Tough Quotes - page 2

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. (Jerry Rubin)
Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied. View quote
Robert Mapplethorpe
Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part. View quote
Mickey Mantle
We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding. View quote
Ayad Allawi
The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music. View quote
Branford Marsalis
When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same. View quote
Byron Dorgan
You couldn't pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer. Their job is a tough job. You have to solve people's problems, you have to baby-sit people, you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense. View quote
Christopher Meloni
But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something. View quote
Dabney Coleman
The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive. View quote
Geraldine Ferraro
And it's tough traveling. You know, the hotels and the airports and all that. That part, eating and getting around to the hotel room and then going on. (Harvey Korman)
It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game. View quote
Mark Messier
We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too. View quote
Ronnie Spector
I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role. View quote
Sarah Chalke
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin. View quote
Tia Carrere
Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer. View quote
Tom T. Hall
I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice. View quote
Zach Wamp
Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war. View quote
John McCain
If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough. View quote
John Grisham
Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it. View quote
Martha Gellhorn
Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it. (Salma Hayek)
When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult. View quote
Pelé
Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. View quote
Colin Powell
"I tell you," he [Milosevic] continued, "Izetbegovic has earned Sarajevo by not abandoning it. He's one tough guy. It's his". These words were probably the most astonishing and unexpected of the conference. View quote
Richard Holbrooke
China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all ... but very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite into it. View quote
Zhou Enlai
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