Elusive Quotes

191 Elusive quotes by 175 unique authors

Oh yes, I have learned much from Tremorlor, and so assume a like strategy. Silence, a faint mocking smile suggesting I know more than I… — Steven Erikson
For the world is an ever-elusive and ever-disappointing mirage only from the standpoint of someone standing aside from itâ€”as if it were quite other than… — Alan Watts
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe. — Carl Sandburg
There are times when one feels liberated from oneâ€™s limits and human imperfections. At such moments, we see ourselves there, in a little corner of… — Albert Einstein
If the sun is shining, stand in it- yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass- they have to- because time passes.… — Jeanette Winterson
A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all… — Elwyn Brooks White
Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in… — Philip Yancey
Being smart can make happiness elusive. Being REALLY smart can help you find it in more places than most. — Brandon Mull
There's no there. That elusive 'there' with the job, the beach house, the dream, it's not out there. There is here. It's in you... right… — Brian Kenny
Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as the… — Eknath Easwaran
Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns. — J. Patrick Lewis
That transition from child to adult actor is so incredibly elusive. The roles that were coming to me as a young adult were not that… — Jackie Earle Haley
Social media has given companies access to unprecedented amounts of information on client behavior and preferences - so-called Big Data. But making sense of it… — Ryan Holmes
We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting… — Dani Shapiro
I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets… — Jack W. Szostak
Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove… — Mariella Frostrup
There are few industries as defiantly opaque as shipping. Even offshore bankers have not developed a system as intricately elusive as the flag of convenience,… — Rose George
Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player. — Brian O'Driscoll
Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and… — Sharon Kay Penman
Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusive. — Ze Frank

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