Guts Quotations

To work a vineyard, you need a lot of guts to do that. To go out there and work all year, you almost feel that these people talk to the grapes. Wine is a lifestyle, and you can talk about it for ages. It's a passion, but it's not something I can do on a daily basis.

It's ironic, really. Guys should be excited that I got Kristen Bell. If Brad Pitt gets Kristen Bell, it's like, 'Well, of course he did.' With me, it should be, 'Oh good, a normal-looking guy got her. Maybe I'll get me a Kristen Bell.' But guys hate my guts for always dating women I have no right to be with.

I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the guts not of a carnivore, but of an herbivore. Herbivore guts are very long because they have to get the last bit of nutrition out of leaves and things.

It's a matter of reducing the work to its very simplest possible state, eliminating all of the things that lead away from the guts of the work, the thing the work is really about. Anything that's there must build towards its over-all organization and meaning.

All I knew was that I was writing something out of my very guts, and that I was content.

I remember having friends in high school that did the theater department stuff, and I always wanted to try it but never had the guts to. I was the class clown but could never really build up the courage to try it. I took one acting class and really enjoyed it.

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

Actors should be better poker players. But I think there's actual skill and crazy guts that you need to play poker - this ability to put all this money on the line inside of that game of cards. There's this whole different set of skills that doesn't apply to acting whatsoever.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

I find writing for children much easier. I don't mean it's less demanding - you've got to have a talent for it and you've got to work very hard - but you don't have to pull your guts out and lay them on the line in quite the same way as when you're writing for adults.

I think the power of Stieg Larsson's stories is that he has the guts to show the hidden spots in the side of Sweden. That gave us a push to say that for the first time. That they can't have with the American version.

From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.

You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out.

Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, guts or whatever you want to call it. Teachers or any other persons in a position of authority should never tell anybody they will not succeed because they did not get all A's in school.

I love weird science. I learned in an article in 'National Geographic' that there are trillions of bacteria in our guts that help us digest food. These are non-human creatures.

I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.

Even though momentarily I thought about being a doctor, I was always involved in theatre and did a drama degree. I just didn't have the guts to go, 'Yes, I'm going to be an actor,' until I was probably 21.

Matisse was my God. I'm a French artist, that's for sure. I am color-oriented and what you might call a composer. I am not pouring my guts out; I keep them inside.

I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem.

I'd taken the bull by the horns by liberating myself and creating a career. It took guts - it was scary and chancy - but they discounted me as empty-headed: some little piece of fluff without any brain that happened to come along.

I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut.

To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.

No one really has the guts to say it, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn't we?

I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.

I don't see on television the kind of blood and guts and body parts blown apart that maybe you're referring to, but it certainly is in that BATMAN feature and I found it very offensive.

The mainstream media showed, for example, no blood and guts resulting from the 9/11 attacks.

I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.

My thing was play as hard as you can, don't be stupid, pay attention to details, and have enough guts in the clutch that you're not afraid to make a play. Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.

Sometimes I feel like a human pin cushion. Every painful emotion hits me with ridiculously exaggerated force. And the anxiety feels like hands inside of me, squeezing my guts really hard.

R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.

Our guts can really mislead us. Sometimes, what we think of as our gut is something else, like an outside influence. If you're going to buy an apartment and it smells of freshly baked bread, you're more likely to want to buy it.

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.

It's good to say, 'Look, I can't always be right, but my gut tells me this' - and then you confirm with your gut.

Gut health is the key to overall health.

There's barely a strand of the modern media that the Kardashian-Wests haven't been able to master, and for good reason: Kanye is an amazing performer and cultural provocateur, while Kim, through her strength of character, has created a place for herself in the glare of the world's spotlight, and it takes real guts to do that.

Most of the time, I see what I see, I search my feelings, and then I make my decisions based on my gut - and I don't always make the right ones.

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'

I think I know a thing or two about the way people love, but I don't know anything about hatred, psychosis, cruelty. Or maybe I don't have the guts to admit that I do.

Only the DP has the guts to stand up to the ANC.

I was teasing him in the guts of the game. Hey, are you going to make a shot? That's the way we are as a group. We have so much confidence in each other, there is no need to get on anybody.

When I let up from the weed, and the drinking too, I cried every day. And I liked that. I like crying. And now I not only wanna cry and show my crying to other people, I wanna just split myself down the middle and open my guts and just throw everything out!

Obviously, we feel very good. The guys showed guts today. It was a tough game to play. We've been playing well all week, everybody's been throwing the rock good. Today, we came out and just did it again.

No one knows for sure about the future. But if you feel reluctant to plan something about it, then someone with guts would define it for you.

No one has the guts to draw the line.

Obviously, God did touch my heart. I didn't have the guts to tell him to come party with us. My partying ended at that time.

I don't have the guts to stay in this sport anymore.

If they've got the guts to do it, you can't really say anything about it.

Look, we want freedom and we want liberty in this country. But we've also got to have the guts to stand up and run a tight ship in America. Morality is now a word that many people consider very square and outdated. But if we don't stand up for it, we deserve what we will get in the end - unprincipled anarchy.

She really pitched her guts out. I hate to see her lose like that.

She really showed me a lot of guts and got after it despite the weather.

She's my hero -- anybody knows that. She had the guts to really do it and raise her family, and she has a high precedent for me. I really love her music and what she stood for.

I act with my gut instincts.

Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.

Can't we be friends?' I hate your guts, Frankovitch' Can't our guts be friends?

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country

Great running backs have a tendency to run by instinct, run by feel, and when they see the same blocking pattern three or four times, sometimes they anticipate what you are going to do the next time, ... There's some of that, and then some of that is just sheer determination, guts and talent. He is a phenomenal competitor, and he is blessed with great talent.

I can't say enough about what's she's done for this conference. I've always looked up to her. She walks on water. She's the Olympic coach, she's won national championships. And she wants to share with you, when you have the guts to ask her a question.

I can't say how hard Danielle Harrington plays. She's an absolute warrior. She went into the stands three times. She's the heart and guts of this team. I've never been around a basketball player like her.

For me the hardest part was getting up the guts and confidence in my ability.

For us it was about the little things. We talk about executing, and we did at times. Our defense was playing lights out. But, we didn't get the points we needed in the first half off all those opportunities. But, our kids showed guts and marched down the field to make it interesting. We just have to lick our wounds and fix our consistency.

I don't want the guys with excuses. I want the guys with guts and heart. The guys who'll go in the ring.

I give credit to Natchez. At that point in time, it was all guts and hustle. They really wanted it. Our kids kind of got lackadaisical, and Natchez turned it up and showed they wanted this game. They were getting into the passing lanes and playing aggressive defense.

Chris has started over 60 games for us and this game today was the tops. He's got guts and stays calm no matter what. He never wastes any energy and he never gets rattled. Chris plays every minute of every game and never gets tired, never wears down.

Guts and power. You want to win the game, don't you?

Guys are going to have to race their guts out to pass.

He wanted the ball, and the team wanted to give him the ball. He struggled a little in the first couple of innings, but he did a great job of throwing first-pitch strikes, and that's half the battle. He was all guts and glory.

If the elected officials in this city don't have the guts to stand up for the individuals they represent, we have no choice but to take up the fight on behalf of these individuals.

He testified at the pretrial hearing and he spilled his guts and he told the truth, and the judge did not believe him. He found it to be a very painful experience.

He has more guts than anybody I've ever coached.

He had the guts to go out and do that. That's a tough event.

He was thinking attack, which is what we ask him to do. He's a skilled player and has performed well in games we've done well in. He did a good job tonight. He played his guts out.

Going for the fake punt showed a lot of guts and great execution. You've got to give them credit.

He showed a lot of character and a lot of guts to come back down here and strap it on and win those two matches. Even in the third-place match, he was thinking about the team when he got another takedown for a major.

He showed a lot of guts out there. It came down to the very end.

He showed me some guts tonight. They kinda made us work for this win and my horse responded when I asked him. That impressed me a lot. He was parked out a long way and still has some speed left over at the finish.

He's got more guts than anyone I've ever coached.

My weakness is 'American Idol.' My husband thinks it's ridiculous. But I am so inspired by those young people who are singing their guts out.

My team played their guts out. It all goes back to hitting shots. We got some big free throws from Jason Wills. Leslie Powell played the best game of his career. ... The guys just came up big tonight. We had to mix things up a little bit just to wake some guys and it worked. Everyone contributed.

I went from having a terrible Christmas ? going through a divorce ? to having a really nice Christmas. I really had the guts to do something I've never done.

Some have said that nominees who do not spill their guts about whatever a senator wants to know are hiding something from the American people.

I saw a kid I liked right out of the blue. The other night I was watching Pittsburgh and I saw this kid Colby Armstrong. Pittsburgh's going nowhere. They were going to lose the game and this kid was hitting and trying, blocking shots. He gets nailed at centre ice and bounced right up. He's playing like it's the seventh game of the Stanley Cup. I just love it when I see guts like that.

I salute the winner, and Johnny rode a tremendous race. My jock rode a great race, too. I want to take care of this horse as well as I possibly can, because he gave his guts for us. They had to run to beat this horse today. I've got a real treasure in Bellamy Road.

I said during the build up to the match that we would play well. We didn't play brilliantly but the guts and the commitment the guys displayed were outstanding. The important thing was that we knew we had a chance.

Our kids won that game strictly on guts and heart. I've been telling them all year if they just believe, something like this will happen.

I think we should show this country that we have the guts to get on that bus,

Kyle showed a lot of presence of mind not to panic when he went behind. It took a lot of guts to go for the reversal instead of just taking his one point and tying it.

Jess just made a huge drive. I'm so proud of her, because she had some turnovers. That's a lot of guts and a lot of character on her part.

Our guys were fighting their guts out on defense.

Our guys have been here before and I was real proud of the character and guts our kids showed at the end. It was a tight game, but I never saw us panic. That's the mark of a good team and I think our kids were comfortable in the environment.

Our guys in the fourth quarter are fighting their guts out. I would hope that they'd start the game like that.

Our kids kept us in the ballgame and we probably could've been closer if we had made some easy baskets in close. I told the kids they played hard, they played their guts out, and took a good team and made them play hard.

Our kids played their guts out in a hostile environment. It was a valuable experience for us as tournament time nears.

Nathan's guts and fighting qualities were our saving grace.

I thought it was a fantastic team effort, full of guts and determination right to the death.

I thought it was going to be cruel for the boys at the end. Obviously, they're technically far better than us, but we hung in there and showed a lot of guts and determination.

I went to junkyards, abandoned car lots. I asked supermarkets for the big jugs they put pig guts in, to make cabinets for my bass speakers.