Hard Times Quotes - Page 22

• Skibbereen have a hard time at [math]; the best that the smartest of them can do with adding two plus two is guessing: three plus one. Correct, sort of, but not always useful.

  Gregory Maguire

  Math, Two, Three

  Gregory Maguire (2010). “What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy”, p.62, Candlewick Press

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• Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There's a-mighty many people all millin' all around They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down It's hard times in the city Livin' down in New York town

  Bob Dylan

  New York, Cities, People

  Song: Hard Times in New York Town

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• In hard times, gold is a good friend and good friend is gold!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Good Friend, Gold, Hard

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• I'm the type of person that likes to give people a hard time, and I enjoy doing little pranks. If I see someone getting a little aroused I have to keep pushing that button.

  The Miz

  People, Giving, Buttons

  "Interview: Mike Mizanin and Francia Raisa Talk Christmas Bounty". Press Conference, www.shockya.com. November 26, 2013.

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• I'm used to really struggling and facing a hard time to get things going, until I'm comfortable at all with them.

  Seth Rogen

  Struggle, Used, Comfortable

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.

  Peter Drucker

  Elephants, Cockroaches, Adapting

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• The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Motivational, Rough Times, Periods

  Gary Vaynerchuk (2009). “Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• I have a hard time watching myself.

  Logan Lerman

  Hard

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• It is a powerful statement that a good man suffered for me, that a just God was looking out for me, and if I lived a good life, I would be rewarded after death. Those beliefs, sincerely held, can get a human being through many hard times.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Powerful, Good Life, Men

  Bill O'Reilly (2013). “Keep It Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World”, p.39, Crown Archetype

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• Probably the geekiest attribute that I have of them all is that I’ve always had a hard time meeting friends. Like no matter where I grew up and I moved around, I always had a hard time.

  Olivia

  Matter, Grew Up, Attributes

  Interview with Jasper Anson, www.askmen.com. April 30, 2010.

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• They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?

  Brendan Fraser

  Mean, Tape, Hard

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some years ago a top Ford official was showing the late Walter Reuther through the very automates plant in Cleveland, Ohio and he said to him jokingly, "Walter, you'll have a hard time collecting union dues from these machines." and Walter said, "you are going to have more trouble trying to sell automobiles to them." Both of them let it stop there. There was a logical answer to that ... the owners of the machines could buy automobiles and if you increase the number of owners you increase the number of consumers.

  Ronald Reagan

  Wisdom, Numbers, Ohio

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• It is sad that today many times people give up in the hard times and never get to enjoy the fruit of all their labor.

  Joyce Meyer

  God, Faith, Christian

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• To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.

  Amy Van Dyken

  Girl, School, Nerd

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• Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown - can I do this? - thats where the growth comes from, the pain. I dont remember the running effortlessly; I remember the hard times; adversity breathes transformation.

  Scott Jurek

  Running, Pain, Adversity

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• If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to have a hard time getting to you. But if you've got a heart at all, I'm going to get it.

  Betty Carter

  Heart, Fighting, Sitting

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• The worst years of my life were the first two years I was doing standup. You're learning how to do, and you're going on stage in front of two drunks and people aren't laughing and you're broke. That's a really hard time in your life.

  Bill Maher

  Years, Two, People

  Source: www.tucsonweekly.com

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• I have a hard time writing. Most writers have a hard time writing. I have a harder time than most because I'm lazier than most. I don't want to brag, but I'm the laziest person I have ever known.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Writing, Want, Brag

  Source: mrbellersneighborhood.com

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• I have a hard time watching people getting punched on screen; I have to close my eyes a lot.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Eye, People, Screens

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• I've always heard that you'll know, but I never understood it. With Peter, we even broke up after we dated for a year, for two or three months, but I still knew. I knew there was something different about this union. Even through the hard times, it was like "How are we going to get through this?

  Mariska Hargitay

  Years, Two, Different

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• I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.

  Taylor Schilling

  People, Stuff, Meetings

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• I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Successful, Path, Driven

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• I'm looking forward to playing the meatier roles you get in your 30s. The early 20s can be a hard time for an actress - it's always bombshell or romantic lead. The good stuff you can really sink your teeth into comes later.

  Jessica Marais

  Bombshells, Teeth, Roles

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• I think women have a hard time not apologizing their way into negotiations. We tend to back in to these conversations in a self-deprecating and ultimately self-defeating way.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Thinking, Self, Way

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• I am thankful for all the hard times I've been through and all the tears I've cried because that has put me as closer to God and made me the strong woman I am today!

  Angela Merkel

  Strong Women, Tears, Today

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