“Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'” IfsHumansTwoIdeasPlayWholeMomentsRememberActorsBitsHoursAudienceImagineFrontsPleaseNormalMajorsToughCookingResponseMythOpeningProtectedAirportsStirringOnionsCarrotsHaresChopping Author:Bill Nighy
“The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights; the document is a very tough guardian of that belief.” HumansIdeasWholeBeliefVirtueRightsToughBillsDocumentsGuardianBill Of Rights Author:Roger Rosenblatt
“I went to the beach a couple of times in New York City. Tough summer out there, but I was pretty excited. I found what I thought at the time was a very rare seashell. And I took it to a friend of mine who works in a museum. And I was really disappointed. It turned out to be just a human ear.” InspirationalHumansFoundCitiesNew YorkMinesCoupleSummerToughEarsExcitedBeachMuseumsDisappointedNew York City Author:David Letterman
“People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber, tend to take it for granted that human nature is selfish and that life is a struggle in which only the fittest may survive. According to this philosophy, the basic law by which man must live, in spite of his surface veneer of civilization, is the law of the jungle. The "fittest" are those who can bring to the struggle superior force, superior cunning, and superior ruthlessness.” PeopleThinkingMenHumansWellsMayPhilosophyLawPoliticalLife IsForceLeaderStruggleHuman NatureCivilizationToughSurfaceSelfishSuperiorsGrantedSpiteRealisticBusinessmanJungleCunningInfluentialPolitical LeadersCaliberRuthlessnessVeneerLife Is A Struggle Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“When a trout rising to a fly gets hoooked on a line and finds himself unable to swim about freeely, he begins with a fight which results in struggles and splashes and sometimes an escape. Often, of course, the situation is too tough for him. In the same way the human being struggles with his environment and with the hooks that catch him. Sometimes he masters his difficulties; sometimes they are too much for him. His struggles are all that the world sees and it naturally misunderstands them. It is hard for a free fish to understand what is happening to a hooked one.” WorldWayHumansSometimesHardFightingCoursesLinesHuman BeingsResultsSituationStruggleEnvironmentToo MuchMastersHappeningsToughDifficultyFishesRisingSwimHookHookedTrout Author:Karl A. Menninger
“The human soul doesn't want to be fixed, it simply wants to be seen and heard. The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient and shy. When we go crashing through the woods shouting for it to come out so we can help it, the soul will stay in hiding. But if we are willing to sit quietly and wait for a while, the soul may show itself.” IfsWantHumansMaySoulHelpingShowsWaitingAnimalHeardWillingToughWoodsFixedShyHidingHuman SoulShoutingResilientWild Animal Author:Parker J. Palmer
“We can live tough lives, but the human spirit is stronger, seemingly, than anything. There is redemption, hope, and love. All different forms of heartbreak, but beyond all that there is hope, there is love. There is beauty and bliss.” HumansDifferentFormSpiritToughAnd LoveStrongerRedemptionBlissHuman SpiritThere Is HopeHope And LoveTough Life Author:Hugh Jackman
“One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me.... I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics.” PeopleIfsWritingHumansBigsGoalHuman BeingsHappeningsToughPills Author:Taylor Swift
“Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have very strong nervous system and then you must be well prepared, you must be able to work a lot.” NeedsHumansWellsAbleCoursesGamesStrongQualityToughPreparedChessNervousVery StrongNervous SystemHuman QualitiesTough Games Author:Anatoly Karpov
“I have a Ph.D. in philosophy and sports science. At 14, I went through this really tough Soviet training system. A lot of my roommates got psychologically broken or physically injured. Either you came through, or you were out. I made my Ph.D. work in the field of young athletes aged 14-19 because at this age any human is changing.” HumansMadePhilosophyAgeYoungSportsFieldsBrokenTrainingToughAthleteSovietInjuredRoommateYoung Athletes Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“The tough thing is how to cultivate a life where the paramecium of happiness gets a lot of chances to get out and swim and make more paramecia. That seems like an obvious universal goal for most humans.” HumansSeemsGoalChanceToughUniversalObviousSwimTough Things Author:Leigh Newman
“want to get to the substance of the book ["Thank You for Being Late"], but it is so closely connected to this presidential election. And you also wrote a series of columns during the campaign, very tough on Donald Trump. You called him a disgusting human being and now you're calling the election a moral 9/11 only 9/11 was done to us from the outside. We did this to ourselves.” WantHumansBookDoneHuman BeingsMoralTrumpCallingLateToughElectionSeriesConnectedCampaignsSubstancePresidentialDisgustingColumnsPresidential Election Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I think it's going to be a tough century; I also think people are starting to rise up, and that a growth in human solidarity will help compensate for the loss of margin in the natural world that will make life harder.” PeopleThinkingWorldHumansHelpingGrowthNaturalLossCenturyToughHarderStartingSolidarityNatural WorldMargins Author:Bill McKibben
“[Steven Spielberg makes] human movies. Movies [...] that reflect the life we wish it would be, not necessarily as it is. And the happy ending, you know. Life is a tough thing to begin with, and I like the happy ending.” KnowsHumansWould BeLife IsWishToughHappy EndingsTough Things Author:Janusz Kaminski
“God knows what it's like to be a human. When I talk to him about deadlines or long lines or tough times, he understands. He's been there. He's been here.” KnowsHumansLongLinesToughGod KnowsTough TimesDeadlineLong Lines Author:Max Lucado
“I write about the things that happen to us all. The things that are tough, the things that matter, from a loved one fighting an illness, to losing a job, being betrayed by somebody you trust, all parts of the human condition. No one is exempt from those things.” WritingHumansMatterHappensJobsFightingConditionsLosingToughIllnessLoved OnesHuman ConditionBetrayedThings That MatterBeing Betrayed Author:Danielle Steel
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” PeopleHumansDoeCharacterNationsKindnessRespectToughCaringGentlenessFiberStaminaKindness And CompassionLoving KindnessWeakeningGoodness And KindnessInspirational KindnessHuman KindnessBe Kind To Others Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.” PeopleHumansToughRoughBedrock Author:Robert W. Service
“For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.” HumansLawValuesBeliefRecordsRightsEssentialsToughHuman RightsCorruptionChinaDebatePresidentialCandidatesSuspectsExpensesPartnershipTopicsRomneyStrategicControversialRule Of LawHuman ValuesTacklingPresidential DebateControversial Topics Author:Ai Weiwei
“Keep in mind that part of growing up is dealing with difficult issues, and the benefits can be great if you have the courage to ask for help. Human beings are not designed to go through life alone. No one has to bear the burden of tough times all by themselves.” IfsInspirationalMindHumansHelpingAsksDifficultHuman BeingsFamilyGrowing UpIssuesGrowingBearsBenefitsToughBurdenTough Times Book:Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned Source: Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned
“You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a really good story because he was this kid who grew up essentially as an orphan, you know, had a tough life, and then he became the most successful baseball player ever. But he was also a really good guy.” KnowsHumansStoriesKidsGuyHuman BeingsSuccessfulPlayerGrewGrew UpToughBaseballMagnificentGood StoryGood GuyOrphanBabeBaseball PlayerRuthTough Life Author:Bill Bryson
“I didn't believe it could be so monstrous. It's wrong to be so absorbed in divine law as not to perceive human law. Death belongs to God alone. By what right do men tough that unknown thing?” MenBelieveHumansLawDivineToughPerceiveMonstrousDivine LawUnknown Things Author:Victor Hugo
“Maybe everyone else thinks your aversion to food is cute- but not me. I've watched you watch Jill. Here's some tough love: you will never, ever have her body. Ever. It's impossible. She's Moroi. You're human. That's biology. You have a great one, one that most humans would kill for- and you'd look even better if you put on a little weight. Five pounds would be a good start. Hide the ribs. Get a bigger bra size” IfsThinkingHumansLooksLittlesBodyWould BeWatchesFiveImpossibleLove YouToughWeightBiggerSizeCutePoundsBiologyAversionGreat OnesRibsBrasSydney SageTough Love Author:Richelle Mead
“I shield my eyes from the sun to see her cold look—the expression I saw in my mind even before I looked at her. She looks older to me than she ever has, stern and tough and worn by time. I feel that way, too. “These people have no regard for human life,” she says. “They’re about to wipe the memories of all our friends and neighbors. They’re responsible for the deaths of a large majority of our old faction.” She sidesteps me and marches toward the door. “I think they’re lucky I’m not going to kill them.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsMindHumansLooksEyeMemoriesSunSawsDoorsExpressionColdLuckyToughResponsibleRegardMajorityNeighborHuman LifeMarchWornShieldsWipeFactions Author:Veronica Roth
“I'm an optimist. I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past. And I also believe I have a role in that. The great thing about human beings, myself in particular, is that I can change. I can do better. If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the future is better than the past, those few things get you through a lot of tough times.” IfsLifeInspirationalBelieveHumansI CanPastI BelieveCan DoChangeHuman BeingsBusinessRolesParticularFutureToughOptimismDifficultyAdversityEverydayGreat ThingsOptimisticGet UpHard TimesChanging The WorldExecutivesHardshipOptimistChanging Your LifeAlways BelieveMaking ChangesTough TimesOvercoming AdversityPositive ChangeBeing MyselfBeliveBright FutureStay Optimistic Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt