Top 239 Gritty Quotes & Sayings

New York is responsible for bringing that raw, that real gritty hip-hop, because we... originated it.

It's so easy for shows to be gritty and handheld and shaky and really tight in people's faces.

Cheryl Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer.

Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skillful and vibrant workforce.

I like films that are gritty and hard-hitting and suspenseful. Thrillers, too.

One thing that's true of gritty people is they love what they do, and they keep loving what they do. So they're not just in love for a day or a week. People who are really gritty - they're still interested.

Fights like that, when I have been in those really gritty wars, that's what I live for. I love that stuff.

The general population isn't interested in the nitty-gritty of cars.

New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty.

As I've probably said before, television exposes writers to far more of the nitty-gritty than film does.

'Dark Blue' is ultimately a gritty crime drama, at its core. I don't think that is ever going to change.

This is reporting the way I like it... in the field, gritty and aggressive.

The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life.

Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian.

I think when I was younger, I used to sort of long to be a part of films that were really gritty and hardcore in a way.

If I cry on telly, I'm genuinely crying. If it's a gritty scene it can come naturally.

I would love to do anything from a really gritty, interesting, indie type film, to that commercial, bigger stuff.

I want to do a gritty, independent film, maybe in Scotland or something. I'll have an outrageous accent, and flowing red hair.

Being an entrepreneur is sexy... for those who haven't done it. In reality it's gritty, tough work where you will be filled with self doubt. Entrepreneurs are survivors.

Philadelphians are a gritty, tough people who will help you when you're down.

With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.

At our house we have come to conclude that building and strengthening character will require extreme measures and the intentional pursuit of gritty work experiences.

History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.

I'm chuffed to be getting gritty stuff.

New Yorkers are real gritty and tough.

One of the main reasons I wanted to do 'Freefall' was that it's a complete contrast to what people see of me from being in the band. It's a gritty role and a gritty film.

Yeah, you know I don't ever see myself doing a super-gritty, hard-core drama.

I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of.

I always like to incorporate one or two chic accessories that contrast with the more gritty look of my daily uniform: a leather jacket and jeans.

The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that

I do like the dark, gritty psychological thrillers, but sometimes we need a little respite from that.

Soho is a gritty former mercantile area that has, of course, evolved into the most bourgeois neighborhood in New York.

Compound chocolate is gritty, cheaper and doesn't have that fruitiness, the backnotes and smoothness you get in couverture.

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

I had hoped that going to Hiroshima would reveal something small, gritty, and precise to countervail the epic quality of historical accounts.

Dark Blue is ultimately a gritty crime drama, at its core. I don't think that is ever going to change.

I've been doing a lot of children's dramas, but I really wanted to move into more gritty stuff.

The carer of the disabled person is always in the background. People don't want to hear about the sleaze and the nitty-gritty and the hardship.

I didn't grow up seeing faces of patriots, emotional and raw and gritty, who looked like me.

I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another.

I've got a wonky nose. Is it classical, is it not? That's what's hard work, getting down into the nitty-gritty of who are the human beings behind the front of what they present?

Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.

I like my cinema gritty, I like my eggs gritty.

I'm pretty gritty.

Where I come from, the estates are not so nice. It is a bit gritty.

My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.

The future has both gritty and savage and clean and 'techno-hip.' I think it's a very realistic point of view.

During the past few years, I played men who led a gritty life. I wanted to do a lighter and less serious role.

'The Interceptor' is gritty but also entertaining. The action is great as well.

As a young woman, before I had any money, I went backpacking across India, and I was aware of how gritty it could be.

But our country's equivalent of gritty reality is more like "Look out Sarge, he's got a shooter!"

I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.

Everywhere I go, I can't wear everything a designer creates. I'm a little more gritty.

As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.

Look, I like gritty. I write gritty. There is a time and a place for gritty. I'll take my Batman gritty, thank you, and I will acknowledge that such a portrayal means that my 11-year-old has to wait before he sees The Dark Knight. But if Hollywood turns out a Superman movie that I can't take him to? They've done something wrong.

I like showing the gritty truthful dark side of humanity.

If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.

Tough, gritty, those are things that have been in me since I was a little kid.

I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff.