brimming with loss, and the most we can do about it is to glimpse ourselves clear now and then, and find out what we feel about familiar scenes and recurring faces this time around.

It was very tough with Madonna at the beginning of the meeting because I was very embarrassed. But I'm a strong woman who knows what I want and what I'm doing, and I think that when you have very clear ideas in your life, you can have conversations with everyone.

I urge you to set a tough, quantitative target for adding "differentiators" as I call them, to every service you provide.

I've been involved with violent movies, and then I've also said at a certain point, 'I can't take it anymore. Please cut it.' You know, you've got to respect the filmmaker, and it's a really tough issue.

I've dodged all sorts of bullets in Hollywood to get my movies made. I'm tough.

I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.

I wanted to emulate my father. I wanted to be as tough as he was. I wanted to do the things that he did. I watched him.

I was handed a tough life lesson at a very early age.

I was obliged to take tough, painful and bold decisions to ensure a manageable tomorrow.

I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless.

I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world.

I would love to be considered Zen, but I'm not sure that I am. Maybe just with animals and babies and in tough situations.

I wouldn't change anything for the world, although the fame part of this [entertainment] industry is tough to handle at times.

I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.

I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.

John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.

JP Morgan always has higher capital liquidity, that is partially to make up for mistakes and problems and obviously its a tough economy. We support an oversight committee, we supported some of the compensation, new compensation rules, though we already follow most of them. We support a lot of it.

Later on, towards the end of their lives, I thanked her. I said, "Mom, you were really tough." She said, "I wasn't tough! I always believed in you.

Leadership demands that we make tough choices.

life ain't supposed to be nothing, 'cept maybe tough

Life can be real tough... you can either learn from your problems, or keep repeating them over and over.

It's hard to start and think about having balance. Music is a tough industry, and you have to work your way to that luxury.

It's my tough luck if things happen that are complicated.

It's not about being tough but to accept your weaknesses and work to get stronger day by day.

It's not hard to read about death abstractly. I do find it tough when a character I love dies, of course. You can truly miss characters. Not like you miss people, but you can still miss them.

It's not too bad to be a sort of pop icon, you know? It's not too tough to handle.

It's one thing to be this 'tough chick,' but you also have to be likeable.

It's pretty tough on your loved ones to try to get back into a rhythm, especially when all you want to do is do nothing.