Tough famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
-- Adam Brody -
The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
-- Adolf Galland -
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.
-- Aimee Liu -
Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
-- Aisha Tyler -
Passing a tough resolution or threatening Iran will not bring about the desired outcome.
-- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani -
Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself.
-- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani -
Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.
-- Al Bernstein -
Leadership demands that we make tough choices.
-- Alan Autry -
To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.
-- Alec Baldwin -
And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive.
-- Aleksander Kwasniewski -
Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.
-- Alexander Haig -
One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite tough. And then you've got this British mother whose entire being rejects 'coddling' in case it makes you too soft. So there's absolutely nothing standing between you and a fairly rough experience.
-- Alexandra Fuller -
I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.
-- Alexandra Fuller -
One of the biggest problems out there that I hear from my friends in the business community is that there's no lending, that it's tough to get a loan today.
-- Alexi Giannoulias -
Business is tough, and the fashion industry is particularly tough.
-- Ali Hewson -
Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.
-- Ali Smith -
The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government.
-- Allyson Schwartz -
I want to encourage young women to stand up for each other and speak up when they see others in a tough situation.
-- Amber Riley -
Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.
-- Amelie Mauresmo -
Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out.
-- Anne Lamott -
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.
-- Anson Mount -
Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it - not just the sirloin but also all those wonderful tough little bits.
-- Anthony Bourdain -
I'm from the streets of New York. I know what tough talk sounds like.
-- Aries Spears -
The period from 2001 to 2005 was really tough. My films were not working even though there was an acceptance of a model. I was depressed but did not cry. I cry when I am happy.
-- Arjun Rampal -
Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.
-- Arnold Palmer -
Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination.
-- Barack Obama -
The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense of humor.
-- Barack Obama -
I don't think I'm tough in a so called tough way. I'm tough on myself.
-- Barbra Streisand -
Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to be boring, and then being a little funny, is much easier. I prefer easier.
-- Barney Frank -
It's fun to be at the edges, and tough to be squeezed in between.
-- Bart Decrem -
When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.
-- Bernard Lagat -
I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.
-- Bikram Choudhury -
America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation.
-- Bill Frist -
Life is about making tough choices. Sometimes you have to go where your career is going.
-- Bill Maher -
If you think you have it tough, read history books.
-- Bill Maher -
I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.
-- Bill Skarsgard -
Every governor's got tough choices to make.
-- Bob McDonnell -
I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight.
-- Boris Johnson -
I'm an athlete. I'm strong. I'm tough. And that's how women should be. That's how they should be built.
-- Bristol Palin -
This is a tough environment, and it's tough for everybody.
-- Brit Hume -
I know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am so if you don't like it, tough!
-- Britney Spears -
There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.
-- Bruce Springsteen -
You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.
-- Bryan Clay -
You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going
-- Budd Schulberg -
Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
-- Carine Roitfeld -
I am not mean at all, I am not tough at all.
-- Carine Roitfeld -
There are so many tough opponents out there and tough competitors so I've never liked to look ahead.
-- Caroline Wozniacki -
If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.
-- Carrie P. Meek -
I'm not a fighter. I'm not a tough guy at all. I walk away from fights.
-- Channing Tatum -
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.
-- Chin-Ning Chu -
You'll probably get three horses and you have to draw a good buckin' horse. That's mighty tough.
-- Chris LeDoux -
When things are tough, you get tougher.
-- Chrissie Wellington -
I have my good and bad days, but when it's tough I just push through it.
-- Christie Rampone -
I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough.
-- Christy Carlson Romano -
Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.
-- Chuck Palahniuk -
As they say in the rodeo business, he just drew a tough one. There were a lot of positives for Jason to take out of this. He put us in a position to win.
-- Clint Hurdle -
Whoever said it's tough at the top is talking absolute sh*t.
-- Conor McGregor -
The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough.
-- Dabney Coleman -
Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.
-- Dan Rather -
I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
-- Dana Hill -
Everybody is going through the same thing. The way the schedule is, it's tough down the stretch.
-- Dany Heatley -
It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.
-- Darrell Hammond -
A Tough life with God is better than a good life without Him
-- David Asscherick -
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.
-- David Bezmozgis -
If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.
-- David Cameron -
Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.
-- David Nalbandian -
As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in.
-- Dean Heller -
I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.
-- Deval Patrick -
It was an incredible effort by the Irish down in Tallahassee. Jameis Winston was too tough in the second half; congrats to the Seminoles.
-- Dick Vitale -
A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.
-- Dimebag Darrell -
Trying to be funny is one of the hardest things on the planet. I think that's tough for everyone. If you're just naturally funny it's a hell of a lot easier.
-- Doc Brown -
Everybody likes each other until things get tough. Then you will find out what kind of team you have.
-- Doc Rivers -
Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don't mess with him.
-- Dolph Lundgren -
Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there.
-- Don Cooper -
Tough minded enough to do the necessary things--this is the epitome of what a team is.
-- Don Meyer -
I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.
-- Duncan Sheik -
Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.
-- Dwight Gooden -
Are you gonna be tough, or are you going to be tough?
-- Dwight Howard -
There's an old saying that when it gets tough the tough get going. You have to work your way through these things.
-- Ed Belfour -
I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me.
-- Ed Rollins -
Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.
-- Edmund Gwenn -
If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death.
-- Edna Ferber -
Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.
-- Edward Burns -
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
-- Elon Musk -
I do not want to see BP nickel and diming these businesses that are having a tough time.
-- Emile M. Cioran -
Constant contact is what people require these days. Its tough on artists.
-- Emily Robison -
I just can't sit back and wallow, In my own sorrow, but I know one fact: I'll be one tough act to follow.
-- Eminem -
Сops have a tough job and sometimes it takes you being tough.
-- Eric Bolling -
Studying doesn't have to happen in a silo. It can be a social experience. You can engage with your friends and family to find out the answer to a tough question or have someone explain it to you. You can also study anywhere you happen to be and on any device.
-- Eric Lefkofsky -
When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
-- Erma Bombeck
