In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year.
Larry David

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
Benjamin Disraeli

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
William James

Then I sit down, work at it, because now I have a convincing feeling about what that place wants to be, you see? And it's not just me. Me and my talent comes in taking that consensus and then making something wonderful out of it - a work of art.
Lawrence Halprin

No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.
James Carville

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.
Richard Pryor

I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part.
David Bowie

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
Carol Burnett

The reason I used a name was because I was a nurse at the time, and I didn't want my name in Timeout and people from working coming along and taking the piss.
Jo Brand

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Thomas Carlyle

There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.
Ken Kesey

Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best.
Marilyn Manson

These people are artists. These people are musicians. They're taking it out and trying to express it that way.
Marilyn Manson

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
Harriet Beecher Stowe

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
Joseph Conrad

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

You know what, rip me off once, shame on me. But twice? I'm coming after you and taking back what's mine.
Billy Mays

I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.
Christina Aguilera

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
Dag Hammarskjold

What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt.
Billie Joe Armstrong