Best 628 quotes in «tough quotes» category

Margaret Thatcher made tough decisions. She put people out of work and she stood up to labor unions and she did a lot of things that I did not like.

Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That's a tough thing to face.

Meliorn?” said Clary. “I’ve met you, haven’t I? You used to go out with Isabelle Lightwood.” Meliorn was almost expressionless, but Clary could have sworn he looked ever so slightly uncomfortable. Luke shook his head. “Clary, Meliorn is a knight of the Seelie Court. It’s very unlikely that he – “ “He was totally dating Isabelle,” Simon said, “and she dumped him too. At least she said she was going to. Tough break, man.

Missing your loved ones is really tough.

Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?

Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!

Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.

Most of my work is very temporary, very provisional. You can take it with you or you can leave it. Which is a tough sell for art. Because part of what art is supposed to do is make you immortal, either by making it or owning it.

Most of my friends wonder why I get these roles that are so masculine and tough. I think it's my Polish temperament that comes up.

Mr. Tillerson has always been quite a tough negotiator and we understand that he's using lots of information and materials that have been prepared by people in State of Department who, well modestly, speaking are not the fans of my country and of revival of bilateral relationship between America and Russia.

My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn't tough at all.

Movies portray men as tough guys.

My goal is to leave the producer with so many good takes, that he or she has a tough time deciding on the best one.

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.

My operating assumption is we will always have very tough competition. And even with some European banks struggling right now, some of them can reemerge - and maybe even stronger.

My tough and grotesque images were thrown on the roads and were stepped on by my critics, and I was talked about with scorn. I felt regret that readers only seemed to like something they were accustomed to.

My past is not pleasant; I grew up in a very tough town, Waterbury, Connecticut. I grew up in New York, too, but Waterbury was tougher.

National campaigns are tough. Yes, you have to be prepared to be attacked, and I have to tell you, if you get elected, you have to also be prepared.

Nature was tough, it could be dangerous, but unlike Dr. Cable or shay, or peris-unlike people in general-it made sense. The problems it threw at you could be solved rationally.

No crust so tough as the grudged bread of dependence.

Neutrality is a tough call for the weaker ones.

Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination.

Never having alone time is real tough on people.

No matter how tough the meat may be, it's going to be tender if you slice it thin enough.

None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.

No one has to bear the burden of tough times all by themselves.

O, let him pass. He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?

Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if some manufacturer would make a toy as tough, as staunch, as hard to crack open as the carton it comes in!

Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.

Once you create a loyal customer base, it's tough for a competitor to take that away.

One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.

One way to make tough decisions is to take incremental steps that don't commit you to anything yet.

Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.

Physically touring is tough on me, not that I am weakling. I lose weight. I can't always find the things I need to keep my strength up. It is very draining physically. It is taxing for my mind and body, but in a good way. It feels healthy in a way to purge things out of my system every night.

Passing a tough resolution or threatening Iran will not bring about the desired outcome.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

Playing Chelsea is as tough a test as you'll get in Europe these days.

Private charity can apply 'tough love' but government charity can't.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Presidential leadership is a really tough job, does come not easily.

Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget thats actually not the point at the end of the day.

Room 10 [a short film she codirected with Andrea Buchanan] nailed my personal theme: love and choosing to stay in the room when the going gets tough.

Putin is a tough guy. I met him once.

Saints have to be tough as well as tender because saints are like Christ, and Christ was the toughest and the tenderest man who ever lived.

So are we going to continue glaring angrily at each other while we pose in our tough stances? Or use our time to work out a plan that hopefully doesn’t end with our mutual deaths? (Acheron)

Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.