Difficult Quotes

6176 Difficult quotes by 3909 unique authors

For a wrongdoer to be undetected is difficult; and for him to have confidence that his concealment will continue is impossible. — Epicurus
We have lost faith in the formal powers of the mind, not, as some suppose, because our universe is too difficult to grasp, but because… — Lewis Mumford
To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations… — Irving Babbitt
A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to… — Eugene V. Debs
Life can be difficult for kids born with a gold spoon in their mouth, because they never really get to find out if they're able… — Lee Iacocca
At best-which is to say, even where our knowledge of a case comes to us only through courtroom evidence-it is difficult for the legal process… — Diana Trilling
In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that… — Calvin Trillin
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is… — Susan Sontag
My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been… — Boy George
In Moscow I feel most comfortable. I'm used to four different seasons; it's difficult for people in London to understand. People brought up in Russia… — Roman Abramovich
It is very difficult, it is perhaps impossible, for someone who loves his mother to love the woman whom your father left her for. — Martin Amis
Psychoanalysts have been occupied for a long time with the difficult question of what the psychological conditions are which determine the form of the neurotic… — Karl Abraham
The bitter pinecone may be eaten, The mist on high give nourishment. The whole world takes to go-and-getting; My way alone is difficult. — Du Fu
Human life is too difficult for people. — Paul Engle
It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her… — William Least Heat-Moon
I've read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don't think I was. I was… — Kate Bush
It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you. — Douglas Coupland
The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way to… — Alvar Aalto
There is nothing difficult about my work, and people get to hear it from me. — Tracey Emin
Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing. — Oscar Nunez
It's difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character. — Jason Lee
For me, being able to be vulnerable is difficult, but it's just something that I feel comfortable doing. I need to fully understand why, the… — Logan Lerman
People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are writing memoirs, writing… — Mark Leyner
I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven. — Aaron Levie
If you're a man and you ask questions, you're a genius; if you're a woman, you're difficult. — Martine McCutcheon

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