What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

When you see an Alexander McQueen fashion show, you are taken on a journey. It’s surreal.

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.

I’ve never turned down an autograph request. I’ve never not taken a picture with someone.

Well, the U.N. Security Council resolution 1973 is very clear. It says all necessary measures to be taken to protect civilians and civilian areas. I mean, that to me is very clear.

In the battle of Kunu-ri, more than 5,000 American soldiers were killed, wounded or taken as prisoners of war. Ninety percent of my unit was killed.

I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today.

And I don’t believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable – they should be taken absolutely seriously.

When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded...

If people don’t sleep with me I just rape them. Because right is not given but taken.

McGeorge Bundy was a brilliant man who’d had a meteoric academic career and was the youngest man ever to be dean of the Harvard faculty. But he was also arrogant and looked upon all sorts...

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.

Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career.

I just am a huge fan of PBS. They’ve taken great risks from great shows.

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.

A British declaration be taken against Martinez for ‘capturing and robbing us.

I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn’t get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

We go on a lot in this country about offences being caused by drugs. The truth is just as many offences are caused by drink. And that should be taken into account.

My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

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

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico… not so much the music, but the spirit.

I’ve taken singing lessons since I was young, just to work on technique.

Molecular biology has routinely taken problematic things under its wing without altering core ideas.

The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in...

Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.

I’ve taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren’t too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

Pakistan has not recognized Israel… any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament.

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

I think all the stuff that happens before the pictures are taken is much more exciting.

I don’t think that any person can fix FEMA. I think FEMA needs a total restructuring. I think it needs to be taken from scratch and redone. The regulations are outdated; the rules are outdated.

When you have things taken away, you promise you’ll never take anything for granted ever again.

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all...

Together, we created the STACKED brand and have really taken the product up two or three notches.

We had a single find of BSE in this country. And we believe that what we’re doing is appropriate action taken in an abundance of caution under the circumstances. And I believe it’s the right...

I have never taken more than two weeks to record an album throughout my career.

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached a stage where they have decided that they are not...

That word. I would have given anything to hear her say it over the summer, to have had the chance to say it back, but now, more than ever, I understand its true power. How...

I have always taken care of my body; I’m not a drinker, I’ve never smoked. And I’ve always exercised. That’s all you have to do.

My spirit is free. My heart is taken.

I think the facts reveal that the European partners have taken extraordinary measures to help Greece address its problems.

A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.

When I started out, I was Avici with one i. But on MySpace, that name was taken.

If you want to be taken seriously, always check your fly.

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I’ve been writing songs for other artists.