Undertaking Quotes

150 quotes by 136 authors

Writing is an undertaking for the modest. — Marianne Moore
Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking. — Jessica Valenti
Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving contemplation… — George Will
The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve the… — Calvin Coolidge
The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable. — Dorothea Lange
Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity. — Graham Nelson
My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology. — Simon Newcomb
I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green… — Eddie Redmayne
The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there… — David Talbot
Each of my novels features a protagonist undertaking a difficult personal journey. On the way, each of these characters - mostly female - discovers something… — Juliet Marillier
[Running for President is] physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III — Walter F. Mondale
I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own… — Zygmunt Bauman
Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic,… — Bob Barr
Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking. — Bill Kurtis
We have already discovered the fact that fear is the chief reason for poverty and failure and misery that takes on a thousand different forms.… — Napoleon Hill
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large. — Juvenal
The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a choice that is… — George J. Mitchell
Centralization at the national capital or within a business undertaking always glorifies the importance of pieces of paper This dims the sense of reality. — David Lilienthal
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. In the past, whenever I had fallen short in almost any undertaking, it was seldom… — Arthur Gordon Webster
Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor everything… — Lyndon B. Johnson

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