Quotes About Taking

The American people are sick to death of people taking advantage of laws and then playing victim. This man is not a victim. He's a provocateur. Simple as that.

In its intense and remorseless competition for every available nutrient, the Amazon offered little just for the taking.

I understand then that giving me the computer is not really a gift. But maybe my taking it is.

And okay, fine. If you have to kiss her, you have to kiss her. And believe me, I do not envy you. That's taking one for the team a little far. I mean, I think I'd rather endure the stabbing myself instead of having to kiss her.

We need to create a culture that reinforces the value of taking risks and learning from failure and the need for repetition and practice to create mastery.

Vincent took them in the full spirit of friendship which knows that the difference between giving and taking is purely temporal.

If the Supreme Court rules that rent control is an unconstitutional taking of property, it would put all sorts of zoning rules in danger.

You always obey him? (Medea)If I didn't want to live, I'd stop taking human souls and expire. It would be a lot less painful than crossing Stryker. (Devyn)

All of man's wars are based upon TAKING. There could be no war based upon GIVING.

Success. Power. But you know, it's not winning if it comes at the expense of someone else. Success should come from giving not taking.

You have to respect and understand the environment. So I don't think it's a case of taking anything from Ostersund and transferring it to somewhere else.

Happiness is ours for the taking and take it we must without any apologies. We deserve to be happy, loved, and respected......nothing less.

the cycles of risk taking in the economy as following a pattern: stability and absence of crises encourage risk taking, complacency, and lowered awareness of the possibility of problems. Then

yet people do it out of the foolish risk-taking trait that pushes us to jump into such adventures blinded by the outcome.

We inherited the taste for uncalculated risk taking. Should we encourage such behavior?

I have to realize that there are only two perfect acts. They are the two most important acts known to me, but I forbid myself to perform them, and leave them in the hands of humankind. They are the creation of life... and life's taking.

I have come to realize that there are only two perfect acts. They are the two most important acts known to me, but I forbid myself to perform them, and leave them in the hands of humankind. They are the creation of life... and life's taking.

he could see the rest of the Hellenic race taking sides in the quarrel;

He's not from Ulthar. I thought I said: he was special. He's from the waking world. That's where he's taking her.

For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

There are two types of directors: the directors who take and directors who give.

The Tibetan practice of tonglen cultivates the all-embracing heart of compassion. Tonglen means "taking in and sending out.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

One who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of others