The Taken Quotes

All cities are geological and three steps cannot be taken without encountering ghosts.

School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.

The idea is that if we can put our own people through something almost as bad as what they might have to go through if they were taken captive, they will inoculate themselves.

It's not like I'm dying to do work that's taken seriously, and I'm not looking to become a thespian. It's not what I'm looking for; I'm just looking to do quality work.

Take [Stéphane] Mallarme. I hold him to be the greatest of French poets, and I have taken some time to understand him !

I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.

When you're used to having electricity and then all of a sudden it's taken away, you're basically just one step from being a wild animal.

When we wake, it is because something, some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we’ve taken as reality.

If our bodies aren't being taken care of then our work starts to suffer and we're not getting the most from our daily lives.

Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.

Values spoken without actions taken are merely slogans.

Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life!

Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird...but somehow I like his style." "That is a footstool.

If it's comedy, you taken an absurd comedic notion and you apply it to reality. If it's horror, if it's a thriller, you do the same thing.

There are no more new worlds. The unoccupied arable lands of the earth are limited, and will soon be taken.

I did not want to be taken for a fool-the typical French reason for performing the worst of deeds without remorse.

As I've evolved in life my writing process has taken a turn. I'm inspired by everyday life. I could be in the middle of something and hear a commercial. I enjoy songs writing themselves.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

The exciting thing about seeing a new show is that you are taken on a journey of surprises, if you know what's coming it takes away the fun.

The Ten Commandments being taken out of the public schools. I want them back.

Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected.

Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.

A truly Suppressive Person or group has no rights of any kind and actions taken against them are not punishable.

... and holy hell the chocolate is so intense and pure it should be named an element and given a spot on the periodic table. It would be Ch, which isn't even taken.

This time, there were no drugs involved. The hours were completely normal daytime hours. I think we were able to appreciate the interplay, where before we had taken it for granted.

If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice.

In the last few days when I was not even the manager of England my freedom was taken away from me and that is not the coaching I am used to.

Figure to yourself what the year would sustain were the spring taken away: such a loss do they sustain who trifle in youth.

Detachment and involvement: the artist must have both. The link between them is compassion. It has taken me over fifty years to get a glimmer of what this means.

He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.

No one can doubt that there are times when an abortion is justifiable but they will become unnecessary when care is taken to prevent conception. This is the only cure for abortions.

Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/.

Women who do look like men have taken some rather drastic steps in that direction that have little to do with their exercise program.

We have received unconfirmed reports out of our embassy in Amman in Jordan that two Indonesian nationals, or precisely two Indonesian reporters ... have been taken away by armed individuals.

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

It is impossible to park a Ferrari (healthy new belief systems) in a space that is taken up by an old wreck (negative old belief systems).

Donald Trump has taken the Peter Principle to unprecedented heights. Or is it depths?

I can assure you that those villains will recognize, will discover in appropriate time in the future how stupid they are and how they are pretending things which have never taken place

I think you can photograph a certain sliver of human presence in its absence... images taken in the empty rooms, the marks left on the walls, disappearing shadows, etc.

Love' is finding the familiar dear. / 'In love' is to be taken by surprise.

But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.

One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously.

American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away.

Motivation is like nutrition. It must be taken daily and in healthy doses to keep it going

His eyes were rolling in their sockets, and his face had taken on the colour and expression of a devout tomato. I could see he loved like a thousand bricks.

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.

A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.

For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow. The very sun and moon seem taken from us.

Fiction is just that-fiction. Yes, it is serious business, but it should also be taken for face value. It's entertainment. It's escapism. It's 365 pages of relaxation.

Couture is more your own world, they come and buy head-to-toe ­ - they buy the jewelry, bags, coats, dresses, bodies underneath.... But couture is not dead ­ - it's taken another shape.