Strong Quotes

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

For 'X-Men' I was lifting a lot of weights. I actually lost a lot of mass when I quit "X-Men" because I was working out so much and very muscular and strong.

They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing.

I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.

I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with. And there's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point.

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.

I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.

I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly.

There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures of major corporations.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

Strong efforts may be made to deny the place, to silence the authentic, but the spirit of things will break through that silence.

I've always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They don't have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say that.

Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important that you are good buddies and she does not get angry when you don't have your day.

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy and more dictatorship.

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

I see the kids and I feel like taking them all away to a safe place to hide until the war stops and the hunger stops and El Cua becomes strong enough to give them the care they deserve.

I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.

It feels good to be fit and strong.

I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles.

I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems.