Best 628 quotes in «tough quotes» category

I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who specialize in terrorism.

I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough

I have drive, for sure. You have to. It's a tough business; there are a lot of actresses and not a lot of great roles. I don't want to complain because I'm so grateful.

I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them.

I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable about this," he says. Say: "Hey. I am a very cool person. I am tough." Show him your bicep.

I just said, you can't lie and hold up a Bible. And you can't do that. You just can't do that. It's not appropriate. And I was tough on him on that, because things were said abut me that were not true. And Marco Rubio actually said that he lied. And I have never seen a politician say to another politician that he lied.

I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.

I love kids, but they are a tough audience.

I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor.

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

I know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am so if you don't like it, tough!

I'm a New Yorker, so I have the sort of tough vein that's naturally bred into me. In general, I'm a nice person, and that seems to surprise people sometimes.

I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.

I'm a New Yorker, so there are some aspects of being a tough woman that I thought I could bring to the role - but it's such a different world as a woman who's like a warrior.

I'm an L.A. girl who became a tough New York cop.

I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.

I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work.

I'm away 250 days a year. It's a tough situation.

I'm not a fighter. I'm not a tough guy at all. I walk away from fights.

I'm itching to see Usher & Shakira work their magic. And of course, Blake is so amazing! It was tough, but I went on my gut which was Adam.

I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.

I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.

I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.

I'm pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don't, tough.

I'm not this tough guy, I'm not this super hard person.

I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

I'm terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you've written something that doesn't work, it's a tough pill to swallow.

I'm really into tennis. Because of the traveling, standing in front of a mirror and lifting weights in a gym makes me feel putrid. I'd rather do something that's physically tough and mentally stimulating.

I'm very much of the "make it dark, make it grim, make it tough", but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I'm really a shy guy.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

I'm very hard-nosed and cold-blooded and I can walk past a drowning man. If I have someplace else to go, well, tough s**t. I could do that. I can. Have. Sometimes, not because I was callous but had to do it.

I'm very tough on myself. I definitely look at the negative too much.

Independence can be tough. Without a studio to back you up, when you finish a feature and want to start a new project you have to start from zero.

In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.

In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.

I never knew Kurt to be suicidal. I just knew that he was going through a really tough time.

I never try to set goals that I know are too tough to achieve or out of my reach.

I never thought of myself as unlucky. When you aim high, it's tough to get there unless something really fortunate happens.

In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through.

In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit.

Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend.

Interviewing is tough, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.

In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.

In the course of my movies, the financing and the releasing were always the tough part. Because I loved the creative, I loved the writing, I loved the making of it. Because I guess, I never had the giant blockbuster, I never got that sort of ease for the next one. So the next one was always, "how am I going to do this?" And that thing was sort of always the thing that made me a little chickenshit to go into the next one. The writing of it was great and the making of it was great, but how am I going to release this thing and am I going to find a studio?

I stay off the booze for a whole 12 weeks before a fight, it can be tough!

I often went entire days without speaking - unable to get a word in over my inner taskmaster, who never shut up: “You fat, disgusting slob, you'll never be thin enough, good enough, smart enough, tough or talented enough.

I said [to my mom], "I want to go to the parachute regiment." She said, "Whew, that's tough. But okay, I understand.