Elusive Quotes

191 Elusive quotes by 175 unique authors

The object of life is not happiness, but to serve God or the Grail. All of the Grail quests are to serve God. If one… — Robert A. Johnson
Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country. — Hun Sen
. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation] of your book?… — Laurie Anderson
They passed out of the shade beneath the eaves and flew into sunglare and silence and it was an action she only partly saw, elusive… — Don DeLillo
Seek instant gratification - or the elusive promise of it - and chances are you'll find a crowd there ahead of you. — Jeff Bezos
The trouble is now, with rock'n'roll and stuff, it gets so big that it loses what once upon a time was a magnificent thing, where… — Robert Plant
Because Jesus Christ has prepared Himself from the foundations of the world we can trust Him as one uniquely qualified through the fullness of His… — David Wright
Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth… — Jennifer Chiaverini
It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought, a process stumbling… — Northrop Frye
No one has ever seen the self. It has no visible shape, nor does it occupy measurable space. It is an abstraction, like other abstractions… — Irving Howe
Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself… — Keri Russell
Happiness is the most elusive thing for human beings to find. — Frederick Lenz
A stable Iraq at peace with its neighbors will remain elusive until we improve both the security and the economic environment in Iraq. — Tom Lantos
In certain strains of Judaism, there's a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our… — Ben Marcus
As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive. — Richard Hofstadter
Although the elusive 'cure' may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less menacing. — Paul Davies
In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its… — Paul Davies
In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for… — Suzanne Vega
Perhaps the critics are right: this generation may not produce literature equal to that of any past generation-who cares? The writer will be dead before… — William Styron
I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive. — Andrew Bird

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