“Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.” IfsDoeKidsActionAsksResponsibilityTeachingPolicyToughConsequenceCuriosityTeaching KidsTough Questions Author:George Tenet
“It has been said, and only half in jest, that a tough, professionally led union is a great force for improving management performance. It forces the manager to think about what he is doing and to be able to explain his actions and behavior.” ThinkingHas BeensSaidAbleActionForceHalfBehaviorToughPerformancesManagementUnionsManagersImprovingJest Author:Peter Drucker
“The pornography of tough-mindedness, covert action, and preparedness for "peace through strength" has had a predictably hypnotic effect on the legislative branch, turning it from legal watchdog to lapdog.” ActionEffectsToughBranchesPornographyPreparednessCovertHypnoticLegislative BranchPeace Through Strength Book:For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports Source: For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports
“Theres a great sense of achievement, testosterone, fun, being able to live out your masculinity when you play an action role or an action-adventure or a real tough-guy role.” RealPlayAbleActionGuyFunRolesAdventureAchievementToughMasculinityTestosteroneTough Guy Author:Gerard Butler
“Right now, we continue to see demand at very strong levels. It's tough to find a Wii now. If we hit 100 stores in the area, we would find Wiis in only 20 percent of them today. That tremendous strength we had in December really wiped the pipeline clean. Our pipeline, the retailer pipeline. And so with that kind of demand, it doesn't suggest the need for any pricing actions.” IfsNeedsKindTodayActionStrongLevelsRight NowDemandPercentToughAreasCleanStoresVery StrongDecemberPipelinePricingRetailersWii Author:Cammie Dunaway
“There's a tricky tone where you try to get some humor into a movie that's also a tough tale of murder and revenge. You have to ice skate rather carefully between the humor and the action tension part of the drama.” TryingActionDramaToughMurderRevengeTalesIceToneTensionTrickySkates Author:Walter Hill
“Any movie you see, if Tom Cruise is in an action movie or whatever it is, The Avengers, there's going to be a kick-ass female character. Usually one. And there's a term for this, but I don't know what it is. But someone's coined a term where there's one female character who's incredibly tough and strong and just as good as the guys at whatever it is they’re doing, and usually wearing black, skin-tight clothes, and [she] has no personality whatsoever, and is not funny.” IfsKnowsCharacterActionGuyStrongBlackTermPersonalityClothesToughFemaleSkinsAssKicksTomsCruiseFemale CharactersAction MovieKick AssAvengersBlack SkinWearing BlackTight Clothes Author:Geena Davis
“I think strong rhetoric and strong action are two separate things. Anyone can use tough words. Anyone can go over the top and say things that sound strong. But sounding strong is not enough. You have to know exactly how you're going to do it. And if you look at some of the policies he's talked about, they would not make America stronger.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksTwoEnoughUseActionAmericaStrongSoundPolicyToughStrongerRhetoricOver The Top Author:Marco Rubio
“I have committed to contribute in raising general public awareness, as well as inspiring broad, positive, committed action against illegal trade. It is an on-going and tough fight, but I believe that if we all join our hands, we can conquer!” IfsBelieveWellsHandsActionFightingI BelieveAwarenessToughTradeCommittedConquerIllegalBroadsGeneral Public Author:Yaya Toure
“Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.” SometimesActionSidesConflictTough Author:Kofi Annan
“Well, well-run companies always have a focus on growth and the two lines, which includes profit. The key thing during, I think, tough times, is to make sure that you've covered the basis for when something, you know, essentially things taking longer, bad luck, adversity, other kinds of circumstances may occur. Make sure that you can monitor to win, it's potentially, you know, something is going to go wrong, monitor early enough, and then take appropriate action to essentially counteract that or shift your strategy or plan, even if in fact something is not working out as well as it is.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsKindMayTwoEnoughFactsRunningActionWinningGrowthLinesCompanyFocusPlansKeysCircumstancesToughBasesAdversityLuckStrategyProfitWork OutAppropriateCoveredTough TimesBad LuckKey Things Author:Reid Hoffman
“Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he's compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought he'd support. I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in a position where your actions are largely dictated by things out of your control. I'm not giving him a pass for not being more courageous, but I do think the entire system needs an overhaul and taking money out of politics would be a really good first step.” ThinkingGivingMeanActionQualitySupportToughCourageousTough Times Author:Shepard Fairey
“Leaders may recognize that they are not addressing the real problems, but they rationalize their actions with the argument that they must first politically survive in order to later address the hard problems and sacrifices. Of course, they usually don't ever actually get around to addressing the fundamental problems later, either because they don't make it through the initial crisis or because, even later, they are not willing to risk sacrificing their own position or "career" with needed measures that usually require tough sacrifices by the population.” RealProblemActionLeaderRiskSacrificeToughArgumentCrisis Author:Arthur Demarest
“Apartment living is tough action. Just the whole idea that you share a washer and dryer always freaked me out.” IdeasWholeActionShareToughApartmentDryers Author:Joe Rogan
“A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.” ActionCoursesStrongLeadershipLeaderParticularToughDeterminationConvincedEnduranceBeing StrongWill And DeterminationGoing Gets ToughUndaunted Author:Ronald Reagan
“Joy is love exalted; peace is love in response; long-suffering is love enduring; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in action; faith is love on the battlefield; meekness is love in tough situations; and temperance is love in training.” LongActionJoySufferingSituationLove YouGoodnessTrainingToughResponseEndureGentlenessBattlefieldsExaltedTemperanceMeeknessLong SufferingTough Situations Author:Dwight L. Moody
“Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action.” SelfActionDisciplineToughPerseverancePersistenceDisplaySelf DisciplineGoing Gets Tough Book:Flight Plan: The Real Secret of Success Source: Flight Plan: The Real Secret of Success