Elude Quotes

109 quotes by 99 authors

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us. — Chinua Achebe
The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. . . . We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and… — Alfred North Whitehead
For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day. — Evelyn Underhill
To understand oneself is the classic form of consolation; to elude oneself is the romantic. — George Santayana
General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not… — William Hazlitt
Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them. — Ovid
My main thesis will be that in the study of the intermediate processes of metabolism we have to deal not with complex substances which elude… — Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden.… — Georges Bataille
Acutely aware of the poverty of my means, language became obstacle. At every page I thought, 'That's not it.' So I began again with other… — Elie Wiesel
Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from the… — Ralph Gibson
Success on a cosmic level completely eludes me. I'm deeply suspicious of things being too good. It's part of my superstition, I think, to generate… — Hugh Laurie
The more we try and understand enlightenment the more it will elude us. And that's because enlightenment does not come from the mind. It comes… — Anita Moorjani
Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette-the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. — John Tyler
Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error.… — Carl Sagan
If you investigate the matter deeply enough and widely enough, you will find that happiness eludes nearly all men despite the fact that they are… — Paul Brunton
The fact that so many people choose to live in ways that narrow the community of fate to a very limited set of others and… — Margaret Levi
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you, — B.K.S. Iyengar
The theoretical recognition of the split-space of enunciation may open the way to conceptualising an international culture, based not on the exoticism of multiculturalism or… — Homi K. Bhabha
Yet so often it seems that victory eludes us. It is when our self-confidence is finally destroyed and is replaced with dependence upon God that… — K.P. Yohannan
Although we strap time to our wrists, stuff it into our pockets, hang it on our walls, a perpetually moving picture for every room of… — Monique Truong

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