I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.
A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.
Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
All coaching is, is taking a player where he can’t take himself.
The taxpayer – that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.
I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.
There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life… I think I must have been crying for some attention.
When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take them as truth. One of the biggest assumptions we make is that the lies we believe are the truth!
Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it’s a good place that we’re all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
The most important thing is, whatever you do decide to choose, take it seriously and do your best.
If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.
The whole point of collaboration is that you give and take from each other, and that’s how you create things that are totally new.
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
Here’s how I think of my money – as soldiers – I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there’s more of them.
Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.
People don’t want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it.
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
I want people to fall in love with themselves and to be really proud and full of joy for the space they take up. If someone else appreciates the space you take up, then that’s icing on the cake.
You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again.
A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they’ve trusted take responsibility, and that is what’s toxic.
A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you.
Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad.
It’s cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I take pictures. I don’t really be big on people looking at me.
Simple ingredients prepared in a simple way – that’s the best way to take your everyday cooking to a higher level.
You could be worth $2 billion today and a half a billion tomorrow. It doesn’t take much for this to disappear overnight.
If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
Dennis Bergkamp is, in my eyes, still ‘The Master’. The fact that he never won the Champions League, the European Championship, or the World Cup does not take anything away from his greatness as a player.
Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to get the public educated and mobilized to take action on behalf of our ancient ideals.
