The Taken Quotes

I don't ever really sit back and look at roles I've taken and look at any similarities.

I think people are finally realising that women are interesting and more interesting the older they get. But it's taken a while for that realisation to happen.

He worked at stealing her heart to replace the one she'd taken from him.

That's where the biggest shift has taken place. We have been propelled forward into our awakening because of the dimensional shifts on the planet.

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

I don't think Trump is naïve about the Russians... I don't see him giving any chips away. Trump is a much better negotiator than Vladimir Putin. He is not going to be taken.

Donald Trump has taken a lot of positions that are anti-establishment. Donald likes the idea that he can maybe break through. Putin obviously likes him.

Griping isn't the same as creating something. Rebelling isn't rebuilding. Ridiculing isn't replacing. We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.

What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers?

I don't feel like there should have been three backs taken ahead of me. And I'll always feel that way. But there's only one draft, and I can't change it. All I can do is go out and prove myself.

Maybe the man had taken the wrong turning, but at least he'd travelled some extraordinary roads.

Mitt Romney is saying his comments about liking to fire people were taken out of context. Yeah, what he actually said was he likes to set poor people on fire.

He had divested himself of the little cloaked godlet and his other amulets in a place where they would not be found in his lifetime and he'd taken for talisman the simple human heart within him.

The election is in full-swing. Republicans have taken out round-the-clock ads promoting George Bush. Don't we already have that? It's called Fox News.

I have received 16 Grammy nominations and I have no trophies, because I chose to write the harsh realities. I stayed true to myself and I've taken a little beating behind it.

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.

We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection is taken as a full-scale revolution.

All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence.

Well, with all the experiences I have had, I would say the most disappointing ones are the ones when I have not taken enough.

If you want to be taken seriously, you almost have to act really serious.

I would have taken the time to learn how to listen earlier. Learning about non-violent communication and how to take feedback has been integral to both my personal happiness and professional success.

I do care about the consequences of being negative toward people who are powerful. But I'm more afraid of not being taken seriously as a critic - by editors, by readers.

Ive never taken a vacation. Ive never been to Europe. Every time I planned to do something big, I got a job, and I could never pass that up.

I think that people who do enjoy my stand-up comedy and the people who get it and the people who are taken in by it, they see that I'm a guy that has love of the game.

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

The Civil War was fought, in a sense, over whether that sentence - all men are created equal - is to be taken literally. And the southerners in the 1850s argued that it was not.

My taste in the films I've taken as an actor is similar to what I'd do a director or writer: all quite odd, challenging stuff, slightly off-the-wall.

We have evolved to understand that language of power that's taken too much.

IBM has taken our valuable trade secrets and given them away to Linux.

I'd never taken to four foot creatures who had the uncanny ability to point out all my flaws in thirty second flat. And just for the record, I can too read without moving my lips.

I have been looking after the children. My wife has taken time off.

The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.

I'd taken a big fat crisis off my shoulders and loaded it all on Jesus, which seemed unfair in a way, but was exactly what the Bible recommended.

I had this duality growing up with my dad being a strict Catholic and his brother being a priest and my mother finding God in nature, so I've taken a little from both [traditions].

It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are open to different interpretations of songs they love.

I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets.

On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where I'm from.

Maybe sometimes you just feel like everything can be taken from you all at once.

It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a lot of other serious Republican women with her.

Karma means your have to live with the consequences of the actions you have taken in the past. Whatever you put out is coming back.

Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five, and the worst actually began to happen.

A large portion of the Earth's land area is taken up by old varsity jackets.

We have the words in our pockets, obscure directions. The old ones have taken away the light of their presence.

Let us make war on the phrase 'violence doesn't solve anything.' It is a lie, and anyone who utters it cannot be taken morally seriously.

I am thrilled to be a member of the Kobalt family. I've never felt so taken care of on every level. As a songwriter, publisher and friend...there is no better home than Kobalt!

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

To be impartial... is indeed to have taken sides already... with the status quo.

[Pope Francis ] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air.

If you're not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It's the nature of the institution, but I think we've taken it to an art form.

In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens.