When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation. - William J Clinton When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. - William J Clinton I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough I sit down to spin during the news-broadcasts, with therapeutic results. - Elizabeth Zimmermann

In closing, I hope everything helps show that I wouldn't be a fade-out or a person who turns to think to drink or dope when things get tough. I believe that anything is possible if you have the combination of love for what you're doing and the will to sit down and not get up until it's done.... - Kaye Gibbons Because you don't just walk away from someone when things get tough," Zac said. "You find a way to stick it out and figure out what's gone wrong. - Shana Norris Because you don't walk away from someone when things get tough, you find a way to stick it out and figure out what's gone wrong. - Zac Greeley, The Boyfriend Thief - Shana Norris We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together. - Jerry Stiller

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. - James J Corbett Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough. - Richard M Devos

Sometimes when the going gets tough, people give up. - Rob Mariano When the going gets tough, the tough reload. Nick DH - Sherrilyn Kenyon When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian. - Joan Bauer When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies. - Erma Bombeck When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical. - Jon Carroll I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work at a desk in the bedroom, of a small development house. My three sons all under the age of 3 would come running in and out of the room every minute. - Evan Hunter When the going gets tough, the tough get going - Billy Joel When the going gets tough, the tough give thanks for their mountain bike. - Jarod Kintz When the going gets tough, let the tough get going. - Frank Leahy When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs. - Nora Roberts When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent. - Rupaul Maxim thirty-six: When the going gets...

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there. - Paul Allen Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us. - Oprah Winfrey He came third in the state for woodwork," Francesca explains. "We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times. - Melina Marchetta I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you have to set priorities. And our priority is education. - Rod Blagojevich You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times. - Carly Fiorina 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. - Jack Canfield Music is, to me, proof of the existence...

A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues. - Dick Cheney I'm from the streets of New York. I know what tough talk sounds like. - Aries Spears

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words. - Paul Engle I think women don't grow up with the harsh world of criticism that men grow up with, we are more sensitively treated, and when you first experience the world of film-making you have to develop a very tough skin. - Jane Campion I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin. - Tia Carrere I will use this sharp pain to penetrate my daughter's tough skin and cut her tiger spirit loose. She will fight me, because this is the nature of two tigers. But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. - Amy Tan

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in. - Dwight Gooden I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations. - John Mcenroe When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life. - Lalu Prasad Yadav I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life. - Lalu Prasad Yadav

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in. - Dwight Gooden There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I've chased my entire life. One that cost me everything in the blind search for sensation. My entire existence amounted to nothing. - Kim Harrison I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations. - John Mcenroe He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different. - Don Shula I like Obama. I don't know who could do a better job. He's got an incredibly tough situation, and a good heart and mind. I'd like to see him rally support a little better. - Ted Tu...

He reached out, opened the glove compartment, and took out a gun. It was a Smith & Wesson.38 five-shot special. It looked a lot like my gun. "I stopped by your apartment this morning and picked this up for you," Ranger said. "I found it in the cookie jar." "Tough guys always keep their gun in the cookie jar." "Name one." "Rockford." Ranger grinned. "I stand corrected. - Janet Evanovich And they were relieved they found me alive, well and none the worse for wear. They cared and they didn't mind who knew it, not the hotel staff and customer onlookers, the police or the paramedics. Tough guys or not, I was one of them. I wasn't Ms. Townsend anymore. I was Sadie, Rock Chick. How great was that? - Kristen Ashley Business is tough; you need tough guys. - Carlos Ghosn I have a weakness for tough guys who read. - Izzy Spellman - Lisa Lutz Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it. - Norman Mailer Tough guys to...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going - Billy Joel When the going gets tough, let the tough get going. - Frank Leahy

In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up. - Jesse Jackson During these continued tough economic times, writing a sensible, fair budget that provides real opportunities for Washington families, workers and businesses is always a challenge. - Jeanne Kohlwelles We are going through tough economic times but things are looking up, and the indicators are improving not only for large corporations but also for small business. - George Pataki All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars. - Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Do I look like I've been crying?' I say. 'Hmm.' He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he's inspecting my face. A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathing the same air- if I could remember to breathe. 'No, Tris,' he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, 'You look tough as nails. - Veronica Roth Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son. - Chris Christie We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments. - Tom Peters I just try to stay positive and...

Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June. - Al Bernstein I've got a tough act to follow. - Scott Caan

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation. - William J Clinton When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. - William J Clinton Hey, times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you wouldn't know about needing money, since you grew up like a little princ..." (Rapunzel glares) "Prin... soner. I mean, prisoner! A prisoner in a tower, such a shame, that. - Shannon Hale I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough I sit down to spin during the news-broadcasts, with therapeutic results. - Elizabeth Zimmermann

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times. - Carly Fiorina As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid. - Andrew Garfield

I'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing. - Marian Wright Edelman I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. - Madonna Ciccone I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it. - Amy Irving It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy. - Kristin Kreuk I'm strong, I'm tough, I still wear my eyeliner. - Lisa Leslie I'm Tough, I'm Ambitious, and I Know exactly what I Want. If that makes me a B.I.T.C.H., okay. - Madonna My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support...

I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while. - George Steinbrenner I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable about this," he says. Say: "Hey. I am a very cool person. I am tough." Show him your bicep. - Lorrie Moore I am tough for a reason and it is to fucking destroy the music. I dance hard. - Hannah Moskowitz As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future. - Indra Nooyi

Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall. - Eleanor Clift Adapt your style, if you wish, to admit the color of slang or freshness of neologism, but hang tough on clarity, precision, structure, grace. - William Safire Everyone will tell you your goal is impossible, pointless, stupid, wasteful. So you hang tough. You back yourslef and only yourself. - Tim Winton

Sometimes when the going gets tough, people give up. - Rob Mariano When the going gets tough, the tough reload. Nick DH - Sherrilyn Kenyon When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian. - Joan Bauer When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies. - Erma Bombeck When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical. - Jon Carroll I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work at a desk in the bedroom, of a small development house. My three sons all under the age of 3 would come running in and out of the room every minute. - Evan Hunter When the going gets tough, the tough get going - Billy Joel When the going gets tough, the tough give thanks for their mountain bike. - Jarod Kintz When the going gets tough, let the tough get going. - Frank Leahy When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs. - Nora Roberts When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent. - Rupaul Maxim thirty-six: When the going gets...