Elusive Quotes

191 Elusive quotes by 175 unique authors

Elusive dreams and vague desires fanned to fiery needs by deadly deeds of falling empires. — Joni Mitchell
Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult. — Hippocrates
Delayed energy projects and regulatory hurdles to domestic oil production not only cost the United States economy billions of dollars and millions of jobs, but… — John Hoeven
Our advanced art approaches a fragile but marvelous life, one that maintains itself by a mere thread, melting into an elusive, changeable configuration, the surroundings,… — Allan Kaprow
I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken. — Adele
The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed.… — Edward Abbey
The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering. — Douglas MacArthur
Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We… — Twyla Tharp
The adventure of composition is a mystery. The muse has her ways, she hides from you, comes for you in the middle of the night,… — Mickey Hart
My reason for writing stories is to give myself the satisfaction of visualising more clearly and detailedly and stably the vague, elusive, fragmentary impressions of… — H P Lovecraft
Everyone, some sooner than others, must endure his or her own personal 'hell on earth.' It is important to keep searching for the small joys,… — Katie Gill
I think for a group that has a reputation for being shy and elusive, we're actually outspoken. — Stevie Jackson
Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans. — John Grogan
Why do alcoholics begin down the same hazardous road day after day? They are in search of that elusive window of well-being that opens when… — Roger Ebert
Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been. — Lukas Foss
The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone. — Mick Jagger
I think at times I read too much of my own press. I wish I was better at taking in how great my life is,… — Seth MacFarlane
Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of… — Nathan Myhrvold
Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the… — Earl Nightingale
An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult… — Alberto Salazar

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