#takes

It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down. ↗

— Jack Johnson

#continue #course #crime #determination #down

Any jackass can kick down a barn but it takes a good carpenter to build one. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#barn #build #carpenter #down #good

Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical weapon: because science is our only real way of knowing anything, what science cannot know cannot be real. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#be real #because #cannot #devastating #evolutionary

Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes. ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

#deep #deep inside #hoping #i #inside

You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#christmas #connected #effort #kids #little

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#book #funny #funny way #intense #less

For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#establish #given #government #leader #new

Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#create #disappear #duration #essence #fortunes

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#asks #creates #empathy #eyes #fiction

I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#away #car #care #driving #even